This study examines the socioeconomic features that underpin the expansion of groundwater-dependent irrigation in Northern State, Sudan. Groundwater development in the region serves as an economic lifeline given the poor Nile-based irrigation infrastructure and future changes in Nile hydrology. G...
Fragaszy, S.
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Closas, Alvar
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[Cultivating the desert: irrigation expansion and groundwater abstraction in northern state, Sudan]
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Cultivating the desert: irrigation expansion and groundwater abstraction in northern state, Sudan
The river basin management approach in the Syr Darya basin fragmented after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. However, this approach had already created dependencies between riparian states, such as transboundary water control infrastructure. At the national level, these states hardly coope...
Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Kabilov, F.
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Mukhamedova, N.
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[Meso-level cooperation on transboundary tributaries and infrastructure in the Ferghana Valley.]
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Meso-level cooperation on transboundary tributaries and infrastructure in the Ferghana Valley.
Mapani, B.
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Magole, L.
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Makurira, H.
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Meck, M.
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Mkandawire, T.
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Mul, Marloes L.
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[Integrated water resources management and infrastructure planning for water security in southern Africa]
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Integrated water resources management and infrastructure planning for water security in southern Africa
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
With rapidly increasing investment in water control infrastructure (WCI) and a recently ratified agriculture development strategy that promotes integrated farming of high-value products such as fish, agricultural production, already fundamental to Myanmar’s economy, will be central to driving the...
Dubois, M.J.
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Akester, M.
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Leemans, K.
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Teoh, S.J.
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Stuart, A.
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Thant, A.M.
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San, S.S.
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Shein, N.
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Leh, Mansoor
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Moet, Palal Moet
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Radanielson, A.M.
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[Integrating fish into irrigation infrastructure projects in Myanmar: rice-fish what if…?]
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Integrating fish into irrigation infrastructure projects in Myanmar: rice-fish what if…?
Increasing agricultural productivity has always been a prominent feature on the regional agenda due to a high incidence of food and nutrition insecurity. This review assessed the current status of irrigated agriculture in southern Africa from a water–energy–food (WEF) nexus perspective. Gaps and ...
Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Chimonyo, V.G.P.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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Senzanje, A.
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Naidoo, D.
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Modi, A.T.
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[Prospects for improving irrigated agriculture in Southern Africa: linking water, energy and food]
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Prospects for improving irrigated agriculture in Southern Africa: linking water, energy and food
Basin-wide planning requires tools and strategies that allow comparison of alternative pathways and priorities at relevant spatial and temporal scales. In this paper, we apply a hydroeconomic model–the Western Nepal Energy Water Model–that better accounts for feedbacks between water and energy ma...
Pakhtigian, E.L.
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Jeuland, M.
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Dhaubanjar, Sanita
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Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
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[Balancing intersectoral demands in basin-scale planning: the case of Nepal’s western river basins]
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Balancing intersectoral demands in basin-scale planning: the case of Nepal’s western river basins
Conducting rigorous evaluations of whether the process of creating new institutions affects their performance of mandated duties presents several challenges. Not only is assignment to process often not random, but when the process of creating new institutions starts, outcomes and other performanc...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Price, Joseph P.G.
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Horbulyk, Theodore M.
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[Impacts assessments without true baselines: assessing the relative effects of training on the performance of water user associations in southern Tajikistan]
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Impacts assessments without true baselines: assessing the relative effects of training on the performance of water user associations in southern Tajikistan
This article shows how large-scale commercial farmers, individually and collectively, are responding to land and water reform processes in the Thukela River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With a high degree of innovative agency, commercial farmers have effectively executed four strategies, e...
Mendez-Barrientos, L.E.
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Kemerink, J.S.
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Wester, P.
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Molle, Francois
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[Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform]
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Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform
This paper focuses on the application of the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Tanzania. It asks: how did IWRM affect the rural and fast-growing majority of smallholder farmers' access to water which contributes directly to poverty alleviation and employment creation in a...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Tarimo, A.K.P.R.
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Eeden, A. van
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Manzungu, Emmanuel
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Sumuni, P.M.
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[Winners and losers of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Tanzania]
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Winners and losers of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Tanzania