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Mapping Decision Support Tools (DSTs) on agricultural water productivity: a global systematic scoping review (11/30/2023)
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel; Taguta, C.; Sikka, Alok; Lautze, Jonathan. 2023. Mapping Decision Support Tools (DSTs) on agricultural water productivity: a global systematic scoping review. Agricultural Water Management, 290:108590. [DOI]
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Assessment of the effects of NPK fertilizer on edible yield and agro-biological parameters in a cowpea–amaranth intercrop (11/30/2023)
Mndzebele, B.; Ncube, B.; Fessehazion, M.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Modi, A. T. 2023. Assessment of the effects of NPK fertilizer on edible yield and agro-biological parameters in a cowpea–amaranth intercrop. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1210984. [DOI]
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The nexus across water, energy and food (WEF): learning from research, building on evidence, strengthening practice (10/31/2023)
Holmatov, Bunyod; Lautze, Jonathan; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2023. The nexus across water, energy and food (WEF): learning from research, building on evidence, strengthening practice. Natural Resources Forum, 47(4):817-841. (Special issue: Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions) [DOI]
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One hundred priority questions for the development of sustainable food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (10/31/2023)
Devenish, A. J. M.; Schmitter, Petra; Jellason, N. P.; Esmail, N.; Abdi, N. M.; Adanu, S. K.; Adolph, B.; Al-Zu’bi, Maha; Amali, A. A.; Barron, J.; Chapman, A. S. A.; Chausson, A. M.; Chibesa, M.; Davies, J.; Dugan, E.; Edwards, G. I.; Egeru, A.; Gebrehiwot, T.; Griffiths, G. H.; Haile, A.; Hunga, H. G.; Igbine, L.; Jarju, O. M.; Keya, F.; Khalifa, M.; Ledoux, W. A.; Lejissa, L. T.; Loupa, P.; Lwanga, J.; Mapedza, Everisto D.; Marchant, R.; McLoud, T.; Mukuyu, Patience; Musah, L. M.; Mwanza, M.; Mwitwa, J.; Neina, D.; Newbold, T.; Njogo, S.; Robinson, E. J. Z.; Singini, W.; Umar, B. B.; Wesonga, F.; Willcock, S.; Yang, J.; Tobias, J. A. 2023. One hundred priority questions for the development of sustainable food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Land, 12(10):1879. (Special issue: Social and Environmental Trade-Offs in African Agriculture: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals) [DOI]
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Building resilience in fragile and conflict-affected agrifood systems through a water-energy-food nexus approach (10/31/2023)
Al-Zu’bi, Maha; Daher, B.; Brouziyne, Youssef; Laamrani, H.; Melhem, D.; Greatrix, Emma; Ruckstuhl, Sandra; McCartney, Matthew; Anarbekov, Oyture; Sanchez Ramirez, Juan Carlos; Nicol, Alan. 2023. Building resilience in fragile and conflict-affected agrifood systems through a water-energy-food nexus approach. Cairo, Egypt: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa 8p.
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From waste to relief: unlocking the potential for food rescue in low- and middle-income countries (10/30/2023)
Bodach, Susanne; Athukorala, Aruni Narmada; Wickramaarachchi, Hasintha. 2023. From waste to relief: unlocking the potential for food rescue in low- and middle-income countries. Paper presented at the Annual International Conference on Research in Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development (Tropentag) on Competing Pathways for Equitable Food Systems Transformation: Trade-Offs and Synergies, Berlin, Germany, 20-22 September 2023. 4p.
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An African perspective on the water-energy-food nexus (10/18/2023)
Simpson, G. B.; Jewitt, G. P. W.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Taguta, C.; Badenhorst, J. 2023. An African perspective on the water-energy-food nexus. Scientific Reports, 13:16842. [DOI]
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Integrating open-source datasets to analyze the transboundary water–food–energy–climate nexus in Central Asia (10/17/2023)
De Keyser, J.; Hayes, D. S.; Marti, B.; Siegfried, T.; Seliger, C.; Schwedhelm, H.; Anarbekov, Oyture; Gafurov, Zafar; Lopez Fernandez, R. M.; Ramos Diez, I.; Alapfy, B.; Carey, J.; Karimov, B.; Karimov, E.; Wagner, B.; Habersack, H. 2023. Integrating open-source datasets to analyze the transboundary water–food–energy–climate nexus in Central Asia. Water, 15(19):3482. (Special issue: Water Management in Central Asia) [DOI]
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Water storages in Tana-Beles Sub-basin of Ethiopia: what do we know, and where should we go? (10/12/2023)
Assefa, T. T.; Taye, Meron Teferi; Ebrahim, Girma Yimer; Lautze, Jonathan; Seid, Abdulkarim Hussein. 2023. Water storages in Tana-Beles Sub-basin of Ethiopia: what do we know, and where should we go? SN Applied Sciences, 5:275. [DOI]
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Water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus in India—A review of relevant studies, policies, and programmes (09/30/2023)
Jain, S. K.; Sikka, Alok K.; Alam, Mohammad Faiz. 2023. Water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus in India—A review of relevant studies, policies, and programmes. Frontiers in Water, 5:1128198. [DOI]
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Status of integrated crop-livestock research in the mixed farming systems of the Global South: a scoping study (09/30/2023)
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Chibarabada, T. P.; Sikka, Alok. 2023. Status of integrated crop-livestock research in the mixed farming systems of the Global South: a scoping study. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1241675. [DOI]
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A systematic review of UAV applications for mapping neglected and underutilised crop species’ spatial distribution and health (09/30/2023)
Abrahams, M.; Sibanda, M.; Dube, T.; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2023. A systematic review of UAV applications for mapping neglected and underutilised crop species’ spatial distribution and health. Remote Sensing, 15(19):4672. (Special issue: Crops and Vegetation Monitoring with Remote/Proximal Sensing II) [DOI]
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Impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on African agriculture, trade, poverty, and food systems (09/25/2023)
Laborde, D.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Traore, F. 2023. Impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on African agriculture, trade, poverty, and food systems. In Odjo, S. P.; Traore, F.; Zaki, C. (Eds.). Africa agriculture trade monitor 2023. Kigali, Rwanda: AKADEMIYA2063; Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). pp.130-158. (Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor)
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Afghanistan–Pakistan shared waters: state of the basins (08/31/2023)
Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali; Lautze, Jonathan; Meelad, A. 2023. Afghanistan–Pakistan shared waters: state of the basins. Wallingford, UK: CABI 184p. [DOI]
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Demography, human development and economic conditions (08/31/2023)
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Wardak, A.; Jan, I. 2023. Demography, human development and economic conditions. In Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali; Lautze, Jonathan; Meelad, A. (Eds.). Afghanistan–Pakistan shared waters: state of the basins. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.20-42. [DOI]
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Policy gaps and food systems optimization: a review of agriculture, environment, and health policies in South Africa (08/29/2023)
Hlahla, S.; Ngidi, M.; Duma, S. E.; Sobratee-Fajurally, N.; Modi, A. T.; Slotow, R.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2023. Policy gaps and food systems optimization: a review of agriculture, environment, and health policies in South Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:867481. [DOI]
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Determining the marketing margin for irrigation technologies in Ghana: a supply chain perspective. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (08/23/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Determining the marketing margin for irrigation technologies in Ghana: a supply chain perspective. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 27) [DOI]
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Water-energy-food-environment nexus in action: global review of precepts and practice (08/15/2023)
Shah, Tushaar. 2023. Water-energy-food-environment nexus in action: global review of precepts and practice. Cambridge Prisms: Water, 1:e5. [DOI]
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Environmental flows in support of sustainable intensification of agriculture in the Letaba River Basin, South Africa (08/08/2023)
