Traditionally, the spread and extent of human settlement beyond the major riparian zones of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and across many other arid regions of the world, has been determined by availability of groundwater supplies, accessed through hand-dug wells andsprings. In more recent times, grou...
Pavelic, Paul
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Giordano, Mark
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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Ramesh, Vidya
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Rao, Tamma
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[Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries]
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Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
Groundwater irrigation is believed to have the highest level of water control necessary for smallholder irrigation farmers to overcome household-level poverty and food insecurity. This study analyses the effects of the determinants of groundwater irrigation technology adoption with a data from 24...
Owusu V
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Asante, A.V.
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Pavelic, Paul
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[Assessing the factors influencing groundwater irrigation technology adoption in Ghana]
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Assessing the factors influencing groundwater irrigation technology adoption in Ghana
In the Dry Zone of Myanmar, improved access to water is widely acknowledged as being vital for livelihood enhancement and the general well-being of around 10 million people, most of whom depend on agriculture. Thus, expanding the sustainable use of groundwater is of great importance for socioecon...
Pavelic, Paul
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Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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Johnston, Robyn M.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Sotoukee, Touleelor
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Lacombe, Guillaume
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Douangsavanh, Somphasith
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Joffre, Olivier M.
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Latt, K.
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Zan, A.K.
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Thein, K.
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Myint, A.
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Cho, C.
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Htut, Y.T.
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[Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar]
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Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar
Ekxang village is located in the plains of Phonhong district, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. Since the 1990’s,
the province has been under rapid infrastructural, economic and social development. Increased access
to services including electricity, water, major roads, and education facilitated econom...
Groundwater is one of the most important sources for drinking water, livestock water, and irrigation in Africa. It is of vital importance in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of accessing clean water, as most of rural Africa and a considerable part of urban Africa are supplie...
Altchenko, Yvan
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Brida AB
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Diallo, H.A.
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Mogbante D
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Pavelic, Paul
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Tindimugaya, C.
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Villholth, Karen G.
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[Management of groundwater in Africa including transboundary aquifers: implications for food security, livelihood and climate change adaptation]
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Management of groundwater in Africa including transboundary aquifers: implications for food security, livelihood and climate change adaptation
Groundwater development across much of sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by a lack of knowledge on the suitability of aquifers for borehole construction. The main objective of this study was to map groundwater potential at the country-scale for Ghana to identify locations for developing new suppl...
Gumma, Murali K.
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Pavelic, Paul
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[Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems and spatial modelling]
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Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems and spatial modelling
Floods are one of the most frequent and widespread natural hazards in the world. A recent example is the 2011 floods in three of the four Lower Mekong Basin Countries (Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam) that caused severe impacts in terms of loss of life and damage to infrastructure. Several studies...
Amarnath, Giriraj
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Pavelic, Paul
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Analysis of trends in extreme flood events and mitigation strategies in South East Asia]
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Analysis of trends in extreme flood events and mitigation strategies in South East Asia
This report summarizes the results of the household baseline survey conducted in Ekxang
Climate-Smart Village and six surrounding villages in Phonghong district, Vientiane
province, Lao PDR. The survey was implemented with participation of 140 randomly
selected households using pre-prepared table...
Data collection for the Village Baseline Study for the Ekxang Climate-Smart Village located
in Phonhong District, Vientiane Province, Lao PDR, took place on November 19th - 21st,
2014. Three days of focus group discussions were conducted separately for men and women.
Participatory methods were us...
This paper develops a conceptual framework with an indicator-based approach to assess Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) and applies it to case study sites in Lao PDR (Ekxang CSV), Cambodia (Rohal Suong CSV), and Vietnam (Tra Hat CSV) in Southeast Asia. The intensification, extensification, diversific...
Ferrer, Alice J.
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Yen, Bui Tan
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Kura, Yumiko
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Minh, Ngo Duc
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Pavelic, Paul
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Amjath-Babu, T.S.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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[Analyzing farm household strategies for food security and climate resilience: The case of Climate-Smart Villages of Southeast Asia]
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Analyzing farm household strategies for food security and climate resilience: The case of Climate-Smart Villages of Southeast Asia