Key findings:
• From the PGIS survey, six of the interventions (two small reservoirs, earth bunds, stone bunds, treadle pump, water pumps and shallow wells) were identified with the help of key stakeholders to the study.
• Increment of farm...
Granaham, Patricia
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[Targeting and scaling up of Agricultural Water Management interventions in the White Volta Basin, Ghana. ]
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Targeting and scaling up of Agricultural Water Management interventions in the White Volta Basin, Ghana.
Perpetual Yirenkyiwaa, Diabene
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[Targeting and Scaling-‐up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin -‐ Ghana]
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Targeting and Scaling-‐up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin -‐ Ghana
The consultation workshop with Burkinabe key stakeholders for the V1 Project within the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) of the Volta Basin took place from 14 to 15 March 2011 in Ouagadougou. The meeting room of the DIST in CNRST was booked ...
Key findings:
The research revealed the following key things about agriculture and agricultural water; that dry season gardening is considered by the indigenes as one of the means by which poverty and transitional (seasonal) hunger can be red...
L’agriculture contribue à environ 40 % du PIB et assure emplois et revenus à 86 % des Burkinabé. La forte dépendance des populations rurales vis-à-vis de l’agriculture non irriguée, accentue leur vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques. Cette situation a entraîné des stratégies d’adaptations ...
Kekele, Adama
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[Utilisation des Eaux de Pluie en Culture Pluviale: Association Arboriculture Fruitiere et Culture Cerealiere dan le Kenedougou (Ouest du Burkina Faso)]
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Utilisation des Eaux de Pluie en Culture Pluviale: Association Arboriculture Fruitiere et Culture Cerealiere dan le Kenedougou (Ouest du Burkina Faso)
The Black Volta Basin provides a major water resource in Ghana and the Upper West region in particular. Agriculture is the main occupation of majority of the inhabitants, but this is normally done on subsistence basis.
The management of water for agricultural purposes under various agricultural ...
Quandzie, Stephen
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[Potential for Increasing Agricultural Water Productivity in the Black Volta Basin, Ghana]
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Potential for Increasing Agricultural Water Productivity in the Black Volta Basin, Ghana
Majority of the populace in the Upper West Region of Ghana are small-scale farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture. However, rainfall pattern is uni-modal (April – September) and variable thus making agriculture quite challenging. This has resulted in poverty and food insecurity with mi...
Diabene, Perpetual
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[Targeting and Scaling-up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin – Ghana: A CPWF V1 MSc Thesis Project]
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Targeting and Scaling-up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin – Ghana: A CPWF V1 MSc Thesis Project
The project will develop an evidence and know- ledge-based tool to assess and map the likelihood that a given intervention will be successful in given locations, at the basin scale. The project seeks to answer the question of what works where and why