This article offers an approach to the study of the evolution, spread and uptake of integrated water resources management (IWRM). Specifically, it looks at the flow of IWRM as an idea in international and national fora, its translation and adoption into national contexts, and the on-the-ground pr...
Mehta, L.
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Alba, R.
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Bolding, A.
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Denby, K.
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Derman, A.
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Hove, T.
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Manzungu, Emmanuel
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Movik, S.
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Prabhakaran, P.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[The politics of IWRM in southern Africa]
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The politics of IWRM in southern Africa
This article discusses ways in which the South African Government and grassroots organizations envisage and implement democracy achieved since 1994 in the eld of water resources management. The focus is on the democratic, political and economic freedom and equality in resource rights for poor bl...
Schreiner, B.
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Mohapi, N.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa]
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Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Multiple-use water services: An untapped opportunity to meet the Millennium Development Goals]
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Multiple-use water services: An untapped opportunity to meet the Millennium Development Goals
Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data f...
Clement, Floriane
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Leder, Stephanie
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Saikia, Panchali
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Karki, Emma
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis]
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From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
Reliance on rainfall for agriculture and increased climate change and variability pose growing production risks in developing countries. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture, putting food security at both household and nat...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Matchaya, Greenwell C.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi]
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The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Schreiner, B.
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Sithole, P.
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[Decolonising peasants’ marginalisation in African water law]
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Decolonising peasants’ marginalisation in African water law
Water is critically important to the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people living on less than $1 a day, particularly for the 850 million rural poor primarily engaged in agriculture. In many developing countries, water is a major factor constraining agricultural output, and income of the worl...
Namara, Regassa E.
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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Castillo, G.E.
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Ravnborg, Helle Munk
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Smith, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Agricultural water management and poverty linkages]
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Agricultural water management and poverty linkages
This paper explores gender aspects of smallholders' private technology adoption for groundwater irrigation in Ghana and Zambia. It focuses on two variables of quantitative farm-household surveys: household headship and gendered plot management. The paper compares adoption rates and types of techn...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Hope, Lesley
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Colenbrander, W.
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[Gender aspects of smallholder private groundwater irrigation in Ghana and Zambia]
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Gender aspects of smallholder private groundwater irrigation in Ghana and Zambia
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Redressing inequities from the past from a historical perspective: The case of the Olifants Basin South Africa]
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Redressing inequities from the past from a historical perspective: The case of the Olifants Basin South Africa
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Smits, S.
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Mikhail, M.
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[Homestead- and community-scale multiple-use water services: Unlocking new investment opportunities to achieve the millennium development goals]
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Homestead- and community-scale multiple-use water services: Unlocking new investment opportunities to achieve the millennium development goals