Water is absent in the ‘Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of Food Security’ (FAO, 2012). This paper explored whether and how the people-centred approaches and the human rights values that underpin this document can be better...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance]
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Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Derman, B.
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Schreiner, B.
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Durojaye, E.
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Mweso, N.
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[Fixing the leaks in women's human rights to water: lessons from South Africa]
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Fixing the leaks in women's human rights to water: lessons from South Africa
Hellum, A.
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Kameri-Mbote, P.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Water is life: women’s human rights in national and local water governance in southern and eastern Africa]
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Water is life: women’s human rights in national and local water governance in southern and eastern Africa
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Tarimo, A. K. P. R.
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Eeden, A. van
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Manzungu, Emmanuel
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Sumuni, P. M.
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[Winners and losers of IWRM in Tanzania]
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Winners and losers of IWRM in Tanzania
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
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Tapela, B.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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[Gender, rights, and the politics of productivity: the case of the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa]
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Gender, rights, and the politics of productivity: the case of the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, 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
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. van
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Tarimo, A.K.P.R.
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Eeden, A. van
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Manzungu, Emmanuel
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Sumuni, P.M.
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[Winners and losers of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Tanzania]
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Winners and losers of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Tanzania
Schreiner, B.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Establishing hybrid water use rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Establishing hybrid water use rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
In recent decades, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pursued national water permit systems, derived from the colonial era and reinforced by “global best practice.” These systems have proved logistically impossible to manage and have worsened inequality in water access. A new study conduct...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Schreiner, B.
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[A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa]
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A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa