The increasing demand for solar-powered irrigation systems in agriculture has spurred a race for projects as it potentially offers a cost-effective and sustainable energy solution to off-grid farmers while helping food production and sustaining livelihoods. As a result, countries such as Morocco ...
Closas, Alvar
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Rap., E.
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[Solar-based groundwater pumping for irrigation: Sustainability, policies, and limitations]
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Solar-based groundwater pumping for irrigation: Sustainability, policies, and limitations
The concept of integrated water resource management (IWRM) attempts to integrate all elements of water resources. Different tools are developed to assist in developing sound IWRM plans. One such tool is multiobjective analysis using an integrated hydro-economic model (IHEM). However, IHEM mainly ...
Kiptala, J.K.
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Mul, Marloes L.
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Mohamed, Y.A.
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Zaag, P. van der
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[Multiobjective analysis of green-blue water uses in a highly utilized basin: case study of Pangani Basin, Africa]
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Multiobjective analysis of green-blue water uses in a highly utilized basin: case study of Pangani Basin, Africa
Thirsty and hungry cities are posing significant challenges for the urban-rural interface ranging from food security to inter-sectoral water allocation. Not only is the supply of resources to urban centres a growing challenge in low-income countries, but even more is the urban return flow, as inv...
Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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[Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective]
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Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective
Agricultural water management, particularly management of multi-purpose small reservoirs (SRs) in drier savanna areas of the northern Ghana, is being promoted as a key solution to improve agricultural production, enhance food security and livelihoods of smallholder farm households. However, littl...
Acheampong, D.
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Balana, Bedru B.
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Nimoh, F.
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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[Asssesing the effectiveness and impact of agricultural water management interventions: the case of small reservoirs in northern Ghana]
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Asssesing the effectiveness and impact of agricultural water management interventions: the case of small reservoirs in northern Ghana
While in the international literature water sharing in the Syr Darya Basin per past agreements is widely portrayed as most benefiting Uzbekistan, here the dynamics of water allocation within small transboundary tributaries in Ferghana Province show Uzbekistan as benefiting least. The case study h...
Wegerich, Kai
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Soliev, I.
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Akramova, Indira
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[Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province]
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Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province
This paper predicts climate change pattern and outlines suitable adaptation strategies related to irrigated agricultural practices in Hakra Branch Canal Command (HBCC) of Pakistan. Climate change predictions were simulated using models perturbed with climatic data and A2 emission scenario. A bias...
Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif
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Ahmad, Waqas
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Shah, Muhammad Azeem
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Khattak, M.S.
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[Climate change evidence and community level autonomous adaptation measures in a canal irrigated agriculture system of Pakistan]
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Climate change evidence and community level autonomous adaptation measures in a canal irrigated agriculture system of Pakistan
Water resources in sub-Saharan Africa are more overstressed than in many other regions of the world. Experiments on commercial farms have shown that conservation agriculture (CA) can save water and improve the soil. Nevertheless, its benefits on smallholder irrigated farms have not been adequatel...
Belay, Sisay A.
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Schmitter, Petra
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Worqlul, A.W.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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Reyes, Manuel R.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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[Conservation agriculture saves irrigation water in the dry monsoon phase in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Conservation agriculture saves irrigation water in the dry monsoon phase in the Ethiopian highlands
Stochastic production frontiers of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia, were fitted to a random sample of irrigated and rain-fed plots to compare their technical efficiencies. Propensity Score Matching Method was applied to select rain-fed plots with comparable bio-...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Holden, S.
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[Technical efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia: a comparative stochastic frontier production function analysis.]
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Technical efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia: a comparative stochastic frontier production function analysis.