Dickens, Chris; Whitney, C.; Luedeling, E.; Dlamini, V.; Oapos;Brien, G.; Greffiths, Ikhothatseng Jacob. 2023. Environmental flows in support of sustainable intensification of agriculture in the Letaba River Basin, South Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 51p. (IWMI Working Paper 205) [DOI]
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Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. Mozambique (07/28/2023)
Mutondo, J.; Fakudze, Bhekiwe; Matchaya, Greenwell; Wilson, D.; Manussa, S.; Greffiths, Jacob Ikhothatseng. 2023. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. Mozambique. : Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-ESA); Kigali, Rwanda: AKADEMIYA2063 10p. (2021 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review Brief) [DOI]
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Groundwater governance under climate change in India: lessons based on evaluation of World Bank interventions (06/30/2023)
Shiferaw, B. A.; Reddy, V. R.; Sharma, Bharat. 2023. Groundwater governance under climate change in India: lessons based on evaluation of World Bank interventions. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 25p. (Online first) [DOI]
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Constraints and opportunities for groundwater irrigation arising from hydrologic shifts in the Iullemmeden Basin, South-western Niger (06/30/2023)
Torou, Bio Mohamadou; Favreau, G.; Barbier, B.; Pavelic, Paul; Illou, M.; Sidibe, F. 2023. Constraints and opportunities for groundwater irrigation arising from hydrologic shifts in the Iullemmeden Basin, South-western Niger. In Pavelic, Paul; Villholth, K. G.; Verma, Shilp. (Eds.). Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.201-215. (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance)
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Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa (06/27/2023)
Pavelic, Paul; Villholth, K. G.; Verma, Shilp. 2023. Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge 222p. (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance)
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A spatio-temporal dataset on food flows for four West African cities (05/19/2023)
Karg, H.; Akoto-Danso, E. K.; Amprako, L.; Drechsel, Pay; Nyarko, G.; Lompo, D. J.-P.; Ndzerem, S.; Sidibe, S.; Hoschek, M.; Buerkert, A. 2023. A spatio-temporal dataset on food flows for four West African cities. Scientific Data, 10:263. [DOI]
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Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. Policy brief (05/09/2023)
Adam-Bradford, A.; Drechsel, Pay. 2023. Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. Policy brief. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p.
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Crisis resilience: humanitarian response and anticipatory action (04/30/2023)
Kurdi, S.; Ruckstuhl, Sandra. 2023. Crisis resilience: humanitarian response and anticipatory action. In International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Global food policy report 2023: rethinking food crisis responses. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). pp.36-43. (Global Food Policy Report) [DOI]
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Implementing conjunctive management of water resources for irrigation development: a framework applied to the Southern Plain of western Nepal (04/11/2023)
Pandey, V. P.; Shrestha, Nirman; Urfels, A.; Ray, A.; Khadka, Manohara; Pavelic, Paul; McDonald, A. J.; Krupnik, T. J. 2023. Implementing conjunctive management of water resources for irrigation development: a framework applied to the Southern Plain of western Nepal. Agricultural Water Management, 283:108287. [DOI]
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Scaling best-fit irrigation bundles in Mali: a pathway for improved development outcomes. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (03/31/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Scaling best-fit irrigation bundles in Mali: a pathway for improved development outcomes. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 23) [DOI]
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Governance: a ‘whole-of-society’ approach (03/31/2023)
Kjellen, M.; Wong, C.; van Koppen, Barbara; Uprety, Labisha; Mukuyu, Patience; Avidar, O.; Willaarts, B.; Tang, T.; Witmer, L.; Nagabhatla, N.; De Lombaerde, P.; Lindelien, M. C.; Dhot, N.; Saleh, A. 2023. Governance: a ‘whole-of-society’ approach. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: partnerships and cooperation for water. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.172-182.
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Diversifying agrifood systems to ensure global food security following the Russia–Ukraine crisis (03/27/2023)
Neik, T. X.; Siddique, K. H. M.; Mayes, S.; Edwards, D.; Batley, J.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Song, B. K.; Massawe, F. 2023. Diversifying agrifood systems to ensure global food security following the Russia–Ukraine crisis. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1124640. [DOI]
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The contribution of trees and green spaces to household food security in eThekwini Metro, KwaZulu-Natal (03/22/2023)
Bhebhe, Q. N.; Ngidi, M. S. C.; Siwela, M.; Ojo, T. O.; Hlatshwayo, S. I.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2023. The contribution of trees and green spaces to household food security in eThekwini Metro, KwaZulu-Natal. Sustainability, 15(6):4855. [DOI]
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Impact assessment of Solar Irrigation Pumps (SIPs) in Bangladesh: a baseline technical report (03/20/2023)
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Mitra, Archisman; Osmani, Z.; Habib, A.; Mukherji, Aditi. 2023. Impact assessment of Solar Irrigation Pumps (SIPs) in Bangladesh: a baseline technical report. New Delhi, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 75p. [DOI]
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Crop monitoring in smallholder farms using unmanned aerial vehicles to facilitate precision agriculture practices: a scoping review and bibliometric analysis (02/28/2023)
Gokool, S.; Mahomed, M.; Kunz, R.; Clulow, A.; Sibanda, M.; Naiken, V.; Chetty, K.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2023. Crop monitoring in smallholder farms using unmanned aerial vehicles to facilitate precision agriculture practices: a scoping review and bibliometric analysis. Sustainability, 15(4):3557. (Special issue: Advanced Technologies, Techniques and Process for the Sustainable Precision Agriculture) [DOI]
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A critical examination of rural out-migration studies in Ethiopia: considering impacts on agriculture in the sending communities (01/31/2023)
Dessalegn, Mengistu; Debevec, L.; Nicol, Alan; Ludi, E. 2023. A critical examination of rural out-migration studies in Ethiopia: considering impacts on agriculture in the sending communities. Land, 12(1):176. (Special issue: The Impact of Rural Out-Migration on Land Use Transition) [DOI]
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A whole earth approach to nature-positive food: biodiversity and agriculture (01/31/2023)
DeClerck, F. A. J.; Koziell, I.; Benton, T.; Garibaldi, L. A.; Kremen, C.; Maron, M.; Del Rio, C. R.; Sidhu, A.; Wirths, J.; Clark, M.; Dickens, Chris; Carmona, N. E.; Fremier, A. K.; Jones, S. K.; Khoury, C. K.; Lal, R.; Obersteiner, M.; Remans, R.; Rusch, A.; Schulte, L. A.; Simmonds, J.; Stringer, L. C.; Weber, C.; Winowiecki, L. 2023. A whole earth approach to nature-positive food: biodiversity and agriculture. In von Braun, J.; Afsana, K.; Fresco, L. O.; Hassan, M. H. A. (Eds.). Science and innovations for food systems transformation. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.469-496. [DOI]
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Inclusive agriculture: creating opportunities for women and youth in Mali’s irrigated vegetable value chain. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (01/30/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Inclusive agriculture: creating opportunities for women and youth in Mali’s irrigated vegetable value chain. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 21) [DOI]
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Mapping land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana (9/28/2021)
Akpoti, K.; Higginbottom, T. P.; Foster, T.; Adhikari, R.; Zwart, Sander J. 2022. Mapping land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Science of the Total Environment, 803:149959. [DOI]
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A framework for sustainable and inclusive irrigation development in western Nepal (11/30/2022)
Urfels, A.; Khadka, Manohara; Shrestha, Nirman; Pavelic, Paul; Risal, A.; Uprety, Labisha; Shrestha, Gitta; Dile, Y.; McDonald, A. J.; Pandey, V. P.; Srinivasan, R.; Krupnik, T. J. 2022. A framework for sustainable and inclusive irrigation development in western Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal: Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) 78p.
