60 research outputs found
Water finance innovations in context
No full textCONTENTS: Authors Biographies, 5 -- Preface and Acknowledgements, 11 -- Chapter 1 – Prologue: Why Does Africa Need Innovative Water Financing Mechanisms? Atakilte Beyene and Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, 17 -- Chapter 2: Africa’s Water Sector Development and Financing Outlook Wangai Ndirangu, Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Atakilte Beyene and Mamudu Abunga Akudugu, 42 -- Chapter 3: The Core Business of Integrated Water Management: Achieving Water Governance Performance Joy Apiyo Obando, Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Atakilte Beyene, Raphael Mwamba Tshimanga and Albert Ruhakana, 60 -- Chapter 4: Legal and Market Requirements for Water Finance in Africa: the Kenya Water Sector Reforms Case Pauline Matu Mureithi, Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Mary Nyawira Mutiso Nele Förch and Amos Yesutanbul Nkpeebo, 82 -- Chapter 5: Societal Marketing and Resource Mobilization: Communication and Engagement Methods that Work for Water Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Aseye Afi Nutsukpui, Philip Wambua Peter and Amos Yesutanbul Nkpeebo, 114 -- Chapter 6: Gender in Water Finance: Perspectives for a Paradigm Shift in Water Finance Management Elsie Odonkor, Linnet Hamasi, Florence Muthoni, Mathabo Khau and Mary Mutiso, 140 -- Index, 160</p
Agricultural transformation in Ethiopia : state policy and smallholder farming
No full textFor thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs. But now, such farmers find themselves under threat from environmental degradation, climate change and declining productivity. As a result, smallholder agriculture has increasingly become subsistence-oriented, with many of these farmers trapped in a cycle of poverty. Smallholders have long been marginalised by mainstream development policies, and only more recently has their crucial importance been recognised for addressing rural poverty through agricultural reform. This collection, written by leading Ethiopian scholars, explores the scope and impact of Ethiopia’s policy reforms over the past two decades on the smallholder sector. Focusing on the Lake Tana basin in northwestern Ethiopia, an area with untapped potential for growth, the contributors argue that any effective policy will need to go beyond agriculture to consider the role of health, nutrition and local food customs, as well as including increased safeguards for smallholder’s land rights. They in turn show that smallholders represent a vitally overlooked component of development strategy, not only in Ethiopia but across the global South.CONTENTS: State Policies and Questions of Agrarian Transformation / Atakilte Beyene -- 1. Agricultural Input Supply and Output Marketing Systems / Fentahun Tesafa -- 2. Agricultural Investment Alternatives and the Smallholder Farming Sector / Kassa Teshager Alemu -- 3. Large/Scale Canal Irrigation Management by Smallholder Farmers / Atakilte Beyene -- 4. Determinants of Climate/resilient Agricultural Practices among Smallholder Farmers / Nigussie Abadi and Girmay Tesfay -- 5. Sociocultural Dimensions of Food: The Case of Teff / Gedef Abawa -- 6. The Impact of Malaria Epidemics on Agricultural Production in Dembia and Fogera, 1950/2000 / Fantahun Ayele -- 7. Women Farmers’ Land Rights in the Context of Constraining Cultural Norms / Mulunesh Abebe Alebachew -- 8. Rural Transformation through Robust Land Rights / Daniel Ambaye -- Concluding Remarks / Atakilte Beyene</p
Agricultural transformation in Ethiopia : state policy and smallholder farming
No full textFor thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs. But now, such farmers find themselves under threat from environmental degradation, climate change and declining productivity. As a result, smallholder agriculture has increasingly become subsistence-oriented, with many of these farmers trapped in a cycle of poverty. Smallholders have long been marginalised by mainstream development policies, and only more recently has their crucial importance been recognised for addressing rural poverty through agricultural reform. This collection, written by leading Ethiopian scholars, explores the scope and impact of Ethiopia’s policy reforms over the past two decades on the smallholder sector. Focusing on the Lake Tana basin in northwestern Ethiopia, an area with untapped potential for growth, the contributors argue that any effective policy will need to go beyond agriculture to consider the role of health, nutrition and local food customs, as well as including increased safeguards for smallholder’s land rights. They in turn show that smallholders represent a vitally overlooked