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1 Kizito, F.; Ngirane-Katashaya, G. 2006. An integrated, basin-wide planning approach for the River Malaba catchment. In Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: 32nd WEDC International Conference, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13th - 17th November 2006. Preprints. Leicestershire, UK: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) pp.577-584.
Catchment areas ; Water resources development ; River basin development ; Planning ; Models ; Water supply / Uganda / River Malaba catchment / Lake Kyoga
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WAT Record No: H041051)
2 Amede, T.; Desta, L. T.; Harris, D.; Kizito, F.; Cai, Xueliang. 2014. The Chinyanja triangle in the Zambezi River Basin, southern Africa: status of, and prospects for, agriculture, natural resources management and rural development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 32p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 1) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.205]
River basins ; Agricultural production ; Natural resources management ; Rural development ; Population density ; Forest management ; Dryland management ; Climate change ; Ecosystem services ; Mining ; Farming systems ; Foreign investment ; Socioeconomic environment ; Markets ; Soil fertility ; Watershed management ; Living standards ; Land tenure ; Land use ; Research ; Institutions ; Sustainability ; Livestock products ; Crops ; Farmers ; Energy generation / southern Africa / Zambia / Malawi / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046513)
3 Kizito, F.; Balana, Bedru B. 2016. Ecosystem services in the Volta Basin. In Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.181-198.
Ecosystem services ; Freshwater ; River basins ; Wetlands ; Dams ; Environmental protection ; Natural resources ; Water resources ; Vegetation ; Coastal area ; Agricultural production ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Forestry ; Land use ; Land cover change ; Local community ; Economic aspects ; Living standards ; Case studies / Ghana / Volta Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047732)
4 DeClerck, F. A. J.; Jones. S. K.; Attwood, S.; Bossio, D.; Girvetz, E.; Chaplin-Kramer, B.; Enfors, E.; Fremier, A. K.; Gordon, L. J.; Kizito, F.; Noriega, I. L.; Matthews, N.; McCartney, Matthew; Meacham, M.; Noble, Andrew; Quintero, M.; Remans, S.; Soppe, R.; Willemen, L.; Wood, S. L. R.; Zhang, W. 2016. Agricultural ecosystems and their services: the vanguard of sustainability? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 23:92-99. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.11.016]
Sustainable development ; Agriculture ; Farming systems ; Natural resources ; Ecosystem services ; Social welfare ; Environmental sustainability ; Landscape ; Biodiversity conservation ; Food security ; Food production ; Nutrition ; Farmland ; Diversification ; Social aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048008)
Sustainable Development Goals offer an opportunity to improve human well-being while conserving natural resources. Ecosystem services highlight human well-being benefits ecosystems, including agricultural ecosystems, provides. Whereas agricultural systems produce the majority of our food, they drive significant environmental degradation. This tension between development and environmental conservation objectives is not an immutable outcome as agricultural systems are simultaneously dependents, and providers of ecosystem services. Recognizing this duality allows integration of environmental and development objectives and leverages agricultural ecosystem services for achieving sustainability targets. We propose a framework to operationalize ecosystem services and resilience-based interventions in agricultural landscapes and call for renewed efforts to apply resilience-based approaches to landscape management challenges and for refocusing ecosystem service research on human well-being outcomes.
5 Birhanu, B. Z.; Sanogo, K.; Traore, S. S.; Minh, Thai; Kizito, F.. 2023. Solar-based irrigation systems as a game changer to improve agricultural practices in Sub-Sahara Africa: a case study from Mali. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1085335. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1085335]
Solar powered irrigation systems ; Agricultural practices ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Technology ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Land suitability ; Land use ; Land cover ; Slope ; Soil types ; Sustainable intensification ; Water management ; Water use ; Groundwater ; Solar energy ; Rainfall ; Rural areas ; Households ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Mali / Sikasso / Bougouni / Koutiala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051767)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1085335/pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051767.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051767.pdf
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Introduction: In rainfed agricultural systems, sustainable and efficient water management practices are key to improved agricultural productivity and natural resource management. The agricultural system in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) relies heavily on the availability of rainfall. With the erratic and unreliable rainfall pattern associated with poor and fragile soils, agricultural productivity has remained very low over the years. Much of the SSA agricultural land has been degraded with low fertility as a result of ongoing cultivation and wind and water erosion. This has resulted in an increased food shortage due to the ever-increasing population and land degradation. Better agricultural and nutritional security are further hampered by the lack of reliable access to the available water resources in the subsurface hydrological system.
Methods: This study used socio-economic data from 112 farm households and Boolean and Fuzzy methods to understand farmers' perceptions and identify suitable areas to implement Solar Based Irrigation Systems (SBISs) in the agro-ecologies of Bougouni and Koutiala districts of southern Mali.
Results and discussion: Results revealed that the usage of SBISs has been recent (4.5 years), majorly (77%) constructed by donor-funded projects mainly for domestic water use and livestock (88%). With regards to irrigation, vegetable production was the dominant water use (60%) enabling rural farm households to gain over 40% of extra household income during the dry season. Results further showed that 4,274 km2 (22%) of the total land area for the Bougouni district, and 1,722 km2 (18%) of the Koutiala district are suitable for solar-based irrigation. The affordability of solar panels in many places makes SBISs to be an emerging climate-smart technology for most rural Malian populations.