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MENAdrought synthesis of drought monitoring, early warning, and seasonal forecasting tools and capability development: final report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the Bureau for the Middle East of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (10/31/2023)
Bergaoui, Karim; Belhaj Fraj, Makram; Fragaszy, Stephen; Ghanim, A.; Hamadin, O.; Al-Karablieh, E.; Fakih, M.; Salama, S.; Fayad, A.; Yessef, M.; Belghrissi, H.; Hassels, T.; Ali, Marwa; Badr, H.; Hazra, A.; Nie, W.; Arsenault, K.; Hayes, M.; Svoboda, M.; McDonnell, Rachael. 2022. MENAdrought synthesis of drought monitoring, early warning, and seasonal forecasting tools and capability development: final report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the Bureau for the Middle East of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). : Washington, DC, USA: USAID; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 74p. [DOI]
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Drought, fragility and human migration analysis: synthesis report of case studies in Lebanon and Jordan. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the Bureau for the Middle East of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (10/31/2023)
Farajalla, N.; Abi Ammar, R.; Nassar, L.; Abou Dagher, M.; Kharma, E.; Machmouchi, F.; Hachem Majdalani, C.; Yazbek, C.; Zaarour, N.; Maadat, A.; Belhaj Fraj, Makram; Fragaszy, Stephen; Ruckstuhl, Sandra. 2022. Drought, fragility and human migration analysis: synthesis report of case studies in Lebanon and Jordan. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the Bureau for the Middle East of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). : Washington, DC, USA: USAID; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 43p. [DOI]
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MENAdrought project achievements and prospects in Morocco: final report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the Bureau for the Middle East of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (10/31/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Department of Strategy and Statistics (DSS) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests of the Kingdom of Morocco. 2022. MENAdrought project achievements and prospects in Morocco: final report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the Bureau for the Middle East of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). : Washington, DC, USA: USAID; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 18p. [DOI]
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Gap analysis and methodological framework to assess and develop water centric sustainable agricultural intensification pathways in Sub-Saharan Africa (10/26/2022)
Haileslassie, Amare; Mekuria, Wolde; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Ludi, Eva; Schmitter, Petra. 2022. Gap analysis and methodological framework to assess and develop water centric sustainable agricultural intensification pathways in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Water, 4:747610. [DOI]
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Mapping the spatial distribution of underutilised crop species under climate change using the MaxEnt model: a case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (10/25/2022)
Mugiyo, H.; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Kunz, R.; Sibanda, M.; Nhamo, L.; Masemola, C. R.; Modi, A. T.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2022. Mapping the spatial distribution of underutilised crop species under climate change using the MaxEnt model: a case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Climate Services, 28:100330. [DOI]
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Optimal production areas of underutilized indigenous crops and their role under climate change: focus on Bambara groundnut (10/21/2022)
Nhamo, L.; Paterson, G.; van der Walt, M.; Moeletsi, M.; Modi, A.; Kunz, R.; Chimonyo, V.; Masupha, T.; Mpandeli, S.; Liphadzi, S.; Molwantwa, J.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2022. Optimal production areas of underutilized indigenous crops and their role under climate change: focus on Bambara groundnut. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6:990213. [DOI]
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Small-scale producers in sustainable agrifood systems transformation (09/30/2022)
Arulingam, Indika; Brady, G.; Chaya, M.; Conti, M.; Kgomotso, P. K.; Korzenszky, A.; Njie, D.; Schroth, G.; Suhardiman, Diana. 2022. Small-scale producers in sustainable agrifood systems transformation. Rome, Italy: FAO 34p. [DOI]
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Legal recognition of customary water tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa: unpacking the land-water nexus (08/30/2022)
Troell, J.; Keene, S. 2022. Legal recognition of customary water tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa: unpacking the land-water nexus. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 33p. (IWMI Research Report 182) [DOI]
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Food waste minimization and circularity for optimizing urban food system resilience (08/29/2022)
Simon, D.; Fauzi, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Melati, K.; Prain, G.; Jintarith, P.; Cavalleri, S. A. E.; Kangogo, D.; Osborne, M. 2022. Food waste minimization and circularity for optimizing urban food system resilience. Indonesia: Think20 (T20). Task Force 4 - Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture 18p.
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The cost of the food we waste: how to change behaviours? (08/18/2022)
Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2022. The cost of the food we waste: how to change behaviours? Urban Agriculture Magazine, 38:68.