component of development strategy, not only in Ethiopia but across the global South.CONTENTS: State Policies and Questions of Agrarian Transformation / Atakilte Beyene -- 1. Agricultural Input Supply and Output Marketing Systems / Fentahun Tesafa -- 2. Agricultural Investment Alternatives and the Smallholder Farming Sector / Kassa Teshager Alemu -- 3. Large/Scale Canal Irrigation Management by Smallholder Farmers / Atakilte Beyene -- 4. Determinants of Climate/resilient Agricultural Practices among Smallholder Farmers / Nigussie Abadi and Girmay Tesfay -- 5. Sociocultural Dimensions of Food: The Case of Teff / Gedef Abawa -- 6. The Impact of Malaria Epidemics on Agricultural Production in Dembia and Fogera, 1950/2000 / Fantahun Ayele -- 7. Women Farmers’ Land Rights in the Context of Constraining Cultural Norms / Mulunesh Abebe Alebachew -- 8. Rural Transformation through Robust Land Rights / Daniel Ambaye -- Concluding Remarks / Atakilte Beyene</p
Water finance innovations in context
No full textCONTENTS: Authors Biographies, 5 -- Preface and Acknowledgements, 11 -- Chapter 1 – Prologue: Why Does Africa Need Innovative Water Financing Mechanisms? Atakilte Beyene and Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, 17 -- Chapter 2: Africa’s Water Sector Development and Financing Outlook Wangai Ndirangu, Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Atakilte Beyene and Mamudu Abunga Akudugu, 42 -- Chapter 3: The Core Business of Integrated Water Management: Achieving Water Governance Performance Joy Apiyo Obando, Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Atakilte Beyene, Raphael Mwamba Tshimanga and Albert Ruhakana, 60 -- Chapter 4: Legal and Market Requirements for Water Finance in Africa: the Kenya Water Sector Reforms Case Pauline Matu Mureithi, Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Mary Nyawira Mutiso Nele Förch and Amos Yesutanbul Nkpeebo, 82 -- Chapter 5: Societal Marketing and Resource Mobilization: Communication and Engagement Methods that Work for Water Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, Aseye Afi Nutsukpui, Philip Wambua Peter and Amos Yesutanbul Nkpeebo, 114 -- Chapter 6: Gender in Water Finance: Perspectives for a Paradigm Shift in Water Finance Management Elsie Odonkor, Linnet Hamasi, Florence Muthoni, Mathabo Khau and Mary Mutiso, 140 -- Index, 160</p
Agricultural water institutions in East Africa
No full textClimate change is causing growing variability and uncertainty in rainfall in Africa. Since the continent's food production systems are dominantly rain-fed, these changes are putting food security at even higher risk. In order to reduce this dependency, institutional reforms in the agricultural water sectors have become a priority in research and policy. In this report, Atakilte Beyene, senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, together with twelve researchers based in Africa, studies current agricultural water reforms in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and other East African countries. The report consists of four case studies and an introductory section. The first case study evaluates the performance of community participation in water resources governance in the Mount Kenya Region. It uncovers the implication of a ban on traditional institutions on water security at a catchment level. The second case analyses the prospects of introducing pro-poor water schemes in conditions where climate change and water inequality are already challenges. It identifies incentive mechanisms that enhance more efficient distribution and utilization of water resources. The third case examines impacts of competitive and intensive farming strategies, especially irrigation schemes, on water demands. The final case study explores how advances in information and communication technologies improve water-use management systems across organizational and geographic scales.CONTENTS: 1. Introduction -- Agricultural water resources in perspective -- Key aspects of water institution reforms -- The case studies -- References -- 2. Performance Assessment and Evaluation of Community Participation in Water Sector Governance -- The case of Ngaciuma-Kinyaritha catchment, Mount Kenya Region -- 3. Climate Change, Pro-Poor Schemes and Water Inequality -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Kauti Irrigation Water Users’ Association, Kenya -- 4. Competitive Farming Strategies and their Effect on Water Provision and Profitability among Smallholder Farms -- The Case of Muooni Dam Site, Kenya -- 5. Strengthening Formal Institutions in the Lake Victoria Basin: Role of Integrated Icts in Sustainable Irrigation Resources</p
Agricultural water institutions in East Africa
