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Livestock is a key livelihood strategy and source of food and income for poor livestock keepers. However, inappropriate livestock management along with poor water management practices often contributes to widespread and severe depletion, degradation and contamination of water and land resources. ...


Amede, TilahunDescheemaeker, Katrien[Livestock and water management: Key for changing systems and livelihoods in Africa]Livestock and water management: Key for changing systems and livelihoods in Africa

This paper presents a critical review of the physical impacts of decentralized water supply systems on existing centralized water infrastructures. This paper highlights the combination of centralized and decentralized systems, which is referred to as hybrid water supply systems. The system is hyp...


Sapkota, M.Arora, M.Malano, H.M.M.Sharma, A.George B.A.Francis, P.[An overview of hybrid water supply systems in the context of urban water management: Challenges and opportunities]An overview of hybrid water supply systems in the context of urban water management: Challenges and opportunities

Our paper aims to analyze the modalities of coordination among local actors who are involved in integrated water resources management. So as to understand the dynamics of territorialization, we ground our analysis in the proximity framework to highlight that social and spatial relations around wa...


Torou, Bio MohamadouDebevec, LizaDa, D.E.C.[La difficile territorialisation de la gestion de l’eau au Burkina Faso: une lecture au filtre de la theorie de la proximite. In French]La difficile territorialisation de la gestion de l’eau au Burkina Faso: une lecture au filtre de la theorie de la proximite. In French
Akayombokwa, Imataa MukenaniKoppen, Barbara C.M. vanMatete, Mampiti[Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Country report - Zambia. [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. Country report - Zambia. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program].
Autor: Cossins, N.J.

Presents results of a study on existing water production methods, the rate & amount of production and inefficiencies & production losses; importance of "okoles" (leather buckets) in relation to output rates & okole sizes and their supply; influence of "tetchana" (holding pond after shaft) and "Ma...


Cossins, N.J.[The crucial centres: Water production and well efficiency in Borana]The crucial centres: Water production and well efficiency in Borana

At independence in 1960, Africa was a modest food exporter while Asia was engulfed in a food crisis. The Green Revolution boosted food production in Asia and the global food problem shifted to Africa. However, science and technology have been promoted on an ad hoc basis in Africa's 45 years of in...


Babu, S.Anandajayasekeram, P.Rukuni, M.[Challenges facing African agriculture]Challenges facing African agriculture
Mapani, B.Magole, L.Makurira, H.Meck, M.Mkandawire, T.Mul, Marloes L.[Integrated water resources management and infrastructure planning for water security in southern Africa]Integrated water resources management and infrastructure planning for water security in southern Africa

This Other comprises a 10 minutes film focusing on ILRI's work in 2007. It looks at a glance ILRI's project - People, Livestock and Wildlife; BECA, the new ILRI hosted biosciences platform; livestock genetic resources - conserving livestock genetic diversity; climate change; water management for...


International Livestock Research Institute[ILRI at work 2007. ILRI's work in field, conference room and laboratory over the year. 10 minute documentary]ILRI at work 2007. ILRI's work in field, conference room and laboratory over the year. 10 minute documentary

Cooperative management of transboundary river basins is widely recognized as important. Emphasis on joint management of shared aquifers has also grown in recent years. Perhaps surprisingly, despite abundant focus on transboundary surface water and growing focus on shared groundwater, there is sca...


Lautze, JonathanHolmatov, B.Saruchera, D.Villholth, Karen G.[Conjunctive management of surface and groundwater in transboundary watercourses: a first assessment]Conjunctive management of surface and groundwater in transboundary watercourses: a first assessment

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