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
Shah, Tushaar
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Pradhan, P.
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Rasul, G.
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[Water challenges of the Ganges Basin: an agenda for accelerated reform]
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Water challenges of the Ganges Basin: an agenda for accelerated reform
Canada’s provincial, territorial and federal governments face key water policy decisions about the process of water allocation and the outcomes associated with alternative approaches. Water allocation refers to the systems that are used to decide which users are allowed to draw water from which s...
Rajan, Abhishek
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Verma, Shilp
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[Evolving nature of India's irrigation economy: insights from the fifth minor irrigation census]
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Evolving nature of India's irrigation economy: insights from the fifth minor irrigation census
Rajan, Abhishek
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Verma, Shilp
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[Evolving nature of India's irrigation economy: insights from the fifth minor irrigation census]
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Evolving nature of India's irrigation economy: insights from the fifth minor irrigation census
Groundwater is integral to water security. It is the largest store of unfrozen freshwater on earth, and it serves almost half of the global population for basic water needs. In addition, it contributes more than 40% of the irrigation water globally. Groundwater also secures critical ecosystems an...
Karen, Villholt,
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[The role of groundwater in achieving water security and approaches to its governance]
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The role of groundwater in achieving water security and approaches to its governance
Agricultural intensification to meet the food needs of the rapidly growing population in developing countries is negatively affecting the water quality. In most of these countries such as Ethiopia, information on surface and especially groundwater quality is lacking. This limits the measure that ...
Akal, Adugnaw T.
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Dagnew, D.C.
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Giri, S.
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Belete, M.A.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Groundwater quality in an upland agricultural watershed in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands]
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Groundwater quality in an upland agricultural watershed in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands
This paper provides an overview of policy responses to arsenic in groundwater in rural Bangladesh to assess their role and potential effectiveness in reducing exposure. With 97% of the country consuming groundwater for drinking, there is a continuing crisis of tens of millions of people exposed t...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Horbulyk, Theodore M.
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[Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?]
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Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?
Groundwater recharge remains almost totally unknown across the Mekong River Basin, hindering the evaluation of groundwater potential for irrigation. A regional regression model was developed to map groundwater recharge across the Lower Mekong Basin where agricultural water demand is increasing, e...
Lacombe, Guillaume
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Douangsavanh, Somphasith
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Vongphachanh, S.
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Pavelic, Paul
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[Regional assessment of groundwater recharge in the lower Mekong Basin]
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Regional assessment of groundwater recharge in the lower Mekong Basin
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Kumar, D.S.
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[Drought proofing strategies by farmers in southern India]
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Drought proofing strategies by farmers in southern India