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This Working Paper summarizes research conducted as part of the AgWater Solutions Project in Ethiopia between 2009 and 2012. Researchers from the AgWater Solutions Project conducted a situation analysis in 2009, which identified a range of options deemed to be technically feasible, affordable an...


Evans, Alexandra E.V.Giordano, Meredith A.Clayton, Terry[Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.]Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.
Shah, TushaarAmarasinghe, Upali A.[River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?]River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?

Rural people in Nepal and other developing nations are part of complex, social-ecological systems. Efforts to provide assistance to these people must integrate knowledge from a variety of perspectives. This report documents the use of a role-playing game, supported by an agent-based model, to dem...


Janmaat, J.Lapp, S.Wannop, T.Bharati, LunaSugden, Fraser[Demonstrating complexity with a roleplaying simulation: investing in water in the Indrawati Subbasin, Nepal]Demonstrating complexity with a roleplaying simulation: investing in water in the Indrawati Subbasin, Nepal
Autor: Basak R

This directory includes information on potential sources of funding for projects that seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture in low-income countries. To meet food security needs as well as commitments to reducing GHG emissions, a number of countries have been interested i...


Basak R[Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in agriculture]Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in agriculture

Worldwide, the private sector is expected to play a lead role in economic and production activities, while the public sector provides the supportive policy as well as the legal and other institutional environment for this. National governments of most developing countries have limited financial r...


Chipeta, M.E.Joshi, M.[The private sector speaks: investing in sustainable forest management]The private sector speaks: investing in sustainable forest management

Building on existing literature and the analysis of a portfolio of development projects (past and under implementation), this paper reviews the evolution of water user associations (WUAs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), reflecting on the conceptualization of how they operate, and the promised outcom...


Aarnoudse, E.Closas, AlvarLefore, Nicole[Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa]Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa's demand for food and Development means added pressure on natural resources that are already threatened. There is therefore, and urgent need for technical innovations that will raise productivity of livestosk and crops without causing further environmental degradation. But technical innova...


Kategile, J.A.[Multipurpose trees in livestock-production systems]Multipurpose trees in livestock-production systems
Autor: Benin, S.E.

This paper presents evidence and implications of the impacts of land redistribution and land tenure contracts on land investments and management practices, input use and productivity using data from household and plot level surveys conducted in the highlands of Amhara region in 2000/01. It also e...


Benin, S.E.[Policies affecting land management, input use and productivity: Land redistribution and tenure in the highlands of Amhara region]Policies affecting land management, input use and productivity: Land redistribution and tenure in the highlands of Amhara region

Global targets, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and private sector commitments, such as deforestation-free supply chains, are stimulating growing demand for sustainable investment opportunities in the food and agriculture sector. Yet, the supply of such opportunities has been slow t...


Negra, C.Remans, R.Attwood, S.Jones, S.Werneck, F.Smith, A.[Sustainable agri-food investments require multi-sector co-development of decision tools]Sustainable agri-food investments require multi-sector co-development of decision tools

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