Methods: This study used socio-economic data from 112 farm households and Boolean and Fuzzy methods to understand farmers' perceptions and identify suitable areas to implement Solar Based Irrigation Systems (SBISs) in the agro-ecologies of Bougouni and Koutiala districts of southern Mali.
Results and discussion: Results revealed that the usage of SBISs has been recent (4.5 years), majorly (77%) constructed by donor-funded projects mainly for domestic water use and livestock (88%). With regards to irrigation, vegetable production was the dominant water use (60%) enabling rural farm households to gain over 40% of extra household income during the dry season. Results further showed that 4,274 km2 (22%) of the total land area for the Bougouni district, and 1,722 km2 (18%) of the Koutiala district are suitable for solar-based irrigation. The affordability of solar panels in many places makes SBISs to be an emerging climate-smart technology for most rural Malian populations.
6 Michalscheck, Mirja; Kizito, F.; Kotu, B. H.; Avornyo, F. K.; Timler, C.; Groot, J. C. J. 2023. Preparing for, coping with and bouncing back after shocks. A nuanced resilience assessment for smallholder farms and farmers in northern Ghana. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 21(1):2241283. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2241283]
Sustainable intensification ; Vulnerability ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Resilience ; Coping strategies ; Economic shock ; Climate change ; Drought ; Crops ; Fall armyworms ; Labour shortage ; Risk reduction ; Technology ; Farm models ; Soil organic matter ; Gender ; Livestock ; Profit / Ghana / Duko
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052161)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14735903.2023.2241283?needAccess=true&role=button
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052161.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052161.pdf
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Smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana regularly face shocks, challenging the sustainability of their farms and livelihoods. Different farm households and household members may be differently affected and respond with different coping strategies. We combined whole-farm modelling and farmer consultations to investigate the vulnerability, buffer and adaptive capacity of three farm types in Northern Ghana towards severe climate, economic and social shocks. We further assessed intrahousehold differences in respective risk mitigation and coping strategies. Our model results indicate that the drought shock would most severely affect all farm types, drastically reducing their operating profits and soil organic matter balance. The medium resource endowed farm was most affected by shocks, but all farm types could enhance their capacity to recover by adopting technology packages for sustainable intensification. Gendered coping strategies included livestock sales, post-harvest storage, activating social networks, rice processing and the collection, processing and sales of wild nuts and fruits. Farmers reported to aim at becoming more resilient by increasing their herd size and expanding their farmland, thereby risking to increase rather than reduce the pressure on natural resources. New questions arise concerning the carrying capacity of local ecosystems and resilience at community and landscape level.
7 Damba, O. T.; Ageyo, C. O.; Kizito, F.; Mponela, P.; Yeboah, S.; Clottey, V. A.; Oppong-Mensah, B. A.; Bayala, J.; Adomaa, F. O.; Dalaa, M. A.; Martey, F.; Huyer, S.; Zougmore, R.; Tepa-Yotto, G.; Tamo, M. 2024. Constructing a climate-smart readiness index for smallholder farmers: the case of prioritized bundles of climate information services and climate smart agriculture in Ghana. Climate Services, 34:100453. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2024.100453]
Climate-smart agriculture ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Climate services ; Information services ; Agricultural technology ; Gender ; Women ; Social inclusion ; Indicators ; Investment ; Biodiversity ; Models / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052788)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880724000086/pdfft?md5=0a862d52f67fae94bf48fa97d82afb09&pid=1-s2.0-S2405880724000086-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052788.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052788.pdf
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Issues around bundling of climate smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information services (CIS) have been kept relatively distinct whereas in reality, they are more impactful when integrated. Using the case of the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Change Research in Africa (AICCRA) Project that emphasizes bundling as a critical component of research in development, six regions of Ghana were purposively selected based on the identified value chain crops for implementation. 120 respondents including practicing farmers and advisors as reference, rated contributions of 21 innovations to 25 climate smartness indicators. These include gender, youth and social inclusion (GSI), enabling environment (EE), ability to enhance soil, water, crop and animal health (One-Health Achievement) (OHA), end-user friendliness (EUF) and climate smart agriculture (CS) for prioritization, bundling and ultimately to construct a Climate Smart Readiness Index (CSRI). There was a high level of concordance between the ratings of farmers and advisors on the Climate Smartness; moderate concordance on OHA and a lower concordance on GSI. The CS and EUF had a significant and same agreement among farmers while EE had a substantial same agreement among advisors. These elements (CS, GSI, OHA, EUF, EE) formed an integral part of the CSRI construct confirmed by the Fornell-Larcker and the Heterotrait-Monotrait criteria. While OHA was the fundamental factor in determining CSRI for farmers, EE was considered more important by the advisors. CSRI informs policy makers and agricultural practitioners on appropriate bundling of CSA and CIS practices to generate evidence for farmer preparedness in the context of resilience, productivity, adaptation, and mitigation.
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