The Atankwidi Catchment, which lies in the White Volta Basin in West Africa, is intensively cultivated by locals for economic gains. During dry seasons, farmers irrigate their crops, chiefly tomatoes, using shallow groundwater harvested from shallow ponds they dig using simple tools like an axe, ...
Barry, Boubacar
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Kortatsi, B.
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Forkuor, Gerald
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Gumma, Murali K.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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Berg, J. van den
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Laube, W.
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[Shallow groundwater in the Atankwidi catchment of the White Volta basin: Current status and future sustainability]
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Shallow groundwater in the Atankwidi catchment of the White Volta basin: Current status and future sustainability
Small reservoirs (SRs) are important infrastructures for providing water for a wide range of activities in Burkina Faso and other semiarid environments. In recent years, SRs have become even more important, considering the effects of climate change and variability such as erratic rainfall pattern...
In sub-Saharan Africa, there is paucity of information on the potential of groundwater resources. The limited available information paints a pessimistic view about groundwater resources. Due to its perceived inadequate availability, groundwater is associated with domestic use but the potential fo...
Namara, Regassa E.
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Awuni, J.A.
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Barry, Boubacar
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Giordano, Mark
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Hope, L.
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Owusu, E. S.
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Forkuor, Gerald
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[Smallholder shallow groundwater irrigation development in the upper east region of Ghana]
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Smallholder shallow groundwater irrigation development in the upper east region of Ghana
This study combines climate change (CC), hydrological and water resource evaluation models to assess the impact of one downscaled mid-range CC scenario (A1B) on the performance of existing and planned irrigation and hydropower schemes in the Volta basin. The models were run (1983-2100) to simulat...
Forkuor, Gerald
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Amisigo, B.
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[Evaluating the implications of future water resources development under current and projected future climate in the Volta Basin]
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Evaluating the implications of future water resources development under current and projected future climate in the Volta Basin
The Atankwidi Catchment, which lies in the White Volta Basin in West Africa, is intensively cultivated by locals for economic gains. During dry seasons, farmers irrigate their crops, chiefly tomatoes, using shallow groundwater harvested from shallow ponds they dig using simple tools like an axe, ...
Barry, Boubacar
,
Kortatsi, B.
,
Forkuor, Gerald
,
Gumma, Murali K.
,
Namara, Regassa E.
,
Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
,
Berg, J.van den
,
Laube, W.
,
[Shallow groundwater in the Atankwidi Catchment of the White Volta Basin: current status and future sustainability]
,
Shallow groundwater in the Atankwidi Catchment of the White Volta Basin: current status and future sustainability
This paper presents findings of a land-use and land-cover (LULC) change mapping exercise conducted in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Nine LULC classes were mapped from multi-temporal Landsat data of 1974, 1986 and 2000. Special attention was given to the growth or otherwise of agricultural land in relat...
Forkuor, Gerald
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Cofie, Olufunke O.
,
[Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in Freetown, Sierra Leone and its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture: a remote sensing approach]
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Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in Freetown, Sierra Leone and its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture: a remote sensing approach
In Sub-Saharan Africa, there is paucity of information on the potential of groundwater resources. The limited available information paints a pessimistic view about groundwater resources. Due to its perceived inadequate availability, groundwater associated with domestic use and the potential for u...
Namara, Regassa E.
,
Awuni, J.A.
,
Barry, Boubacar
,
Giordano, Mark
,
Hope, Lesley
,
Owusu, Eric S.
,
Forkuor, Gerald
,
[Smallholder shallow groundwater irrigation development in the upper east region of Ghana]
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Smallholder shallow groundwater irrigation development in the upper east region of Ghana
The chapter describes the major sites of open-space vegetable farming in Ghana’s main cities. It also presents the principal cropping systems and characteristics of urban farmers involved in irrigated vegetable production.
The Volta River is one of the major rivers in Africa. A transboundary basin, which is the principal water source for approximately 24 million people in six riparian states, it is likely to experience increasing stress in the near future as a consequence of both greater water demand and climate ch...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Forkuor, Gerald
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Sood, A.
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Amisigo, B.
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Hattermann, F.
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
,
[The water resource implications of changing climate in the Volta River Basin [Africa].]
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The water resource implications of changing climate in the Volta River Basin [Africa].
Shallow groundwater irrigation (SGI) using hand-dug shallow wells and dugouts is expanding, in the WVB, and is becoming attractive to farmers throughout. SGI is farmer-driven and has
developed without any government or donor involvement. The production of vegetables and cash
crops during the dry ...
Barry, Boubacar
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Forkuor, Gerald
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[Contribution of informal shallow groundwater irrigation to livelihoods security and poverty reduction in the White Volta Basin (WVB): Current status and future sustainability]
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Contribution of informal shallow groundwater irrigation to livelihoods security and poverty reduction in the White Volta Basin (WVB): Current status and future sustainability