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Climate change impacts on water sustainability of South African crop production (07/31/2022)
Bonetti, S.; Sutanudjaja, E. H.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Slotow, R.; Dalin, C. 2022. Climate change impacts on water sustainability of South African crop production. Environmental Research Letters, 17(8):084017. [DOI]
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The determinants of market participation and its effect on food security of the rural smallholder farmers in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa (07/31/2022)
Hlatshwayo, S. I.; Ojo, T. O.; Modi, A. T.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Slotow, R.; Ngidi, M. S. C. 2022. The determinants of market participation and its effect on food security of the rural smallholder farmers in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa. Agriculture, 12(7):1072. [DOI]
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A food systems approach and qualitative system dynamics model to reveal policy issues within the commercial broiler chicken system in South Africa (07/19/2022)
Queenan, K.; Cuevas, S.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Chimonyo, M.; Shankar, B.; Slotow, R.; Hasler, B. 2022. A food systems approach and qualitative system dynamics model to reveal policy issues within the commercial broiler chicken system in South Africa. PLoS ONE, 17(6):e0270756. [DOI]
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Securing land and water for food production through sustainable land reform: a nexus planning perspective (06/30/2022)
Nhamo, L.; Mpandeli, S.; Liphadzi, S.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2022. Securing land and water for food production through sustainable land reform: a nexus planning perspective. Land, 11(7):974. [DOI]
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Water and climate security: the human impact of disrupted systems (06/30/2022)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2022. Water and climate security: the human impact of disrupted systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 19) [DOI]
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Remote sensing assessment of available green water to increase crop production in seasonal floodplain wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa (06/20/2022)
Ayyad, S.; Karimi, P.; Langensiepen, M.; Ribbe, L.; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Becker, M. 2022. Remote sensing assessment of available green water to increase crop production in seasonal floodplain wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural Water Management, 269:107712. [DOI]
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Water - energy - food nexus narratives and resource securities: a global south perspective (05/31/2022)
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Senzanje, A.; Modi, A.; Jewitt, G.; Massawe, F. 2022. Water - energy - food nexus narratives and resource securities: a global south perspective. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier 332p. [DOI]
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Applying the WEF nexus at a local level: a focus on catchment level (05/31/2022)
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IWMI Annual report 2020 (10/04/2021)
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IWMI Annual report 2019 (9/7/2020)
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Sawadogo, A.; Kouadio, L.; Traore, F.; Zwart, Sander J.; Hessels, T.; Gundogdu, K. S. 2020. Spatiotemporal assessment of irrigation performance of the Kou Valley Irrigation Scheme in Burkina Faso using satellite remote sensing-derived indicators. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(8):484. (Special issue: Observation-Driven Understanding, Prediction, and Management in Hydrological/Hydraulic Hazard and Risk Studies) [DOI]
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Williams, Timothy O. 2020. Global change and investments in smallholder irrigation for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Gomez y Paloma, S.; Riesgo, L.; Louhichi, K. (Eds.). The role of smallholder farms in food and nutrition security. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.99-131. [DOI]
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Nhamo, L.; Mabhaudhi, T.; Mpandeli, S.; Dickens, Chris; Nhemachena, C.; Senzanje, A.; Naidoo, D.; Liphadzi, S.; Modi, A. T. 2020. An integrative analytical model for the water-energy-food nexus: South Africa case study. Environmental Science and Policy, 109:15-24. [DOI]
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Lee-Smith, D.; Prain, G.; Cofie, Olufunke; van Veenhuizen, R.; Karanja, N. 2020. Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience. In Dixon, J.; Garrity, D. P.; Boffa, J.-M.; Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Amede, T.; Auricht, C.; Lott, R.; Mburathi, G. (Eds.). Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.504-531. (Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series)
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Eshete, G.; Assefa, B.; Lemma, E.; Kibret, G.; Ambaw, G.; Samuel, S.; Seid, J.; Tesfaye, K.; Tamene, L.; Haile, A.; Asnake, A.; Mengiste, A.; Hailemariam, S. N.; Ericksen, P.; Mekonnen, K.; Amede, T.; Haileslassie, Amare; Hadgu, K.; Woldemeskel, E.; Solomon, D. 2020. Ethiopia climate-smart agriculture roadmap 2020-2030. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) 36p.
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Balana, Bedru B.; Bizimana, J.-C.; Richardson, J. W.; Lefore, Nicole; Adimassu, Zenebe; Herbst, B. K. 2020. Economic and food security effects of small-scale irrigation technologies in northern Ghana. Water Resources and Economics, 29:100141 [DOI]
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De Souza, M.; Nishimura, Y.; Burke, J.; Cudennec, C.; Schmitter, Petra; Haileslassie, Amare; Smith, Mark; Hulsmann, S.; Caucci, S.; Zhang, L.; Stewart, B. 2020. Agriculture and food security. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP); UN-Water. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: water and climate change. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.78-95.
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Cassara, M.; Beekma, J.; de Strasser, L.; Anarbekov, Oyture; Murzaeva, Makhliyo; Giska, S.; Dorre, A. 2020. Local and national institutions and policies governing water resources management. In Xenarios, S.; Schmidt-Vogt, D.; Qadir, M.; Janusz-Pawletta, B.; Abdullaev, I. (Eds.). The Aral Sea Basin: water for sustainable development in Central Asia. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.136-154. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
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Freed, S.; Barman, B.; Dubois, M.; Flor, R. J.; Funge-Smith, S.; Gregory, R.; Hadi, B. A. R.; Halwart, M.; Haque, M.; Jagadish, S. V. K.; Joffre, O. M.; Karim, M.; Kura, Y.; McCartney, Matthew; Mondal, M.; Nguyen, V. K.; Sinclair, F.; Stuart, A. M.; Tezzo, X.; Yadav, S.; Cohen, P. J. 2020. Maintaining diversity of integrated rice and fish production confers adaptability of food systems to global change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4:576179. [DOI]
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Keovilignavong, Oulavanh; Suhardiman, Diana. 2020. Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos. Land Use Policy, 90:104260 [DOI]
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Nhamo, Luxon; Mabhaudhi, T.; Mpandeli, S. 2019. A model to integrate and assess water-energy-food nexus performance: South Africa case study. Paper presented at the 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) on Development for Water, Food and Nutrition Security in a Competitive Environment, Bali, Indonesia, 1-7 September 2019. 10p.
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Lynch, A. J.; Baumgartner, L. J.; Boys, C. A.; Conallin, J.; Cowx, I. G.; Finlayson, C. M.; Franklin, P. A.; Hogan, Z.; Koehn, J. D.; McCartney, Matthew P.; O’Brien, G.; Phouthavong, K.; Silva, L. G. M.; Tob, C. A.; Valbo-Jorgensen, J.; Vu, A. V.; Whiting, L.; Wibowo, A.; Duncan, P. 2019. Speaking the same language: can the Sustainable Development Goals translate the needs of inland fisheries into irrigation decisions? Marine and Freshwater Research, 70(9):1211-1228. [DOI]
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Brunner, J.; Carew-Reid, J.; Glemet, R.; McCartney, Matthew; Riddell, P. 2019. Measuring, understanding and adapting to nexus trade-offs in the Sekong, Sesan and Srepok transboundary river basins. Hanoi, Vietnam: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 70p.
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IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development (8/26/2019)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2019. IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 36p. [DOI]
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Saruchera, D.; Lautze, Jonathan. 2019. Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 45p. (IWMI Working Paper 189) [DOI]
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Sood, Aditya; Nicol, Alan; Arulingam, Indika. 2019. Unpacking the water-energy-environment-food nexus: working across systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 43p. (IWMI Working Paper 186) [DOI]
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Mabhaudhi, T.; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Hlahla, S.; Massawe, F.; Mayes, S.; Nhamo, Luxon; Modi, A. T. 2019. Prospects of orphan crops in climate change. Planta, 250(3):695-708. [DOI]
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Akpoti, K.; Kabo-bah, A. T.; Zwart, Sander J. 2019. Agricultural land suitability analysis: state-of-the-art and outlooks for integration of climate change analysis. Agricultural Systems, 173:172-208. [DOI]
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Hecht, J. S.; Lacombe, Guillaume; Arias, M. E.; Duc Dang, T.; Piman, T. 2019. Hydropower dams of the Mekong river basin: a review of their hydrological impacts. Journal of Hydrology, 568: 285-300. [DOI]
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Mapedza, Everisto; Tsegai, D.; Bruntrup, M.; McLeman, R. 2019. Drought challenges: policy options for developing countries. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier 363p. (Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research Volume 2)
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Clement , F.; Nicol, Alan. 2019. Gender, poverty and politics along the real-virtual water spectrum. In Allan, T.; Bromwich, B.; Keulertz, M.; Colman, A. (Eds.). The Oxford handbook of food, water and society. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. pp.251-267.
