RIPARWIN (RAISING IRRIGATION PRODUCTIVITY AND RELEASING WATER FOR INTERSECTORAL NEEDS)

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Lankford, B. A.; van Koppen, B.; Franks, T.; Mahoo, H. 2004. Entrenched views or insufficient science? Contested causes and solutions of water allocation; insights from the Great Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. Agricultural Water Management 69, 135-153

Mdemu M. V.; Magayane M. D.; Lankford B.A.; Hatibu N.; Kadigi R. M. J. 2004. Conjoining rainfall and irrigation seasonality to enhance productivity of water in large rice irrigated farms in the Upper Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 29, 1119-1124

van Koppen, B.; Sokile, C.; Lankford, B.A.; Mahoo, H.; Hatibu, N.; Yanda P. 2006. Water rights and water fees in Tanzania. In: Molle, F. and Berkoff, J. (eds) Irrigation Water Pricing Policy in Context: Exploring the Gap Between Theory and Practice. Comprehensive Assessment. IWMI/CABI

 

Kashaigili, J.J., McCartney, M., Mahoo, H.F., Mbilinyi, B.P., Yawson, K.D., Lankford, B.A. and Tumbo, S. (2006) Use of a hydrological model for environmental management of the Usangu Wetlands, Tanzania Research Report 104 Colombo, Sri Lanka; International Water Management Institute

 

Lankford, B.A., Cour, J., Merrey, D. and Hepworth, N. (2007) From Integrated to Expedient: A Framework for Water Resources Management of River Basins. Research Report 110.  Colombo, Sri Lanka; International Water Management Institute.

 

McCartney, M.P., Lankford, B.A. and Mahoo, H. (2007) Agricultural water management in a water stressed catchment: lessons from the RIPARWIN project. Research Report 116.  Colombo, Sri Lanka; International Water Management Institute

 

Kashaigili, J.J., Mbilinyi, B.P., McCartney, M. and Mwanuzi, F.L. (2006). Dynamics of Usangu Plains wetlands: use of Remote Sensing and GIS as management decision tools.  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 31, 967-975.

 

Kashaigili, J.J., McCartney, M.P., and Mahoo, H.F. (2007) Estimation of environmental flows in the Great Ruaha River Catchment, Tanzania. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 32, 1007-1014.

 

McCartney, M.P., Kashaigili, J.J., Lankford, B.A. and Mahoo, H.F. (2008) Hydrological modelling to assist water management in the Usangu wetlands, Tanzania. International Journal of River Basin Management 6(1) 51-61.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Cour J.G.; Kadigi, R.M.J.; Lankford, B.A.; Yawson, D.K. 2004. A decision-aid for resolving environmental-agriculture water conflicts in the Great Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. In the Proceedings of the 1st Southern African Network for Training and Research on the Environment (SANTREN) Conference and Exhibition: Challenges in Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Gaborone, Botswana, 19-21 May 2004

Cour J.G.; Kadigi, R.M.J.; Lankford, B.A.; Yawson D.K.; Tumbo, S. 2005. A decision-aid for the management of water resources in the Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. Presented at the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania. 7th - 9th March 2005

Kadigi R.M.J.; Mdoe, N.S.; Ashimogo, G.C.; Morardet, S. 2005. The Value and Benefits of Water Utilization in the Great Ruaha Catchment, Tanzania. Presented at the 6th WATERNET/WARFSA SYMPOSIUM held in Ezulwini, Swaziland on 2nd - 4th November 2005

Kadigi R.M.J.; Mdoe, N.S.; Lankford, B.A.; Morardet, S. 2005. The value of water for irrigated paddy and hydropower generation in the Great Ruaha, Tanzania. In: Lankford, B.A. and Mahoo, H.F. (eds). Proceedings of the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, 7th - 9th March 2005, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania. 265-278

Kashaigili, J.J.; Mahoo, H. F.; McCartney, M.; Lankford, B.A.; Mbilinyi, B.P.; Mwanuzi, F.L. 2005. Integrated hydrological modeling of wetlands for environmental management: The case of the Usangu wetlands in the Great Ruaha Catchment. In: Lankford, B.A. and Mahoo, H.F. (eds). Proceedings of the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, 7th - 9th March 2005, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania. 87-99

Kashaigili, J.J.; Mbilinyi, B.P.; McCartney, M.; Mwanuzi, F.L. 2004. Dynamics of Usangu Plains Wetlands: use of Remote Sensing and GIS as Management Decision Tools. Presented at the 5th WATERNET/WARFSA Symposium Windhoek, Namibia, 2nd -4th November 2004

Lankford, B.; Sokile, C.; Yawson, D.; Lévite, L.; Sally, H. 2004. The River Basin Game: A role-playing board game for initiating discussions on visions and strategies of water allocation. Paper presented at the 'Water Resource Management For Local Development Workshop': Aventura, Loskopdam. South Africa, 8 - 11 November 2004

McCartney, M.P.; Sally, H. 2005. Managing the Environmental Impact of Large Dams in Africa. In: Lankford, B.A. and Mahoo, H.F. (eds). Proceedings of the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, 7th - 9th March 2005, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania. 151-159

