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Danso, George K.Hanjra, Munir A.Drechsel, Pay[Fixed wastewater-freshwater swap (Mashhad Plain, Iran) - Case Study]Fixed wastewater-freshwater swap (Mashhad Plain, Iran) - Case Study

This paper assesses a case of co-management of groundwater between the state of Texas, pushing for the rationalisation of groundwater management, and local (mainly farming) communities organised in Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs), which are protective of their private groundwater rights...


Closas, AlvarMolle, Francois[Chronicle of a demise foretold: state vs. local groundwater management in Texas and the high plains aquifer system]Chronicle of a demise foretold: state vs. local groundwater management in Texas and the high plains aquifer system

Groundwater governance has become an intractable policy issue, which has many implications for the living standards and well-being of millions of rural poor in South Asia. Groundwater governance is complex as it is influenced by various hydrogeological, sociopolitical and socioeconomic factors. U...


Ananda, J.Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M.[An evaluation of groundwater institutions in India: a property rights perspective]An evaluation of groundwater institutions in India: a property rights perspective

In Tanzania like in other parts of the global South, in the name of 'development' and 'poverty eradication' vast tracts of land have been earmarked by the government to be developed by investors for different commercial agricultural projects, giving rise to the contested land grab phenomenon. In ...


Eeden, A. vanMehta, L.Koppen, Barbara C.M. van[Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania]Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania

This article shows how large-scale commercial farmers, individually and collectively, are responding to land and water reform processes in the Thukela River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With a high degree of innovative agency, commercial farmers have effectively executed four strategies, e...


Mendez-Barrientos, L.E.Kemerink, J.S.Wester, P.Molle, Francois[Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform]Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform

This paper focuses on the application of the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Tanzania. It asks: how did IWRM affect the rural and fast-growing majority of smallholder farmers' access to water which contributes directly to poverty alleviation and employment creation in a...


Koppen, Barbara C.M. vanTarimo, A.K.P.R.Eeden, A. vanManzungu, EmmanuelSumuni, P.M.[Winners and losers of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Tanzania]Winners and losers of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Tanzania

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