143 research outputs found
Assessing the outcomes of IWMI’s research and interventions on irrigation management transfer
No full textIrrigation management / Participatory management / Privatization / Water users associations / Farmers associations / Gender
A turning point?: water saving technologies in north Gujarat's groundwater socio-ecology
No full textIrrigation systemsWater conservationCrop managementVermicompostingIncomeWomenFarmers
Hydrological and environmental issues of interbasin water transfers in India: a case of the Krishna River Basin
No full textRiver basins / Water transfer / Environmental effects / Dams / Reservoirs / Water resources development / Irrigation requirements / Case studies / India / Krishna River / Godavari River
Synthesis of Sub-Saharan Africa case study reports
No full textPoverty / Water resource management / Investment / Irrigation programs / Land productivity / Farm income / Constraints / Labor / Manual pumps / Food security / Case studies
Reducing poverty through investments in agricultural water management. Part 1 - Poverty and gender issues, by Barbara van Koppen and Constantina Safilios-Rothschild. Part 2 - Synthesis of Sub-Saharan Africa case study reports, by Regassa Namara
No full textEpistemological and methodological considerations in peacebuilding research – experiences from the Borana of Ethiopia
No full textBuilding on empirical data from author's fieldwork along the Ethiopia-Kenya border, this chapter provides epistemological and methodological insights to peacebuilding research and calls for a paradigm shift towards culture-sensitive approaches. It argues that researching peacebuilding in Africa should consider local cultural settings and epistemological paradigms by carefully designing appropriate methodological approaches. Drawing on this latter perspective, the author argues that peacebuilding research among societies with intact indigenous cultural practices, values and customs should be grounded within the societies' epistemological and cosmological orientations of their place in nature. First, the author visited Borana land along the Ethiopia-Kenya border in 2015 to conduct research on cross-border conflict funded by the African Peacebuilding Network
Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation
No full textIrrigated farming / National income / Economic growth / Crops / Prices / Sensitivity analysis / Crop management / Irrigation schemes / Ethiopia
Economic Rationale for Cooperation on International Waters in Africa
No full textTransboundary river basins cover 62
percent of Africa's total area and, with the exception
of island states, every African country has at least one
international river in its territory. Thus, transboundary
water governance in Africa is central to any national or
regional water strategy and any economic, poverty reduction,
and environmental strategy. Despite the potential payoff
from water cooperation, forging meaningful agreements for
shared water management faces numerous challenges.
Impediments to negotiated cooperation include differences in
up- and downstream views on water rights and histories of
water use; negotiating philosophies focused on the belief
that water is a zero-sum game; geographic and political
power differentials that conflict with basin-wide solutions;
and uncertainty over basic water resources data that
increase the perceived risks of cooperation. For cooperation
to occur, riparian states, other stakeholders, and the
facilitators of negotiation must be aware of the possible
benefits of cooperation, whether benefit distribution will
be shared, and what pathways are most likely to overcome
potential barriers to negotiation. Economic theory and
empirical analysis can play a productive role in providing
the necessary information. This paper provides a review of
the challenges to transboundary water cooperation, pathways
for overcoming those challenges, and the role of economics
in facilitating the discovery of those pathways. While it is
written to focus on African transboundary waters, the report
draws from broader transboundary water literature.
Appendices include case studies on both game theory and
hydro-economic analysis in transboundary cooperation for
several river basins, including some from Africa. The
limited studies that have quantified the gains from
cooperation or costs of noncooperation show that the
potential benefits are substantial. Recognizing the
potential gains and costs for all parties provides a
motivation for cooperation. The likelihood of cooperation
around river basins is minimal if cooperation does not
benefit the respective actors involved. In the final
analysis, cooperation should be voluntary based on the
self-interest of riparian states
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