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1 Lankford, B.; Gowing, J. 1996. The impact of design approximations on the operational performance of an irrigation scheme: A case study in Malaysia. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 10(3):193-205.
Irrigation canals ; Design ; Gates ; Water control ; Irrigation programs ; Rice ; Case studies / Malaysia / Sungai Muda / Pilau Pinang
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H019172)
2 Lankford, B.; Hatibu, N.; Mahoo, H.; van Koppen, B.; Levite, H. 2002. Critical analysis of river basin management in the Great Ruaha, Tanzania. In Toolbox, GWP. River Basin Management in the Great Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. 13p. (GWP No.121)
River basins ; Water management ; Analysis ; Water scarcity ; Catchment areas ; Case studies ; Irrigated farming ; Wetlands ; Drainage ; Development projects ; Water rights / Tanzania / Ruaha River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G148 LAN Record No: H030752)
http://www.gwptoolbox.org/images/stories/cases/en/cs%20121%20tanzania.pdf
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3 Mdemu, M. V.; Magayane, M. D.; Lankford, B.; Hatibu, N.; Kadigi, R. M. J. 2003. Conjoining rainfall and irrigation seasonality to enhance productivity of water in large rice irrigated farms in the Upper Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. Unpublished report. 7p.
River basins ; Catchment areas ; Rice ; Irrigated farming ; Rain ; Irrigation requirements ; Water balance / Tanzania / Ruaha River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6766 Record No: H034176)
4 Lankford, B.. 2004. Irrigation improvement projects in Tanzania: Scale impacts and policy implications. Water Policy, 6(2):89-102.
Irrigation programs ; Performance evaluation ; Policy ; River basins ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Rice ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Farmer participation / Tanzania / Ruaha River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H034503)
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5 Franks, T.; Lankford, B.; Mdemu, M. 2004. Managing water amongst competing uses: The Usangu Wetland in Tanzania. Irrigation and Drainage, 53(3):277-286.
Wetlands ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Water use ; Catchment areas ; Institutions / Tanzania / Usangu Wetland
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H035698)
6 Lankford, B.; Sokile, C.; Yawson, Daniel; Lévite, Herve. 2004. The river basin game: A water dialogue tool. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) v, 34p. (IWMI Working Paper 075) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.263]
River basins ; Decision making ; Water resource management ; Social participation ; Case studies / Tanzania / Great Ruaha River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G148 LAN Record No: H036026)
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7 Lankford, B.; Sokile, C.; Yawson, Daniel; Levite, Herve; Sally, Hilmy. 2004. The river basin game: a role-playing board game for initiating discussions on visions and strategies of water allocation. Paper presented at CIRAD Workshop on Water Resource Management for Local Development: Governance, Institutions and Policies, Aventura Loskop Dam, South Africa, 8-11 November 2004. 23p.
Water allocation ; River basins ; Decision making ; Social participation ; Water resource management / Tanzania
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G148 LAN Record No: H036027)
http://www.research4development.info/PDF/Outputs/Water/R8064-Lankford_et_al_paper_loskop.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_36027.doc
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_36027.doc
8 Mkoga, Z. J.; Hatibu, N.; Mahoo, H.; Lankford, B.; Rao, K. P. C. 2005. Disparity of attitudes and practices on a concept of productivity of water in agriculture in the Great Ruaha River Sub-Basin. Paper presented at the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, 7-9 March 2005. [Vol.1]. Funded by IWMI, and others. 11p.
River basins ; Water use ; Productivity ; Assessment ; Irrigation programs / Tanzania / Ruaha River Sub-Basin / Rufiji Basin / Usangu Plains
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G132 SOK Record No: H037496)
9 Lankford, B.. 2005. Towards an integrated theory of irrigation efficiency. Paper presented at the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, 7-9 March 2005. [Vol.1]. Funded by IWMI, and others. 19p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G132 SOK Record No: H037497)
10 Lankford, B.; Cour, J. 2005. From integrated to adaptive: a new framework for water resources management of river basins. Paper presented at the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, 7-9 March 2005. [Vol.1]. Funded by IWMI, and others. 21p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G132 SOK Record No: H037509)
11 Lankford, B.; van Koppen, Barbara; Franks, T.; Mahoo, H. 2004. Entrenched views or insufficient science?: contested causes and solutions of water allocation: Insights from the Great Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. Agricultural Water Management, 69(2):135-153.
