In the Gash Delta of Eastern Sudan, spate irrigation (flood-recession farming) contributes substantially to rural livelihoods by providing better yields than rainfed dryland farming. However, spate irrigation farmers are challenged by the unpredictability of flooding. In recent decades, the numbe...
Amarnath, Giriraj
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Simons, G.W.H.
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Alahacoon, Niranga
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Smakhtin, V.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Gismalla, Y.
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Mohammed, Y.
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Andriessen, M.C.M.
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[Using smart ICT to provide weather and water information to smallholders in Africa: the case of the Gash River Basin, Sudan]
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Using smart ICT to provide weather and water information to smallholders in Africa: the case of the Gash River Basin, Sudan
Storage of surface water is widely regarded as a form of insurance against rainfall variability. However, creation of surface storage often endanger the functions of natural ecosystems, and, in turn, ecosystem services that bene t humans. The issues of optimal size, placement and the number of re...
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Smakhtin, V.
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Udamulla, L.
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[Centralized versus distributed reservoirs: an investigation of their implications on environmental flows and sustainable water resources management]
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Centralized versus distributed reservoirs: an investigation of their implications on environmental flows and sustainable water resources management
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are high on the agenda for most countries of the world. In its publication of the SDGs, the UN has provided the goals and target descriptions that, if implemented at a country level, would lead towards a sustai...
Dickens, Chris
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Smakhtin, V.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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O'Brien, G.
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Dahir, L.
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[Defining and quantifying national-level targets, indicators and benchmarks for management of natural resources to achieve the sustainable development goals]
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Defining and quantifying national-level targets, indicators and benchmarks for management of natural resources to achieve the sustainable development goals