Understanding the gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance is important because men and women differ in their need for and having access to groundwater, and their participation in the development, management and monitoring of the resource. The leading role played by women in ob...
Nigussie, Likimyelesh
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Barron, Jennie
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Haile, Alemseged Tamiru
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Lefore, Nicole
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Gowing, J.
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[Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point]
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Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point
Development partners and public investors assume that spate irrigation reduces household poverty and malnutrition. This article examines whether the poverty profiles of smallholder farmers and the nutritional outcomes of their children have improved as a result of using spate irrigation. The stud...
Hagos, Fitsum
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Mulugeta, A.
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Langan, Simon J.
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Lefore, Nicole
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Abebe, Yenenesh
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[Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia]
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Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia
This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvemen...
Lefore, Nicole
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Weight, Elizabeth
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Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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[Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan]
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Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan
Schmitter, Petra S.
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Gebrehaweria, Gebregziabher
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Tilahun, S.
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Lefore, Nicole
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Barron, Jennie
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[Assessing the effects of smallholder intensification through improved water management beyond “Business as Usual”: a multi-facet lens on sustainability]
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Assessing the effects of smallholder intensification through improved water management beyond “Business as Usual”: a multi-facet lens on sustainability
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.
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Closas, Alvar
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Lefore, Nicole
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[Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa
The rapid development of farmer-led irrigation is increasing agricultural productivity, incomes, employment and nutrition, but it might well not achieve its full potential. Small-scale irrigators tend to be younger, male and better-off. Women and resource-poor farmers – the majority of farmers in...
Lefore, Nicole
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Giordano, Meredith A.
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Ringler, C.
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Barron, Jennie
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[Sustainable and equitable growth in farmer-led irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: what will it take?]
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Sustainable and equitable growth in farmer-led irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: what will it take?