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2019. IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development. Summary. In Arabic. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (Also in English)
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IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development. Summary (1/28/2020)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2019. IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development. Summary. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (Also in Arabic)
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Ngongi, N.; Pridmore, P.; Drechsel, Pay; van Veenhuizen, R. 2018. Does Africa need controlled environment agriculture? Agriculture for Development, 34:1-4
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Benin, S.; Ulimwengu, J.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Makombe, T.; Lorka, M.; Vodounhessi, A.; Tefera, W. 2018. Mutual accountability in CAADP [Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme] and agricultural transformation. In Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Africa agriculture status report: catalyzing government capacity to drive agricultural transformation (Issue 6). Nairobi, Kenya: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). pp.150-184.
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The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific.Summary for policymakers (8/27/2018)
Karki, M.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Okayasu, S.; Suzuki, W.; Acosta, L. A.; Alhafedh, Y.; Anticamara, J. A.; Ausseil, A.-G.; Davies, K.; Gasparatos, A.; Gundimeda, H.; Ibrahim, F.-H.; Kohsaka, R.; Kumar, R.; Managi, S.; Ning, W.; Rajvanshi, A.; Rawat, G. S.; Riordan, P.; Sharma, S.; Virk, A.; Wang, C.; Yahara, T.; Yeo-Chang, Y. 2018. The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific.Summary for policymakers. Bonn, Germany: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) 44p.
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Acheampong, D.; Balana, Bedru B.; Nimoh, F.; Abaidoo, R. C. 2018. Assessing the effectiveness and impact of agricultural water management interventions: the case of small reservoirs in northern Ghana. Agricultural Water Management, 209: 163-170. [DOI]
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Kadyampakeni, Davie; Appoh, Richard; Barron, Jennie; Boakye-Acheampong, Enoch. 2018. Analysis of water quality of selected irrigation water sources in northern Ghana. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 18(4):1308-1317. [DOI]
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2018. Strengthening participatory irrigation management in Tajikistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (IWMI Water Policy Brief 41) [DOI]
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Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa (6/13/2018)
Aarnoudse, E.; Closas, Alvar; Lefore, Nicole. 2018. Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 43p. (IWMI Working Paper 180) [DOI]
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Marshall, F.; Dolley, J.; Bisht, R.; Priya, R.; Waldman, L.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Randhawa, P. 2018. Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in urbanising contexts. In Schreckenberg, K.; Mace, G.; Poudyal, M. (Eds.). Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: trade-offs and governance. London, UK: Routledge. pp.111-125.
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Matthews, N.; McCartney, Matthew. 2018. Opportunities for building resilience and lessons for navigating risks: dams and the water energy food nexus. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 37(1):56-61. [DOI]
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Lydecker, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Paul, Johannes. 2018. Rural-urban food and nutrient dynamics and nutrient recovery from waste in developing countries. In Zeunert, J.; Waterman. T. (Eds.). Routledge handbook of landscape and food. Routledge: Oxon, UK. pp.344-365.
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Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders (3/21/2018)
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The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific (3/1/2019)
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Upper river basin watersheds: sustainable, equitable and profitable interventions (2/7/2018)
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2018. Upper river basin watersheds: sustainable, equitable and profitable interventions. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 12p. (Towards Sustainable Intensification: Insights and Solutions Brief 6) [DOI]
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Mabhaudhi, T.; Mpandeli, S.; Nhamo, Luxon; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Nhemachena, Charles; Senzanje, A.; Naidoo, D.; Modi, A. T. 2018. Prospects for improving irrigated agriculture in Southern Africa: linking water, energy and food. Water, 10(12):1-16. [DOI]
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Akoto-Danso, E. K.; Karg, H.; Drechsel, Pay; Nyarko, G.; Buerkert, A. 2018. Virtual water flow in food trade systems of two West African cities. Agricultural Water Management, 213: 760-772. [DOI]
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Schreiner, B.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2018. Establishing hybrid water use rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: a practical guide for managers. : Pretoria, South Africa: Pegasys Institute; Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 48p.
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Meeting the nutrition and water targets of the Sustainable Development Goals: achieving progress through linked interventions (11/16/2018)
Ringler, C.; Choufani, J.; Chase, C.; McCartney, Matthew; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Mekonnen, D.; Dickens, Chris. 2018. Meeting the nutrition and water targets of the Sustainable Development Goals: achieving progress through linked interventions. : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank 24p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 7) [DOI]
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Nakawuka, Prossie; Langan, S.; Schmitter, Petra; Barron, Jennie. 2018. A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa. Global Food Security, 17:196-212. [DOI]
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Lacombe, Guillaume; Valentin, C.; Sounyafong, P.; de Rouw, A.; Soulileuth, B.; Silvera, N.; Pierret, A.; Sengtaheuanghoung, O.; Ribolzi, O. 2018. Linking crop structure, throughfall, soil surface conditions, runoff and soil detachment: 10 land uses analyzed in northern Laos. Science of the Total Environment, 616-617:1330-1338. [DOI]
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van Koppen, Barbara; Tapela, B. N.; Mapedza, Everisto. 2018. Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 43p. (IWMI Research Report 171) [DOI]
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Owusu, Seth; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Osei-Owusu, P. K.; Awotwe-Pratt, V.; Mul, Marloes L. 2017. Adapting aquifer storage and recovery technology to the flood-prone areas of northern Ghana for dry-season irrigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 35p. (IWMI Working Paper 176) [DOI]
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Enabling sustainable, productive smallholder farming systems through improved land and water management (8/10/2017)
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2017. Enabling sustainable, productive smallholder farming systems through improved land and water management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 12p. (WLE Towards Sustainable Intensification: Insights and Solutions Brief 4) [DOI]
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Re-conceptualizing dam design and management for enhanced water and food security (8/10/2017)
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2017. Re-conceptualizing dam design and management for enhanced water and food security. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 12p. (WLE Towards Sustainable Intensification: Insights and Solutions Brief 3) [DOI]
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Rockstrom, J.; Williams, J.; Daily, G.; Noble, A.; Matthews, N.; Gordon, L.; Wetterstrand, H.; DeClerck, F.; Shah, M.; Steduto, P.; de Fraiture, C.; Hatibu, N.; Unver, O.; Bird, Jeremy; Sibanda, L.; Smith, J. 2017. Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability. Ambio, 46(1):4-17. [DOI]
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Clarke, James; McCartney, Mathew. 2017. International Water Management Institute. In Finlayson, C. M.; Everard, M.; Irvine, K. McInnes, R.; Middleton, B.; van Dam, A.; Davidson, N. C. (Eds.). The Wetland book I: structure and function, management and methods. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.681-685.
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Saad, D.; Byrne, D.; Drechsel, Pay. 2017. Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater. In Farooq, R.; Ahmad, Z. (Eds.). Physico-chemical wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. pp.253-267. [DOI]
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Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices (5/15/2018)
Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Anal, A. K. 2017. Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. : NJ, USA: Wiley; Washington, USA: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 252p.
