Irrigation tanks in India are common property resources. Tanks provide not only for irrigation, but also forestry, fishing, domestic water supply, livestock, and other uses. Using empirical results from a study of tank performance from 80 tanks in Tamil Nadu, South India in two time period: 1996-...
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Giordano, Mark
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Ranganathan, C.R.
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[Tank performance and multiple uses in Tamil Nadu, South India-comparison of 2 time periods (1996-97 and 2009-10).]
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Tank performance and multiple uses in Tamil Nadu, South India-comparison of 2 time periods (1996-97 and 2009-10).
The division of Central Asia into several independent states, and the transition from the centrally planned economy to a market economy in the majority of those states, affected all sectors and all social levels in the region. One such example is irrigation. Centrally planned and financed from Mo...
Gunchinmaa, Tumur
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Hamdamova, D.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Gender in irrigated farming: a case study in the Zerafshan River Basin, Uzbekistan]
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Gender in irrigated farming: a case study in the Zerafshan River Basin, Uzbekistan
It has been suggested that the collective action needed for integrated water management at larger spatial scales could be more effective and sustainable if it were built, bottom-up, on the nested arrangements by which local communities have managed their water resources at homestead, plot, villag...
Komakech, H.C.
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Zaag, P. van der
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[The dynamics between water asymmetry, inequality and heterogeneity sustaining canal institutions in the Makanya Catchment, Tanzania]
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The dynamics between water asymmetry, inequality and heterogeneity sustaining canal institutions in the Makanya Catchment, Tanzania
Shah, Tushaar
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Merrey, Douglas J.
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Lange, M. de
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Samad, M.
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[Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation]
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Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation
This research assesses the widespread transfer of government-run smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa to the management of organized groups of farmers in the light of decades of experience by various countries . The comparative study of the Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) suggests that i...
Shah, Tushaar
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Merrey, Douglas J.
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Lange, M. de
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Samad, M.
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[Farmer management of irrigation systems: can Africa's smallholder black farmers do it?]
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Farmer management of irrigation systems: can Africa's smallholder black farmers do it?
Emerging approaches to water resources development and management typically highlight equity and productivity as two main objectives. In the context of integrated water resources management within a river basin, managers and stakeholders often need a comparative assessment of different options fo...
Prasad, Krishna C.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Strzepek, K.M.
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[Equity and productivity assessments in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa]
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Equity and productivity assessments in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa
The historical legacy in South Africa of apartheid and the resulting discriminatory policies and power imbalances are critical to understanding how water is managed and allocated, and how people participate in designated water governance structures. The progressive post-apartheid National Water A...
Denby, K.
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Movik, S.
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Mehta, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[The 'Trickle Down' of IWRM: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa]
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The 'Trickle Down' of IWRM: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa
South Africa is often regarded to be at the forefront of water reform, based on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) ideas. This paper explores how the idea of IWRM emerged in South Africa, its key debates and interpretations and how it has been translated. It maps out the history, main e...
Movik, S.
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Mehta, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Emergence, interpretations and translations of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in South Africa]
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Emergence, interpretations and translations of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in South Africa
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. van
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Mehta, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania]
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Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania
Joint Venture schemes based on the floppy irrigation technology are being promoted in the post-Apartheid South Africa's Limpopo Province. Access to land and water resources in South Africa are largely viewed as a mechanism for re-dressing the Apartheid injustices. This research was part of a broa...
Mapedza, Everisto
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Sithole, P.
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Bourblanc, M.
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[Joint venture schemes in Limpopo Province and their outcomes on smallholder farmers livelihoods]
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Joint venture schemes in Limpopo Province and their outcomes on smallholder farmers livelihoods