River basins ; Water resource management ; Assessment ; Irrigation management ; Case studies / Tanzania / Great Ruaha River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H035692)
12 Lankford, B.; Mwaruvanda, W. 2005. A framework to integrate formal and informal water rights in river basin management. In van Koppen, Barbara; Butterworth, J.; Juma, I. (Eds.). African Water Laws: Plural Legislative Frameworks for Rural Water Management in Africa: An International Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-28 January 2005. pp.25-1/25-16.
Water rights ; River Basins ; Water allocation ; Irrigation management / Tanzania / Great Ruaha River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G100 VAN Record No: H038762)
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13 Lankford, B.; Dickinson, S. 2007. Water management issues and problems in Africa. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 2(032). 9p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7958 Record No: H040444)
14 Lankford, B.; Mwaruvanda, W. 2007. A legal-infrastructural framework for catchment apportionment. In van Koppen, Barbara; Giordano, Mark; Butterworth, J. (Eds.). Community-based water law and water resource management reform in developing countries. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.228-247. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 5)
River basin management ; Catchment areas ; Water rights ; Water allocation ; Flumes ; Weirs ; Gates / Tanzania / Great Ruaha River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 346.04691 G000 VAN Record No: H040697)
15 Mkoga, Z. J.; Lankford,B.; Hatibu, N.; Mahoo, H.; Rao, K. P. C.; Kasele, S.S. 2005. Disparity of attitudes and practices on a concept of productivity of water in agriculture in the Great Ruaha River sub-basin. In Lankford, B. A.; Mahoo, H. F. (Eds.). Proceedings of East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, 7 – 9 March 2005. Theme one: water productivity – methodologies and management. Morogoro, Tanzania: Soil-Water Management Research Group, Sokoine University of Agriculture. pp.29-39.
Stakeholders ; Water use efficiency ; Productivity ; Irrigation programs / Tanzania / Great Ruaha River sub-basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col Record No: H041147)
16 Lankford,B.; Magayane, M. 2005. Towards an integrated theory of irrigation efficiency. In Lankford, B. A.; Mahoo, H. F. (Eds.). Proceedings of East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, 7 – 9 March 2005. Theme one: water productivity – methodologies and management. Morogoro, Tanzania: Soil-Water Management Research Group, Sokoine University of Agriculture. pp.51-67.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col Record No: H041149)
17 Lankford, B.; Cour, J. 2005. From integrated to adaptive: a new framework for water resources management of river basins. In Lankford, B. A.; Mahoo, H. F. (Eds.). Proceedings of East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, 7 – 9 March 2005. Theme four: water governance and institutions. Morogoro, Tanzania: Soil-Water Management Research Group, Sokoine University of Agriculture. pp.246-263.