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Giordano, Meredith; Turral, H.; Scheierling, S. M.; Treguer, D. O.; McCornick, Peter G. 2017. Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity. : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank 53p. (IWMI Research Report 169) [DOI]
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Makombe, T.; Tefera, W.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Benin, S. 2017. Tracking key CAADP [Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme] indicators and implementation processes. In De Pinto, A.; Ulimwengu, J. M. (Eds.). A thriving agricultural sector in a changing climate: meeting Malabo declaration goals through climate-smart agriculture. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). pp.147-157. ( ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2016)
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Villholth, Karen. 2017. The role of groundwater in achieving water security and approaches to its governance [Abstract Only]. In Germany. Institute for Technology and Resources Management (ITT). (Ed.). Water Security and Climate Change Conference, Cologne, Germany, 18-21 September 2017. Book of abstracts. Cologne, Germany: Institute for Technology and Resources Management (ITT). pp.22.
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Cai, X.; Altchenko, Yvan; Chavula, G. 2017. Availability and use of water resources. In Lautze, Jonathan; Phiri, Z.; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Saruchera, D. (Eds.). 2017. The Zambezi River Basin: water and sustainable development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.7-28. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
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Joffre, O. M.; Castine, S. A.; Phillips, M. J.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Chandrabalan, D.; Cohen, P. 2017. Increasing productivity and improving livelihoods in aquatic agricultural systems: a review of interventions. Food Security, 9(1):39-60. [DOI]
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Bekoe, E. O.; Andah, W.; Logah, F. Y.; Balana, Bedru B. 2016. Water-food-energy nexus and hydropower development. In Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.161-178.
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Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M.; Leebouapao, L.; Keovilignavong, Oulavanh. 2016. Farmers’ strategies as building block for rethinking sustainable intensification. Agriculture and Human Values, 33(3):563-574. [DOI]
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Mayer, B. K.; Baker, L. A.; Boyer, T. H.; Drechsel, Pay; Gifford, M.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2016. Total value of phosphorus recovery. Environmental Science amp; Technology, 50(13):6606-6620. [DOI]
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Global gender and environment outlook (7/30/2016)
Seager, J.; Bechtel, J.; Bock, S.; Dankelman, I.; Fordham, M.; Gabizon, S.; Thuy Trang, N.; Perch, L.; Qayum, S.; Roehr, U.; Schoolmeester, T.; Steinbach, R.; Watts, M.; Wendland, C.; Aguilar, L.; Alvarez, I.; Araujo, K.; Basnett, B. S.; Bauer, J.; Bowser, G.; Caterbow, A.; Corendea, C.; Donners, A.; Dutta, S.; Halle, S.; halainen, M.; Ismawati, Y.; Joshi, D.; Kiwala, L.; Kolbeinsdottir, L.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2016. Global gender and environment outlook. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 233p.
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McCartney, Matthew; Johnston, Robyn; Lacombe, Guillaume. 2016. Building climate resilience through smart water and irrigation management systems. In Nagothu U.S. (Ed). Climate change and agricultural development: Improving resilience through climate smart agriculture, agroecology and conservation. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.41-65.
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Reddy, J. M.; Jumaboev, Kahramon; Bobojonov, I.; Carli, C.; Eshmuratov, Davron. 2016. Yield and water use efficiency of potato varieties under different soil-moisture stress conditions in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 40(5):407-431. [DOI]
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De Silva, Sanjiv; Curnow, J.; Ariyatne, A. 2016. Groundwater rising: agrarian resilience against climatic impacts on water resources. In Shamsuddoha, Md.; Pandey, M. S.; Chowdhury, R. K. (Eds.). Climate change in the bay of bengal region exploring sectoral cooperation for sustaiable development. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Coastal Association for Social Transformation (COAST) Trust. pp.93-109.
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Impact of water-user associations on water and land productivity, equity, and food security in Tajikistan. Baseline Technical Report (12/6/2016)
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Van Koppen , Barbara; Hellum , A.; Mehta, L.; Derman, B.; Schreiner, B. 2016. Rights-based freshwater governance for the twenty-first century: beyond an exclusionary focus on domestic water uses. In Karar, E. (Ed). Freshwater governance for the 21st century. London, UK: SpringerOpen. pp.129-143.
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Sugden, Fraser; Punch, S. 2016. Changing aspirations, education, and migration: young people’s declining agroecological knowledge in rural Asia. In Nicola, A.; Natascha, K.; Tracey, S. (Eds.). Geographies of global issues: change and threat. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.483-499. (Geographies of Children and Young People 8)
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Williams, Timothy Olalekan. 2016. Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments? Food Security, 7(6):1199-1209. [DOI]
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Bell, A.; Matthews, Nathanial; Zhang, W. 2016. Opportunities for improved promotion of ecosystem services in agriculture under the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 6(1):183-191. [DOI]
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Bird, Jeremy; Roy, Srabani; Shah, Tushaar; Aggarwal, Pramod; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Amarnath, Giriraj; Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Pavelic, Paul; McCornick, Peter. 2016. Adapting to climate variability and change in India. In Biswas, A. K.; Tortajada, C. (Eds.). Water security, climate change and sustainable development. Gateway East: Singapore. pp.41-63. (Water Resources Development and Management)
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Adimassu, Zenebe; Kessler, A. 2015. Impact of the productive safety net program on farmers 'investments in sustainable land management in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Environmental Development, 16:54-62. [DOI]
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Langan, Simon. 2015. Keynote address. In Langan, Simon; Kebede, H.; Tadesse, Desalegne; Terefe, B. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Agricultural Water Management Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 January 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.7-8.
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Baker, Tracy; Kiptala, J.; Olaka, L.; Oates, N.; Hussain, Asghar; McCartney, Matthew. 2015. Baseline review and ecosystem services assessment of the Tana River Basin, Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 107p. (IWMI Working Paper 165) [DOI]
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McCartney, Matthew P.; Khaing, O. 2015. A country in rapid transition: can Myanmar achieve food security? In Nagothu, U. S. (Ed.). Food security and development: country case studies. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.79-103.
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Advancing Mutual Accountability through Comprehensive, Inclusive, and Technically Robust Review and Dialogue: Joint sector review assessment. Swaziland (5/11/2016)
Fakudze, C.; Dludlu, T.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Nhemachena, Charles; Nhelengethwa, Sibusiso. 2015. Advancing Mutual Accountability through Comprehensive, Inclusive, and Technically Robust Review and Dialogue: Joint sector review assessment. Swaziland. Mbabane, Swaziland: Ministry of Agriculture 61p.
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Nicol, Alan; Langan, Simon; Victor, M.; Gonsalves, J. 2015. Water-smart agriculture in East Africa. : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Kampala, Uganda: Global Water Initiative East Africa (GWI EA) 352p. [DOI]
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Balana, Bedru Babulo. 2015. Trade-offs or synergies?: assessment of ecosystem services in multi-use small reservoirs in Burkina Faso [Abstract only]. In Nyssen J., Enyew A., Poesen J et al. (Eds.). International Conference on Tropical Lakes in a Changing Environment: Water, Land, Biology, Climate and Humans (TropiLakes), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 23-29 September 2015. Book of Abstracts. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Bahir Dar University. pp.42-43.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Otoo, Miriam; Hernandez-Sancho, F. 2015. Assessing the finance and economics of resource recovery and reuse solutions across scales. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.113-136.
