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Koppen, Barbara C.M. vanLacombe, GuillaumeMwendera, Emmanuel[Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Synthesis report. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program].]Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Synthesis report. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program].
Molle, FrancoisRap, EdwinAl-Agha, D.E.Ismail, A.El Hassan, W.A.Freeg, M.[Irrigation improvement projects in the Nile Delta: promises, challenges, surprises]Irrigation improvement projects in the Nile Delta: promises, challenges, surprises

The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communi...


CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems[River deltas: scaling up community-driven approaches to sustainable intensification]River deltas: scaling up community-driven approaches to sustainable intensification

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, LikimyeleshBarron, JennieHaile, Alemseged TamiruLefore, NicoleGowing, J.[Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point]Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point

Ever since the oil, financial and food crises of 2008, sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed a marked increase in large-scale investment in agricultural land. The drivers of this investment are varied and include growing food, water and energy insecurity as well as social and economic interests of inv...


Williams, Timothy O.Sidibe, Yoro[Can current land and water governance systems promote sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments in sub-Saharan Africa?]Can current land and water governance systems promote sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments in sub-Saharan Africa?

This Research Report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied resea...


Giordano, Meredith A.Turral, H.Scheierling, S.M.Treguer, D.O.McCornick, Peter G.[Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity]Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity

This paper examines the fairness in distribution of water in a tertiary canal within the Indus Basin Irrigation System. Two methodologies are proposed: canal rating equations, and outlet discharge equations. The methodology is applied to a tertiary canal located in the Punjab, Province of Pakista...


Ali Shah, Azeem M.Anwar, Arif A.Bell, A.R.Ul Haq, Zia[Equity in a tertiary canal of the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS)]Equity in a tertiary canal of the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS)

Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) of domestic and agro-industrial waste has the potential to contribute to a number of financial, socioeconomic and environmental benefits. However, despite these benefits and an increasing political will, there remain significant barriers to build the required up-...


Lazurko, AnitaDrechsel, PayHanjra, M.A.[Financing resource recovery and reuse in developing and emerging economies: enabling environment, financing sources and cost recovery]Financing resource recovery and reuse in developing and emerging economies: enabling environment, financing sources and cost recovery

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
Closas, AlvarMolle, Francois[Groundwater governance in the Middle East and North Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].]Groundwater governance in the Middle East and North Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].

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