Scarcity, lack of access, and ineffective and inefficient use of water in Nkayi District, Zimbabwe, threaten agricultural production. The purpose of this study is to augment understanding of opportunities to increase livestock water productivity (LWP) in Nkayi District by taking into account key ...
Senda, T.S.
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Peden, Donald G.
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Sisito, G.
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Sikosana, J.L.N.
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[Gendered livelihood implications for improvements of livestock water productivity in Zimbabwe]
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Gendered livelihood implications for improvements of livestock water productivity in Zimbabwe
Livestock are the major consumers of water but also sustain millions of pastoralist and farming families. In regions where water is a scarce commodity, such as the Nile basin, there is a need for strategies to improve livestock water productivity (LWP). This study seeks to contribute to this need...
Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Peden, Donald G.
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Persley, Gabrielle J.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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[Swimming upstream - the water and livestock nexus]
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Swimming upstream - the water and livestock nexus
Peden, Donald G.
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[Why rainwater management matters in the Nile Basin: One step towards a possible synthesis paper or proposal]
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Why rainwater management matters in the Nile Basin: One step towards a possible synthesis paper or proposal
Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Distributed modelling simplified hydrological process models for humid areas]
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Distributed modelling simplified hydrological process models for humid areas
Improving water productivity depends on how local communal water and grazing resources are governed. This involves institutional and organizational issues. In the mixed farming systems of the Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, non-participatory water users’ associations, neglect of traditional wate...
Teklewold, T.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Amede, Tilahun
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[Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia]
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Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia
The systems addressed in this chapter and in the CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics (Humidtropics) broadly include natural systems comprising biophysical, resource and climate realities; social systems made up of people, societies and their institutions; and, what ...
Staal, Steven J.
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Njiru, N.
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Thinh Nguyen
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Kihoro, E.
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Karimov, A.A.
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Teufel, Nils
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Ritzema, Randall S.
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[Site characterization and systems analysis in Central Mekong]
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Site characterization and systems analysis in Central Mekong
This chapter introduces Humidtropics, the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics, and the research for development (R4D) activities implemented from 2013 to 2016 in the Central Mekong Action Area. The chapter also provides an overview of the other book chapters.