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Drechsel, Pay; Heffer, P.; Magen, H.; Mikkelsen, R.; Singh, H.; Wichelns, D. 2015. Managing water and nutrients to ensure global food security, while sustaining ecosystem services. In Drechsel, Pay ; Heffer, P.; Magen, H.; Mikkelsen, R.; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Managing water and fertilizer for sustainable agricultural intensification. Paris, France: International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Georgia, USA: International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) Horgen, Switzerland: International Potash Institute (IPI). pp.1-7.
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Ringler, C.; Anwar, Arif. 2015. Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan. Oxon, UK: Routledge 173p. (Routledge Special Issue on Water Policy and Governance)
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Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Country report - South Africa. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program] (2/11/2016)
Stevens, Joe; van Koppen, Barbara. 2015. Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Country report - South Africa. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program]. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 72p.
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Sood, Aditya. 2015. Global water requirements of future agriculture: using WATERSIM. In Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnston, Robyn; Smakhtin, Vladimir. Climate change and agricultural water management in developing countries. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.32-47. (CABI Climate Change Series 8)
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Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. 2015. Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective. Agriculture for Development, 26:14-19.
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Aheeyar, Mohamed; Padmajani, T. 2015. Technical efficiency of paddy cultivation in anicut schemes in the Walawe Basin. Paper presented at the International Network for Water and Ecosystems in Paddy Fields (INWEPF) Symposium on Achieving the Goals of Food security in Sustainable Paddy Water Ecosystems, Negombo, Sri Lanka, 3-5 November 2015. 12p.
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Bekchanov, Maksud; Sood, Aditya; Jeuland, M. 2015. Review of hydro-economic models to address river basin management problems: structure, applications and research gaps. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 60p. (IWMI Working Paper 167) [DOI]
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Makin, Ian W.; Manthrithilake, Herath. 2015. Sustainable intensification of agriculture with sustainable irrigated agroecosystem services. Paper presented at the International Network for Water and Ecosystems in Paddy Fields (INWEPF) Symposium 2015 on Achieving the Goals of Food security in Sustainable Paddy Water Ecosystems, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-5 November 2015. 13p.
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van Koppen, Barbara; Tapela, B.; Mapedza, Everisto. 2015. Gender, rights, and the politics of productivity: the case of the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa. In Hellum, A.; Kameri-Mbote, P.; van Koppen, Barbara. (Eds.) Water is life: women’s human rights in national and local water governance in southern and eastern Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe: Weaver Press. pp.535-574.
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Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Sidibe, Yoro. 2015. Can current land and water governance systems promote sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments in sub-Saharan Africa? In Global Water Partnership (GWP); International Land Coalition (ILC); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP); Rome, Italy: International Land Coalition (ILC); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 9p.
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Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015 (11/19/2015)
Global Water Partnership (GWP); International Land Coalition (ILC); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2015. Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015. : Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP); Rome, Italy: International Land Coalition (ILC); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 20p.
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Luwesi, Cush Ngonzo; Kinuthia, W.; Mutiso, M. N.; Akombo, R. A.; Doke, D. A.; Ruhakana, A. 2015. Climate change, pro-poor schemes and water inequality: strengths and weaknesses of Kauti Irrigation Water Users’ Association, Kenya. In Atakilte, B. (Ed.). Agricultural water institutions in East Africa. Uppsala, Sweden: The Nordic Africa Institute. pp.43-60.
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Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems (10/15/2015)
de Zeeuw, H.; Drechsel, Pay. 2015. Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan 431p.
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Advancing the water-energy-food nexus: social networks and institutional interplay in the Blue Nile (9/25/2014)
Stein, C.; Barron, J.; Nigussie, L.; Gedif, B.; Amsalu, T.; Langan, Simon. 2014. Advancing the water-energy-food nexus: social networks and institutional interplay in the Blue Nile. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 24p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 2) [DOI]
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Danso, G.; Hope, L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2014. Financial and economic aspects of urban vegetable farming. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.38-50.
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation (9/17/2014)
Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. 2014. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 247p. [DOI]
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Mekuria, Wolde; Noble, Andrew; Sengtaheuanghoung, O.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Bossio, D.; Sipaseuth, N.; McCartney, Matthew; Langan, Simon. 2014. Organic and clay-based soil amendments increase maize yield, total nutrient uptake, and soil properties in Lao PDR. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38:936-961. [DOI]
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Groundwater governance and irrigated agriculture (8/28/2014)
Shah, Tushaar. 2014. Groundwater governance and irrigated agriculture. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership, Technical Committee (TEC) 71p. (TEC Background Papers 19)
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Proceedings of the Workshop on Irrigation in West Africa: Current Status and a View to the Future, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1-2 December 2010 (6/13/2016)
Namara, Regassa E.; Sally, Hilmy. 2014. Proceedings of the Workshop on Irrigation in West Africa: Current Status and a View to the Future, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1-2 December 2010. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 380p. [DOI]
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Douxchamps, Sabine; Ayantunde, A.; Barron, J. 2014. Taking stock of forty years of agricultural water management interventions in smallholder systems of Burkina Faso. Water Resources and Rural Development, 3:1-13. [DOI]
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IWMI Strategy 2014-2018: solutions for a water-secure world (5/20/2014)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2014. IWMI Strategy 2014-2018: solutions for a water-secure world. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 32p. (Also in Russian) [DOI]
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Keraita, Bernard; Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay; Akple, M. 2014. Enhancing adoption of food safety measures in urban vegetable production and marketing systems. In Nono-Womdim, R.; Mendez, D. Gutierrez; Sy Gaye, A. (Eds.). International Symposium on Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture in the Century of Cities: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities, Dakar, Senegal, 5-9 December 2010. Vol 1. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). pp.391-399. (ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1021)
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Larbi, T. O.; Cofie, Olufunke; Amoah, Philip; Veenhuizen, R. V. 2014. Strengthening urban producer organizations for innovative vegetable production and marketing in West African cities: experiences from Accra, Chana and Ibadan, Nigeria. In Nono-Womdim, R.; Mendez, D. Gutierrez; Sy Gaye, A. (Eds.). International Symposium on Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture in the Century of Cities: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities, Dakar, Senegal, 6 December 2010. Vol 1. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). pp.167-180. (ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1021)
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.; Khan, M. M.; Mbaga, M. D. 2014. The potential of transforming Salalah into Oman’s vegetables basket. In Shahid, S. A.; Ahmed, M. (Eds.). Environmental cost and face of agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: fostering agriculture in the context of climate change. London, UK: Springer. 15p.
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Hagos, Fitsum; Mulugeta, A.; Erkossa, Teklu; Lefore, Nicole; Langan, Simon. 2014. Diversion of flashy floods for agricultural use and its effect on nutrition in Ethiopia. In Erkossa, Teklu; Hagos, Fitsum; Lefore, Nicole. (Eds.). 2014. Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.53-66.
