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.
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Mohapi, N.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa]
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Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of irrigation delivery services and agricultural extension services on crop choice in southern Tajikistan. This analysis is motivated by the government’s recent efforts to address the country’s severe malnutrition problem by supporting changes in irr...
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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[The effect of irrigation service delivery and training in agronomy on crop choice in Tajikistan]
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The effect of irrigation service delivery and training in agronomy on crop choice in Tajikistan
Around 27% of aquifers in Tunisia are being overexploited. Groundwater extractions is mainly for the irrigation sector, where more than 40% of the water used for irrigation comes from GW sources. The objective of this study is to critically review and analyze GW management instruments adopted in ...
Frija, Aymen
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Dhehibi, B.
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Chebil, A.
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Villholth, Karen G.
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[Performance evaluation of groundwater management instruments: the case of irrigation sector in Tunisia]
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Performance evaluation of groundwater management instruments: the case of irrigation sector in Tunisia
This paper examines whether longer training increases farm participation in community-managed water user associations, in a context where assignment to training duration was not randomized and none of these institutions existed before training began. We also examine whether participation is affec...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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[Effects of training duration and the role of gender on farm articipation in water user associations in southern Tajikistan: implications for irrigation management]
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Effects of training duration and the role of gender on farm articipation in water user associations in southern Tajikistan: implications for irrigation management
The diversity of small-scale irrigation in the Ethiopian Blue Nile basin comprises small dams, wells, ponds and river diversion. The diversity of irrigation infrastructure is partly a consequence of the topographic heterogeneity of the Fogera plains. Despite similar social-political conditions an...
Eguavoen, I.
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Derib, S.D.
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Deneke, T.T.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Otto, B. A.
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Billa, S.S.
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[Digging, damming or diverting?: small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.]
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Digging, damming or diverting?: small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.
This article focuses on cooperative adaptation strategies at the community, water user association, district, and national levels along the Khojabakirgansai, a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Data were collected in the basin through in-depth expert int...
Stucker, D.
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Yakubov, Murat
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Climate change in a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya calls for effective cooperation and adaptation.]
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Climate change in a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya calls for effective cooperation and adaptation.
This article focuses on cooperative adaptation strategies at the community, water user association, district, and national levels along the Khojabakirgansai, a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Data were collected in the basin through in-depth expert int...
Stucker, D.
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Yakubov, Murat
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Climate change in a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya calls for effective cooperation and adaptation.]
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Climate change in a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya calls for effective cooperation and adaptation.
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 Mohamadou
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Debevec, Liza
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Da, D.E.C.
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[La difficile territorialisation de la gestion de l’eau au Burkina Faso: une lecture au filtre de la theorie de la proximite. In French]
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La difficile territorialisation de la gestion de l’eau au Burkina Faso: une lecture au filtre de la theorie de la proximite. In French
The rapidly growing population in Uzbekistan has put massive pressure on limited water resources, resulting in frequent water shortages. Irrigation is by far the major water use. Improving irrigation water use through the institutional change of establishing water consumer associations (WCAs) has...
Djumaboev, Kakhramon
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Hamidov, A.
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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Gafurov, Zafar
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Tussupova, K.
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[Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan]
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Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan
Tagutanazvo, E.
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Dzingirai, V.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Gender dynamics in water governance institutions: the case of Gwanda's Guyu-Chelesa Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe]
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Gender dynamics in water governance institutions: the case of Gwanda's Guyu-Chelesa Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe