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Mapedza, Everisto[Book review on "Swatuk, L.A. 2017. Water in Southern Africa. Off-Centre, new Perspectives on Public Issues, University of Kwazulu-Natal Press"]Book review on "Swatuk, L.A. 2017. Water in Southern Africa. Off-Centre, new Perspectives on Public Issues, University of Kwazulu-Natal Press"

The concept of integrated water resource management (IWRM) attempts to integrate all elements of water resources. Different tools are developed to assist in developing sound IWRM plans. One such tool is multiobjective analysis using an integrated hydro-economic model (IHEM). However, IHEM mainly ...


Kiptala, J.K.Mul, Marloes L.Mohamed, Y.A.Zaag, P. van der[Multiobjective analysis of green-blue water uses in a highly utilized basin: case study of Pangani Basin, Africa]Multiobjective analysis of green-blue water uses in a highly utilized basin: case study of Pangani Basin, Africa

This article discusses ways in which the South African Government and grassroots organizations envisage and implement democracy achieved since 1994 in the eld of water resources management. The focus is on the democratic, political and economic freedom and equality in resource rights for poor bl...


Schreiner, B.Mohapi, N.Koppen, Barbara C.M. van[Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa]Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa

South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region's perverse energy-groundwater nexus. In much of South Asia, the price of energy used in irrigation, the only surrogate for water price, fa...


Shah, TushaarRajan, AbhishekRai, Gyan PrakashVerma, ShilpDurga, Neha[Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future]Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future

Water harvesting systems have improved productivity in various regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Similarly, they can help retain water in landscapes, build resilience against droughts and dry spells, and thereby contribute to sustainable agricultural intensification. However, there is no strong empi...


Dile, Y.T.Karlberg, L.Daggupati, P.Srinivasan, R.Wiberg, D.Rockström, Johan[Assessing the implications of water harvesting intensification on upstream–downstream ecosystem services: a case study in the Lake Tana basin]Assessing the implications of water harvesting intensification on upstream–downstream ecosystem services: a case study in the Lake Tana basin

In the Ethiopian highlands, church forests have a substantial contribution to landscape restoration, and conservation of endangered indigenous tree species and biodiversity. However, the environmental and economic benefits of church forests are declining due to a combination of economic, environm...


Amare, D.Mekuria, Wolde M.Teklewold, T.Belay, B.Teshome, A.Yitaferu, B.Tessema, T.Tegegn, B.[Perception of local community and the willingness to pay to restore church forests: the case of Dera district, northwestern Ethiopia]Perception of local community and the willingness to pay to restore church forests: the case of Dera district, northwestern Ethiopia

The potential to increase agricultural production in inland valleys in West Africa has received a good degree of attention in both national development strategies and academic literature, and improving agriculture productivity in inland valleys has been an active area of donor engagement. Despite...


Katic, Pamela G.Lautze, JonathanNamara, Regassa E.[Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?]Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?

Reduced river runoff and expected upstream infrastructural developments are both potential threats to irrigation water availability for the downstream countries in Central Asia. Although it has been recurrently mentioned that a reduction in water supply will hamper irrigation in the downstream co...


Bekchanov, MaksudLamers, J.P.A.[Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)]Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)

The potential to increase agricultural production in inland valleys in West Africa has received a good degree of attention in both national development strategies and academic literature, and improving agriculture productivity in inland valleys has been an active area of donor engagement. Despite...


Katic, Pamela G.Lautze, JonathanNamara, Regassa E.[Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?]Impacts of small built infrastructure in inland valleys in Burkina Faso and Mali: rationale for a systems approach that thinks beyond rice?

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