Rajabu, K.R.M.; Mahoo, H.F.; Sally, H.; Mashauri, D.A. 2005. Water Abstraction and Use Patterns and their Implications on Downstream River Flows: A case study of Mkoji Sub-catchment in Tanzania. Lankford, B.A. and Mahoo, H.F. (eds). Proceedings of the East Africa Integrated River Basin Management Conference, 7th - 9th March 2005, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania. 233-245

Sokile C. S.; van Koppen B. 2003. Local Water Rights and Local Water User Entities: the Unsung Heroines to Water Resource Management in Tanzania In: WARFSA/WATERnet Symposium Proceedings, Gabarone, Botswana, 15th-17th October 2003

Sokile C.S.; Mongula, B.; van Koppen, B. 2003. Water Governance and Local Participation: From Policy to Practice- with Experiences from Tanzania and South Africa. In: International Conference on Comparative Analysis of Participatory Development Proceedings, White Sands Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 12th -13th December 2003

Sokile C.S.; Mongula, B.; van Koppen, B.; Merrey, D.; Mahoo, H. 2003. Gender, Poverty and Participation: The Case of Smallholder Irrigation in the Rufiji Basin, Tanzania. In: International Conference on Comparative Analysis of Participatory Development Proceedings, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 12th-13th December 2003

Sokile C.S.; van Koppen B.; Lankford B.A. 2003. Ten Years of the Drying up of the Great Ruaha River: Institutional and Legal Initiatives to Manage Water. A Paper Presented at Ruaha + 10 Seminar, Morogoro, Tanzania. 11th-12th December 2003

Sokile, C.S.; van Koppen, B.; Mongula, M.; Cour, J. 2004. Water, Poverty and Globalization: Insights from the Southern Africa. In: Annual Water Conference (AWEC) Proceedings, January 2004, Arusha, Tanzania. 1: 10

Yawson D.K.; Kachroo R.K.; Kashaigili J.J. 2003. Failure of Mtera-Kidatu Reservoir System in the Early 1990s. A Paper Presented at Ruaha + 10 Seminar, Morogoro, Tanzania. 11th-12th December

Yawson, D.K.; Kashaigili, J.J.; Mtalo, F.W.; Kachroo, R.K. 2003. Modelling the Mtera-Kidatu reservoir system to improve integrated water resources management. In: Hydro Africa 2003, CD Proceedings, Arusha, Tanzania, 17th-19th November

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Lankford, B.; Sokile, C.; Yawson, D.; Lévite, L. 2004. The River Basin Game: A Water Dialogue Tool. Working Paper 75. Colombo, Sri Lanka; International Water Management Institute

van Koppen, B.; Sokile, C.; Hatibu, N.; Lankford, B.A.; Mahoo, H.; Yanda, P. 2004. Formal Water Rights in Tanzania: Deepening the Dichotomy? Working Paper 71. Colombo, Sri Lanka; International Water Management Institute
 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE EAST AFRICA RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 7-9 MARCH 2005, SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MOROGORO-TANZANIA.

THEME ONE : Water productivity – methodologies and management

K.P.C. Rao
Enhancing Productivity of Water Under Variable Climate (PDF 252 KB)

Henry E. Igbadun
Trends of productivity of water in rain-fed agriculture (PDF 241 KB)

Henry E. Igbadun
Productivity of water and economic benefit associated with deficit irrigation scheduling in maize (PDF 438 KB)

Zakaria J Mkoga
Disparity of Attitudes and Practices on a Concept of Productivity of Water in Agriculture in the Great Ruaha River Sub-basin (PDF 200 KB)

Machibya Magayane
Water Re-use in River Basins: A Solution to Increase Water Efficiency and Productivity? The Usangu Case Study, Tanzania (PDF 239 KB)

Bruce Lankford
Towards an Integrated Theory of Irrigation Efficiency (PDF 188 KB)

A. L. Maro
Water productivity – methodologies and management (PDF 221 KB)

 

THEME TWO : Environmental flow assessment

Bolaji G. A.
Assessment of Groundwater Contribution to Environmental Flow in Ogun River Catchment, Nigeria (PDF 215 KB)

Japhet J. Kashaigili
Integrated Hydrological Modelling of Wetlands for Environmental Management: The Case of the Usangu Wetlands in the Great Ruaha Catchment (PDF 665 KB)

Michael B. Moore
Perceptions and Interpretations of Environmental Flows and Implications for Future Water Resource Management: A Survey Study (PDF 127 KB)

Etiosa Uyigue
Dams and Livelihood: The Problems of Parasitic Diseases in Communities Hosting Dams in Nigeria (PDF 117 KB)


M. Acreman, J King, R. Hirji, W. Sarunday, W. Mutayoba
Capacity Building to Undertaking Environmental Flow Assessments in Tanzania (PDF 57 KB)

 

THEME THREE : Rainwater harvesting and micro-irrigation

Mtalo, F.W
Feasibility of Rain-fed Agriculture in the Pangani River Basin Tanzania (PDF 459 KB)