No full textClimate change is causing growing variability and uncertainty in rainfall in Africa. Since the continent's food production systems are dominantly rain-fed, these changes are putting food security at even higher risk. In order to reduce this dependency, institutional reforms in the agricultural water sectors have become a priority in research and policy. In this report, Atakilte Beyene, senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, together with twelve researchers based in Africa, studies current agricultural water reforms in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and other East African countries. The report consists of four case studies and an introductory section. The first case study evaluates the performance of community participation in water resources governance in the Mount Kenya Region. It uncovers the implication of a ban on traditional institutions on water security at a catchment level. The second case analyses the prospects of introducing pro-poor water schemes in conditions where climate change and water inequality are already challenges. It identifies incentive mechanisms that enhance more efficient distribution and utilization of water resources. The third case examines impacts of competitive and intensive farming strategies, especially irrigation schemes, on water demands. The final case study explores how advances in information and communication technologies improve water-use management systems across organizational and geographic scales.CONTENTS: 1. Introduction -- Agricultural water resources in perspective -- Key aspects of water institution reforms -- The case studies -- References -- 2. Performance Assessment and Evaluation of Community Participation in Water Sector Governance -- The case of Ngaciuma-Kinyaritha catchment, Mount Kenya Region -- 3. Climate Change, Pro-Poor Schemes and Water Inequality -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Kauti Irrigation Water Users’ Association, Kenya -- 4. Competitive Farming Strategies and their Effect on Water Provision and Profitability among Smallholder Farms -- The Case of Muooni Dam Site, Kenya -- 5. Strengthening Formal Institutions in the Lake Victoria Basin: Role of Integrated Icts in Sustainable Irrigation Resources</p
Agricultural water institutions in East Africa [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textClimate change is causing growing variability and uncertainty in rainfall in Africa. Since the continent's food production systems are dominantly rain-fed, these changes are putting food security at even higher risk. In order to reduce this dependency, institutional reforms in the agricultural water sectors have become a priority in research and policy.In this report, Atakilte Beyene, senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, together with twelve researchers based in Africa, studies current agricultural water reforms in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and other East African countries. The report consists of four case studies and an introductory section. The first case study evaluates the performance of community participation in water resources governance in the Mount Kenya Region. It uncovers the implication of a ban on traditional institutions on water security at a catchment level. The second case analyses the prospects of introducing pro-poor water schemes in conditions where climate change and water inequality are already challenges. It identifies incentive mechanisms that enhance more efficient distribution and utilization of water resources. The third case examines impacts of competitive and intensive farming strategies, especially irrigation schemes, on water demands. The final case study explores how advances in information and communication technologies improve water-use management systems across organizational and geographic scales.</p
From Aswan to Stiegler’s Gorge : small stories about large dams
No full textDams, irrigation systems and hydropolitics are back on the geopolitical agenda. In recent years, we have seen an accelerating interest in large-scale water infrastructures, such as multipurpose dams and irrigation schemes, in the Nile Region and adjacent catchment areas. Governments in these regions are struggling to increase food security and to provide more energy in the face of industrialisation, climate change and rapid urban growth. The tension between countries over access to water will probably rise, as spells of drought increase in length and intensity. This small anthology presents seven chapters on dam building processes and projects from Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. It aims to deepen the understanding of the role of dams in development strategies in Africa and