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1 Sally, Hilmy; Inocencio, Arlene; Merrey, Douglas. 2003. Agricultural land and water management for poverty reduction and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Setting the research agenda. African Water Journal, Pilot edition, December:20-29.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7553 Record No: H033591)
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2 Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Merrey, Douglas; van Koppen, Barbara; Kamara, Abdul; Penning de Vries, Frits; Boelee, Eline. 2005. Roles, constraints and opportunities of small scale irrigation and water harvesting in Ethiopian agricultural development: Assessment of existing situation. 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.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G132 SOK Record No: H037499)
3 Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Merrey, Douglas; Kamara, Abdul; van Koppen, Barbara; Penning de Vries, Frits; Boelee, Eline. 2005. Experiences and opportunities for promoting small-scale/micro irrigation and rainwater harvesting for food security in Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). x, 86p. (IWMI Working Paper 098) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.277]
Water harvesting ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation programs ; Gender ; Agricultural extension ; Farmers ; Food security / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G136 AWU Record No: H038044)
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4 Morardet, Sylvie; Merrey, Douglas; Seshoka, Jetrick; Sally, Hilmy. 2005. Improving irrigation project planning and implementation processes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Diagnosis and recommendations. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) xx, 71p. (IWMI Working Paper 099) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.282]
Irrigation programs ; Planning ; Financing ; Financial institutions ; Irrigation management ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Privatization ; Cost recovery / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.8 G110 MOR Record No: H038124)
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5 Merrey, Douglas; Drechsel, Pay; Penning de Vries, Frits; Sally, Hilmy. 2005. Integrating ‘livelihoods’ into integrated water resources management: taking the integration paradigm to its logical next step for developing countries. Regional Environmental Change, 5:197-204.
Water resource management ; Developing countries ; Poverty ; Farmers ; River basins ; Aquifers ; Water supply / Africa / Asia / Latin America
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G000 MER Record No: H033882)
This paper examines the weaknesses in the current understanding of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) from the perspective of livelihoods. Empowering poor people, reducing poverty, improving livelihoods, and promoting economic growth ought to be the basic objectives of IWRM. But as currently understood and used, IWRM often tends to focus on second-generation issues such as cost recovery, reallocation of water to higher value uses, and environmental conservation. This paper argues that IWRM needs to be placed in the broader context of both modern Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) and the livelihoods approach, which together take a holistic and people-centered approach. The paper concludes with an alternative definition of IWRM as involving the promotion of human welfare, especially the reduction of poverty, encouragement of better livelihoods and balanced economic growth through effective democratic development and management of water and other natural resources in an integrated multilevel framework that is as equitable, sustainable, and transparent as possible, and conserves vital ecosystems. Transparent user-friendly information and models for assisting decision making are essential features of livelihood-oriented IWRM. Paper presented at Monitoring Tailor-Made IV Conference: Information to Support Sustainable Water Management: From Local to Global Levels, St. Michielsgestel, Netherlands, 15-18 September 2003. 11p.; ill, ref.
6 Swendsen, M.; Merrey, Douglas. 2000. Bridging the gap between large and small-scale irrigated agriculture: issues and opportunities. Final draft of analytical policy issues paper following the "National Policy Workshop on Irrigation Management Transfer and Rehabilitation of Smallholder Irrigation Schemes" South Africa, June 2000. 12p.
Irrigated farming ; Small scale systems ; Policy ; Land tenure ; Water rights ; Rehabilitation ; Financing ; Water user associations / South Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G178 SVE Record No: H036682)
7 Samad, Madar; Merrey, Douglas. 2006. Water to thirsty fields: how social research can contribute. In Cernea, M. M.; Kassam, A. H. (Eds.). Researching the culture in agri-culture: social research for international development. Wallingford, U.K.: CABI. pp.140-165.
Institutional development ; Research institutes ; Agricultural research ; River basins ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Gender ; Women ; Poverty ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Manual pumps
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.7 G000 CER Record No: H038218)
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8 Mati, Bancy; Muchiri, J. M.; Njenga, K.; Penning de Vries, Frits; Merrey, Douglas. 2005. Assessing water availability under pastoral livestock systems in drought-prone Isiolo District, Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) ix, 27p. (IWMI Working Paper 106) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.290]
Water availability ; Water demand ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Wells ; Salinity ; Livestock ; Grazing ; Land use ; Water supply ; Drainage ; GIS ; Databases ; Cost recovery / Kenya / Isiolo District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G140 MAT Record No: H038781)
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9 Namara, Regassa; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Merrey, Douglas. 2006. Review of agricultural water management technologies and practices. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Menker, M.; Abesha, D.; Atnafe, T.; Wondimkun, Y. (Eds.). Best practices and technologies for small scale agricultural water management in Ethiopia. Proceedings of a MoARD /MoWR /USAID / IWMI Symposium and Exhibition held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-9 March, 2006. pp.37-50.
