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{"title":"Agricultural water storage in an era of climate change: assessing need and effectiveness in Africa.","authors":"M. McCartney, L. Rebelo, S. Xenarios, V. Smakhtin","doi":"10.5337/2013.207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5337/2013.207","url":null,"abstract":"The publications in this series cover a wide range of subjects—from computer modeling to experience with water user associations—and vary in content from directly applicable research to more basic studies, on which applied work ultimately depends. Some research reports are narrowly focused, analytical and detailed empirical studies; others are wide-ranging and synthetic overviews of generic problems. Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff, and by external reviewers. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible DOO GDWD DQG DQDOVHV ZLOO EH DYDLODEOH DV VHSDUDWH GRZQORDGDEOH ¿OHV 5HSRUWV may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMI IWMI's mission is to improve the management of land and water resources for food, livelihoods and the environment. In serving this mission, IWMI concentrates on the integration of policies, technologies and management systems to achieve ZRUNDEOH VROXWLRQV WR UHDO SUREOHPV²SUDFWLFDO UHOHYDQW UHVXOWV LQ WKH ¿HOG RI irrigation and water and land resources. IWMI encourages the use of its material provided that the organization is acknowledged and kept informed in all such instances. Front cover photograph shows a small agricultural reservoir near Nekemte, Ethiopia (photo credit: Matthew McCartney, IWMI). for the provision of advice and data. The authors thank the anonymous reviewers who provided extensive feedback on an earlier version of this report. This research study was initiated as part of the project, \" Rethinking water storage for climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa. \" Project Donors Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) (BMZ), Germany, as part of its research program on Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change.","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134325097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The water resource implications of changing climate in the Volta River Basin [Africa].","authors":"M. McCartney, G. Forkuor, A. Sood, B. Amisigo, F. Hattermann, L. Muthuwatta","doi":"10.5337/2012.219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121802818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demonstrating complexity with a roleplaying simulation: investing in water in the Indrawati Subbasin, Nepal","authors":"John Janmaat, S. Lapp, Ted Wannop, L. Bharati, F. Sugden","doi":"10.5337/2015.212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.212","url":null,"abstract":"Rural people in Nepal and other developing nations are part of complex, social-ecological systems. Efforts to provide assistance to these people must integrate knowledge from a variety of perspectives. This report documents the use of a role-playing game, supported by an agent-based model, to demonstrate the interaction between migration, social capital and the effectiveness of water storage. The importance of these interactions was highlighted by fieldwork conducted at several sites in the Koshi River Basin. The model underlying the game was a stylized representation based on the Indrawati Subbasin northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal. The report highlights that (a) role-playing tournaments can be an effective way to engage technical and policy experts with the complex interactions between the social and physical dimensions of watershed management; and (b) migration and the economic changes which drive these interactions are forces that need to be accepted, and investments in water storage need to be selected depending on how they fit into these trends.","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128304245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Managed aquifer recharge: the solution for water shortages in the Fergana Valley","authors":"A. Karimov, V. Smakhtin, A. Mavlonov, V. Borisov, I. Gracheva, F. Miryusupov, J. Djumanov, T. Khamzina, R. Ibragimov, B. Abdurahmanov","doi":"10.5337/2013.205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5337/2013.205","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121549371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Facilitating outcomes: multi-stakeholder processes for influencing policy change on urban agriculture in selected West African and South Asian cities","authors":"P. Amerasinghe, O. Cofie, T. O. Larbi, P. Drechsel","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.201010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.201010","url":null,"abstract":"The Multi-stakeholder Policy Formulation and Action Planning approach was applied in the context of a multi-city study to influence and/or change policies that govern urban agriculture practices in three African and two Asian countries. Although the approach was successful and resulted in remarkable outcomes, it showed space for improvement to facilitate its application. The study also showed that there are significant regional differences in how best to achieve policy change, which require careful attention in order to achieve the highest returns on investment in the facilitation of impact pathways.","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123807582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin","authors":"P. Pavelic, K. Brindha, G. Amarnath, N. Eriyagama, L. Muthuwatta, V. Smakhtin, P. Gangopadhyay, R. Malik, A. Mishra, B. Sharma, M. A. Hanjra, R. Reddy, Vinaytosh Mishra, C. L. Verma, L. Kant","doi":"10.5337/2016.200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5337/2016.200","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116534057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Agricultural water management in a water stressed catchment: lessons from the RIPARWIN project","authors":"M. McCartney, B. Lankford, H. Mahoo","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.37668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.37668","url":null,"abstract":"In the face of growing water stress and increasing concerns over the sustainability of water use, Tanzania has, in common with many other countries in Africa, focused largely on the development of more integrated catchment-wide approaches to water management. In the Great Ruaha River Basin, considerable effort has gone into increasing water productivity and the promotion of mechanisms for more efficient allocation of water resources. Over a period of five years, the RIPARWIN project investigated water management in the basin and evaluated the effectiveness of some of the mechanisms that have been introduced. The study findings are relevant to basins in developing countries where there is competition for water and irrigation is one of the main uses.","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131999004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smallholder shallow groundwater irrigation development in the upper east region of Ghana","authors":"R. Namara, J. Awuni, B. Barry, M. Giordano, L. Hope, Eric S. Owusu, G. Forkuor","doi":"10.5337/2011.214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.214","url":null,"abstract":"In sub-Saharan Africa, there is paucity of information on the potential of groundwater resources. The limited available information paints a pessimistic view about groundwater resources. Due to its perceived inadequate availability, groundwater associated with domestic use and the potential for using it for agriculture are not well reflected in the national irrigation polices. Contrary to official pessimism, farmers do use groundwater for agriculture in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana. This paper analyzes the current extent of use, economics, socioeconomic impacts, and constraints and opportunities of shallow groundwater irrigation based on the experiences of smallholders in the three micro-watersheds of the White Volta Basin in the Upper East Region of Ghana.","PeriodicalId":185153,"journal":{"name":"Research Report. International Water Management Institute","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131214579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}