it problematizes why some dams are implemented while others are not, and the decision-making processes behind building either irrigation, hydropower or multi-purpose dams. Written in a short and consistent genre, it targets academics and policy makers interested in dam discourses and water infrastructure development.CONTENTS: Preface and Acknowledgements. -1. What are rivers for? Some theoretical issues of building dams and nations / Helga Ögmundardóttir. - 2. The First Aswan Dam in Egypt – a useful pyramid? / Terje Oestigaard. - 3. Smallholder-managed large-scale irrigation schemes in Ethiopia / Atakilte Beyene. - 4. A billion-dollar ritual: Spirit appeasement ceremonies behind the Bujagali Dam / Terje Oestigaard. - 5. The dam that was never built: The Stiegler’s Gorge project in Tanzania / Kjell Havnevik. - 6. The Stiegler’s Gorge project in Tanzania: the dam that will be built? / Kjell Havnevik. - 7. Storing Nile waters upstream: Hydropolitical implications of dam-building in Sudan and Ethiopia / Ana Elisa Cascão. - Index.</p
From Aswan to Stiegler’s Gorge : small stories about large dams
No full textDams, irrigation systems and hydropolitics are back on the geopolitical agenda. In recent years, we have seen an accelerating interest in large-scale water infrastructures, such as multipurpose dams and irrigation schemes, in the Nile Region and adjacent catchment areas. Governments in these regions are struggling to increase food security and to provide more energy in the face of industrialisation, climate change and rapid urban growth. The tension between countries over access to water will probably rise, as spells of drought increase in length and intensity. This small anthology presents seven chapters on dam building processes and projects from Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. It aims to deepen the understanding of the role of dams in development strategies in Africa and it problematizes why some dams are implemented while others are not, and the decision-making processes behind building either irrigation, hydropower or multi-purpose dams. Written in a short and consistent genre, it targets academics and policy makers interested in dam discourses and water infrastructure development.CONTENTS: Preface and Acknowledgements. -1. What are rivers for? Some theoretical issues of building dams and nations / Helga Ögmundardóttir. - 2. The First Aswan Dam in Egypt – a useful pyramid? / Terje Oestigaard. - 3. Smallholder-managed large-scale irrigation schemes in Ethiopia / Atakilte Beyene. - 4. A billion-dollar ritual: Spirit appeasement ceremonies behind the Bujagali Dam / Terje Oestigaard. - 5. The dam that was never built: The Stiegler’s Gorge project in Tanzania / Kjell Havnevik. - 6. The Stiegler’s Gorge project in Tanzania: the dam that will be built? / Kjell Havnevik. - 7. Storing Nile waters upstream: Hydropolitical implications of dam-building in Sudan and Ethiopia / Ana Elisa Cascão. - Index.</p
Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa /
No full textExamines the effects of large-scale biofuel production, seen as having a positive impact on African national economies and greenhouse gases. Finds negative implications as well, especially in developmental and environmental areas.Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-220) and index.Grabbing of African lands for energy and food : implications for land rights, food security and smallholders / Kjell Havnevik -- Biofuel governance : a matter of discursive and actor intermesh / Marie Widengård -- Peak oil and climate change : triggers of the drive for biofuel production / Rune Skarstein -- Attracting foreign direct investment in Africa in the context of land grabbing for biofuels and food security / Prosper B. Matondi and Patience Mutopo -- Smallholder-led transformation towards biofuel production in Ethiopia / Atakilte Beyene -- Biofuel, land and environmental issues : the case of SEKAB's biofuel plans in Tanzania / Kjell Havnevik and Hanne Haaland -- Agro-investments in Zimbabwe at a time of redistributive land reforms / Prosper B. Matondi -- Competition between biofuel and food? : evidence from a jatropha biodiesel project in Northern Ghana / Festus Boamah -- Conclusion : land grabbing, smallholder farmers and the meaning of agro-investor-driven agrarian change in Africa / Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene.Examines the effects of large-scale biofuel production, seen as having a positive impact on African national economies and greenhouse gases. Finds negative implications as well, especially in developmental and environmental areas."Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute.
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