Geophrey J. Kajiru
Assessment of Soil Fertility Status under Rainwater Harvesting on the Ndala River Catchment Using Local and Technical Indicators of Soil Fertility for Rice Production (PDF 593 KB)

 

Dr. Mohammad Abdel-Fadil
Sediment as a Resource for Development of Eastern Nile Countries (PDF 667 KB)

 

Lakew Desta
Concepts of Rainwater Harvesting and its Role in Food Security – the Ethiopian Experience (PDF 43 KB)

 

THEME FOUR : Water governance and institutions

Jean Bigagaza
Nile Basin Civil Society Dialogue and Participation: Lessons Learned of the Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) Project (PDF 998 KB)

Hervé Lévite
Challenges of Integrated River Basin Management: A Case of a Non-perennial River in Djibouti (East Africa) (PDF1 MB)

Matthew P. McCartney
Managing the Environmental Impact of Large Dams in Africa (PDF 141 KB)

Rashid Mbaziira
Institutional Development in the Nile Equatorial Lakes Sub-basin: Learning from the Experience of the Kagera Basin Organisation (PDF 188 KB)

Muhammad Chiroma
Water Management Issues in the Hadejia-Jama’are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin: DFID-JWL and Stakeholders Experience in Information Sharing, Reaching Consensus and Physical Interventions (PDF 445 KB)

Anna Toner
The Illusion of Community Ownership: Community-based Water Management in Uchira, Kilimanjaro Region (PDF 166 KB)

Shadrack Mwakalila
Water Resources Management Guidelines in Ruaha Basin in Tanzania (PDF 279 KB)

Yanda, P.Z
Wetland Utilisation, Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Conservation in Semi-Arid Areas of Tanzania – The case of Singida Region (PDF 212 KB)

M. Behailu
Agriculture and Interacting Systems: The Case of Tekeze/Atbara River Basin in Ethiopia (PDF 171 KB)

Kossa R.M. Rajabu
Water Abstraction and Use Patterns and Their Implications on Downstream River Flows: A case study of Mkoji Sub-catchment in Tanzania (PDF 383 KB)

Bruce Lankford
From Integrated to Adaptive: A New Framework for Water Resources Management of River Basins (PDF 156 KB)

 

THEME FIVE : Water economics and livelihoods

Reuben M. J. Kadigi
The Value of Water for Irrigated Paddy and Hydropower Generation in the Great Ruaha, Tanzania (PDF 187 KB)

Petra J.G.J. Hellegers
The Role of Economics in Integrated River Basin Management (PDF 104 KB)

K.D. Mutabazi
Economics of Rainwater Harvesting for Crop Enterprises in Semi-Arid Areas: The Case of Makanya Watershed in Pangani River Basin, Tanzania (PDF 369 KB)

Amos E. Majule
The Role of Traditional Irrigation on Small Scale Production in Rufiji Basin, Southern Highland Tanzania: A case of Iringa Region. (PDF 681 KB)

Jane K. Turpie
Preliminary Economic Assessment of Water Resources of the Pangani River Basin, Tanzania (PDF 117 KB)

 

THEME SIX : Modelling and decision aid tools

Debasish Das
Integrated Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Based Approach Towards Groundwater Development Through Artificial Recharge in Hard-Rock Terrain (PDF 222 KB)

Joseph D.J. Mbogoni
Topographic and Hydrologic Analysis for Determining Potential of Surface Water Resources for Irrigated Farming in Tanga Region, Tanzania (PDF 514 KB)

Kenneth F. G. Masuki
Determinants of Farm-level Adoption of Water Systems Innovations in Dryland Areas: The Case of Makanya Watershed in Pangani River Basin, Tanzania (PDF 465 KB)

O. B Mzirai
Evaluation of Simulators of Synthetic Missing Climate Data Required for Agro-hydrological Modelling and Water Management Planning: The case of the PARCHED-THIRST and Marksim Models (PDF 207 KB)

M. Lutkamu
Scaling-up and Uptake Promotion of Research Findings on Natural Resources Management in Tanzania (PDF 190 KB)

Benjamin M. Banda
Resource Value, Productivity and Ecosystem Integrity: An Intertemporal Water Resource Management Tool in a River Basin (PDF 214 KB)

M. Gopalakrishnan
An Integrated Water Assessment Model for Future Scenario Studies of Sabarmati River Basin in India (PDF 282 KB)

Sydney S. Kasele
Knowledge Sharing and Communication Tools for Dialogue Issues on Productivity of Water in Agriculture in Mkoji Sub-catchment, Tanzania (PDF 376 KB)

A.S.K. Msangi
Transaction Costs of Rainwater Harvesting System Management and Their Effects on Access to Runoff (PDF 135 KB)

Declan Conway
Managing Water in the Ruaha River Basin: The Role of Climate Variability and Risk. (PDF 121 KB)

S. D. Tumbo
Maize Yield Simulation Under Rain-fed and Rainwater Harvesting Systems using Parched-Thirst Model (PDF 509 KB)