River basin management ; Water policy ; Water allocation / Tanzania / Great Ruaha River / Usangu Plains catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col Record No: H041164)
18 Mahoo, H. F.; Mkoga, Z. J.; Kasele, S. S.; Igbadur, H. E.; Hatibu, N.; Rao, K. P. C.; Lankford, B.. 2007. Productivity of water in agriculture: farmers’ perceptions and practices. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat. 31p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Discussion Paper 5)
River basins ; Catchment areas ; Water productivity ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Conflict ; Farming systems ; Villages ; Irrigation methods ; Domestic water ; Households / Africa / Africa South of Sahara / Tanzania / Great Ruaha River / Rufiji River Basin / Mkoji sub-catchment / Ikhoho village / Inyala village / Mahongole village / Mwatenga village / Ukwaheri village / Madundasi village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042367)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/files_new/publications/Discussion%20Paper/CADiscussionPaper5.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042367.pdf
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Stakeholders in agriculture and water related issues have different perceptions about the productivity of water. This is evident by the different definitions of productivity of water, though most of the definitions hinge around the benefits accrued from water use. The viewpoint of smallholder farmers’ regarding the productivity of water is important in order to promote the concept of productivity of water in a country like Tanzania. This is because 95 percent of the farmers are smallholders. This paper presents the farmers’ understanding of the productivity of water in the Mkoji sub-catchment (MSC) in the Ruaha River Basin in Tanzania. It also presents their practices aimed at increasing the productivity of water in the area. It reveals that the concept of productivity of water has been part of the smallholder farmers in Mkoji. The farmers’ concept of productivity of water is the same as that of other stakeholders, only that it is less formal than as expected by experts. Farmers in the sub-catchment judge productivity of water based on the amount of rainfall and its influence of their yields. Productivity of water is high or low if the average seasonal rainfall is ‘good’ or ‘bad’. They put so much value to water that they go to the extent where they are willing to pay more to acquire a piece of land close to a water source. Furthermore, there is evidence that they engage in fights and ‘steal’ water as a result of the high value they place on water. The farmers have adopted tillage methods, agronomic practices and crop diversification approaches to maximize yield from available water. The paper concludes that these strategies adopted by farmers could be a good starting point for formulating measures to improving productivity of water in the area. Therefore, there is a strong need for an in-depth understanding of farmers’ practices to determine the most effective, economical and sustainable options in increasing productivity of water, and to thereby formulate approaches for adaptation, uptake and upscaling. This paper explores farmers’ perceptions of productivity of water, practices and coping mechanisms for achieving greater water productivity. The perceptions are generated based on farmers’ understanding of water productivity, the value they place on land and water, and the struggle and conflicts resulting from the value they put on water. Furthermore, the paper presents farmers’ strategies to estimate productivity of water, and discusses the impact of the farmers’ practices, coping strategies and limitations associated with the practices. It was concluded from this paper that the theories and figures of productivity of water are less important to farmers, than their approaches to enhance their ability to effectively utilize water and to maximize production.
19 Lankford, B.; Sokile, C. 2003. Reflections on the river basin game: role-playing facilitation of surface water allocation in contested environments. Paper presented at the ICID 20th European Regional Conference on Water and Conflict Montpellier, France, 17–19 September 2003. 14p.
Irrigation management ; Water allocation ; Water users ; Water use / Tanzania / Ruaha River Basin / Mkoji sub-catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042979)
http://www.research4development.info/PDF/Outputs/Water/R8064-ICID20th-Lankford_Sokile.pdf
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20 Mehari, A.; van Koppen, Barbara; McCartney, Matthew; Lankford, B.. 2009. Unchartered innovation?: local reforms of national formal water management in the Mkoji sub-catchment, Tanzania. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 34:299-308. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2008.07.009]
Water resource management ; Water rights ; Water rates ; Cost recovery ; Water user associations ; Catchment areas ; Villages / Africa South of Sahara / Tanzania / Mkoji Sub-Catchment / Rufiji Rriver Basin / Inyala / Idunda / Shamwengo / Tembela
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043099)
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Tanzania is currently attempting to improve water resources management through formal water rights and water fees systems, and formal institutions. The water rights system is expected to facilitate water allocation. The water fees system aims at cost-recovery for water resources management services. To enhance community involvement in water management, Water User Associations (WUAs) are being established and, in areas with growing upstream–downstream conflicts, apex bodies of all users along the stressed river stretch. The Mkoji sub-catchment (MSC) in the Rufiji basin is one of the first where these formal water management systems are being attempted. This paper analyzes the effectiveness of these systems in the light of their expected merits and the consequences of the juxtaposition of contemporary laws with traditional approaches. The study employed mainly qualitative, but also quantitative approaches on social and technical variables. Major findings were: (1) a good mix of formal (water fees and WUAs) and traditional (rotation-based water sharing, the Zamu) systems improved village-level water management services and reduced intra-scheme conflicts; (2) the water rights system has not brought abstractions into line with allocations and (3) so far, the MSC Apex body failed to mitigate inter-scheme conflicts. A more sophisticated design of allocation infrastructure and institutions is recommended.
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