Irrigation management ; Water harvesting ; Water storage ; Surface runoff ; Groundwater ; Water lifting ; Manual pumps ; Drip irrigation ; Costs ; Pitcher irrigation / Ethiopia / Namibia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G136 NAM Record No: H039623)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Proceedings/PDF/IWMI_proceeding_Best_PRactices.pdf
https://publications.iwmi.org/pdf/H039623.pdf
https://publications.iwmi.org/pdf/H039623.pdf
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10 Inocencio, Arlene; Kikuchi, M.; Tonosaki, M.; Maruyama, A.; Merrey, Douglas; Sally, Hilmy; de Jong, I. 2007. Costs and performance of irrigation projects: a comparison of Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 71p. (IWMI Research Report 109) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.109]
Irrigation programs ; Costs ; Investment policy ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G110 INO Record No: H036214)
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High irrigation investment costs together with declining world prices for food and the failures of a number of high profile past irrigation projects are the main reasons for the reluctance of development agencies and governments in sub-Saharan Africa to invest more resources in irrigation. This study aims to systematically establish whether costs of irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa are truly high, determine the factors which influence costs and performance of irrigation projects, and recommend cost-reducing and performance-enhancing options to make irrigation investments in the region more attractive. It analyzes 314 irrigation projects implemented from 1967 to 2003 in 50 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America funded by the World Bank, African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
11 Lankford, B. A.; Merrey, Douglas; Cour, J.; Hepworth, N. 2007. From integrated to expedient: an adaptive framework for river basin management in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 37p. (IWMI Research Report 110) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.110]
Water resource management ; River basin management ; Water allocation ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Great Ruaha River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G110 LAN Record No: H040223)
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The authors reflect on the theory and process of creating effective strategies for adaptive river basin management. We formulate our framework from observations of responses to environmental and hydrological change in the Great Ruaha River in Tanzania. We find that problems occur in the pursuit of 'integrated water resources management' (IWRM) that can be attended to by applying a focused expedient approach in three states of the water availability regime: 'critical water', 'medial water' and 'bulk water'. In particular, less reliance on broad generic 'principles' and greater reference to solutions being drawn up by local resource users in relation to identified conflicts helps guide adaptive problem solving.
12 Inocencio, Arlene; Kikuchi, M.; Merrey, Douglas; Tonosaki, M.; Maruyama, A.; de Jong, I.; Sally, Hilmy; Penning de Vries, F. 2005. Lessons from irrigation investment experiences: cost-reducing and performance-enhancing options for Sub-Saharan Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 52p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044634)
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This study aims to systematically establish whether costs of irrigation projects in SSA are truly high, determine the factors which influence costs and recommend cost-reducing options in order make irrigation investments in SSA more attractive. The study analyzes 314 irrigation projects implemented from 1967 to 2003 in 50 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America funded (or assisted) by the World Bank, African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agriculture Development. The sample includes “irrigation” projects, irrigation development with power generation (“irrigation with power”) projects, and irrigation component in multi-sectoral projects (MSPs). For the latter two types of project, only the cost of the irrigation component was included in the analyses. The study distinguishes projects according to purpose (ranging from purely new construction to purely rehabilitation), type of irrigation system (river diversion, reservoir-based, tank, river/groundwater-lift, and largely drainage or flood control), mode of O&M (government managed, jointly managed, farmer-managed), and major crops irrigated. All data are obtained from project completion (PCRs) and performance audit reports (PPARs) complemented with information from staff appraisal reports. Unit irrigation costs and project performance measured by economic internal rates of return are actual figures reported in PPARs or PCRs. This report examines whether the difference in unit costs in sub-Saharan Africa compared with other regions is significant, and identifies the key determinants of unit investment costs and performance of irrigation projects. It makes three important contributions: (1) it confirms some earlier findings about irrigation projects; (2) it disproves some popularly-held notions and incorrect perceptions about unit costs and performance of irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) it provides empirical support to some existing irrigation investment policies and programs and a basis for reconsideration of others and introduction of new ones. The report presents recommendations for formulating better irrigation projects and a clear investment direction in agricultural water in sub-Saharan Africa.
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