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Islam, A.; Shirsath, P. B.; Kumar, S. N.; Subash, N.; Sikka, A. K.; Aggarwal, Pramod Kumar. 2014. Modeling water management and food security in India under climate change. In Ahuja, L. R.; Ma, L.; Lascano, R. J. (Eds.). Advances in agricultural systems modeling transdisciplinary research, synthesis, and applications: practical applications of agricultural system models to optimize the use of limited water. Madison, WI, USA: American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America. pp.267-315. [DOI]
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Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013 (3/27/2015)
Erkossa, Teklu; Hagos, Fitsum; Lefore, Nicole. 2014. Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 178p. [DOI]
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Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region (3/20/2015)
Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. 2014. Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region. : Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRDC); Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) 405p.
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Understanding farmers’ adaptation to water scarcity: a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt (2/10/2015)
Ghazouani, Wafa; Molle, Francois; Swelam, A.; Rap, Edwin; Abdo, A. 2014. Understanding farmers’ adaptation to water scarcity: a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 31p. (IWMI Research Report 160) [DOI]
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Lautze, Jonathan; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2014. Conclusions. In Lautze, Jonathan (Ed.). Key concepts in water resource management: a review and critical evaluation. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.103-109. (Earthscan Water Text)
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IWMI Strategy 2014-2018: solutions for a water-secure world. In Russian (12/8/2014)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2014. IWMI Strategy 2014-2018: solutions for a water-secure world. In Russian. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 32p. (Also in English) [DOI]
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Assessments of key small-scale irrigation technologies, agricultural water management options and integrated irrigated fodder in Ethiopia (12/24/2014)
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria; Haileslassie, A. 2014. Assessments of key small-scale irrigation technologies, agricultural water management options and integrated irrigated fodder in Ethiopia. Unpublished Discussion Paper prepared by Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation Project for Stakeholder Consultation Workshop. 30p.
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Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper (12/23/2014)
Biggs, E. M.; Boruff, B.; Bruce, E.; Duncan, J. M. A.; Haworth, B. J.; Duce, S.; Horsley, J.; Curnow, Jayne; Neef, A.; McNeill, K.; Pauli, N.; Van Ogtrop, F.; Imanari, Y. 2014. Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 114p. [DOI]
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Promoting productive gendered spaces for adapting to climatic stress: two case studies from rural Bangladesh (12/19/2014)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2014. Promoting productive gendered spaces for adapting to climatic stress: two case studies from rural Bangladesh. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p. (IWMI Water Policy Brief 36) [DOI]
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Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria; Giordano, Meredith A.; Langan, Simon; Namara, Regassa E. 2014. Economic analysis of factors influencing adoption of motor pumps in Ethiopia. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 6(12):490-500. [DOI]
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Ecosystem services and resilience framework (11/4/2014)
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2014. Ecosystem services and resilience framework. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 46p. [DOI]
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Thebo, A. L.; Drechsel, Pay; Lambin, E. F. 2014. Global assessment of urban and peri-urban agriculture: irrigated and rainfed croplands. Environmental Research Letters, 9(11):1-9.
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Harrington, Larry W.; Fisher, M. J. 2014. Water scarcity, livelihoods and food security: research and innovation for development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan 245p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
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The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures (11/11/2014)
Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2014. The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer 489p. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
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Water scarcity, livelihoods and food security: research and innovation for development (11/11/2014)
Harrington, Larry W.; Fisher, M. J. 2014. Water scarcity, livelihoods and food security: research and innovation for development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan 245p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
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Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay. 2014. Nutrient recycling from organic wastes through viable business models in peri-urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.311-323. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
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Afrontar el cambio: Cuidar del agua, de la agricultura y de la seguridad alimentaria en una era de incertidumbre climatica. In Spanish (10/21/2014)
McCornick, Peter; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Bharati, Luna; Johnston, Robyn; McCartney, Matthew; Sugden, Fraser; Clement, Floriane; McIntyre, Beverly. 2014. Afrontar el cambio: Cuidar del agua, de la agricultura y de la seguridad alimentaria en una era de incertidumbre climatica. In Spanish. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 36p. [DOI]
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On target for people and planet: setting and achieving water-related sustainable development goals (10/20/2014)
van der Bliek, Julie; McCornick, Peter; Clarke, James. 2014. On target for people and planet: setting and achieving water-related sustainable development goals. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 52p. [DOI]
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Plant genetic engineering, climate change and food security (1/28/2015)
Ortiz, R.; Jarvis, A.; Fox, P.; Aggarwal, Pramod; Campbell, B. M. 2014. Plant genetic engineering, climate change and food security. 27p. (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Working Paper 72)
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Pukinskis, Ilse. 2014. The institutional history of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food [CPWF]. In Harrington, Larry W.; Fisher, M. J. (Eds.). Water scarcity, livelihoods and food security: research and innovation for development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.77-98. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
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Fisher, M. J.; Harding, Amanda; Kemp-Benedict, E. 2014. The Challenge Program on Water and Food [CPWF]: a new paradigm for research in the CGIAR. In Harrington, Larry W.; Fisher, M. J. (Eds.). Water scarcity, livelihoods and food security: research and innovation for development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.1-14. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
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Monitoring agriculture sector performance in Swaziland: investment, growth and poverty trends, 2000-2011 (1/26/2015)
Musaba, Emmanuel; Pali-Shikhulu, J.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Chilonda, Pius; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso. 2014. Monitoring agriculture sector performance in Swaziland: investment, growth and poverty trends, 2000-2011. : Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 72p. (ReSAKSS-SA Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2012)
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Agricultural Growth Trends and Outlook Report: trends in agricultural sector performance, growth and poverty in Malawi (1/26/2015)
Matchaya, Greenwell Collins; Phiri, A.; Chilonda, Pius; Musaba, Emmanuel. 2014. Agricultural Growth Trends and Outlook Report: trends in agricultural sector performance, growth and poverty in Malawi. : Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 70p. (ReSAKSS-SA Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2012)
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Bird, Jeremy; Dodds, F.; McCornick, Peter; Shah, Tushaar. 2014. Water-food-energy nexus. In van der Bliek, Julie; McCornick, Peter; Clarke, James (Eds.). On target for people and planet: setting and achieving water-related sustainable development goals. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.10-12.
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Lacombe, Guillaume; McCartney, Matthew. 2014. Uncovering consistencies in Indian rainfall trends observed over the last half century. Climatic Change, 123(2):287-299.
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Shah, Tushaar. 2013. Research to lead development in the eastern Gangetic Plains. In Sharma, Bharat R.; Prathapar, Sanmugam A. Moving from water problems to water solutions: research needs assessment for the eastern Gangetic Plains. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India, 7-8 May 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.36-39.
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Identifying priority investments in water in Myanmar’s dry zone: final report for component 3. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program] (9/24/2013)
Johnston, Robyn; Rajah, Ameer; Balasubramanya, Soumya; Douangsavanh, Somphasith; Lacombe, Guillaume; McCartney, Matthew; Pavelic, Paul; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Sotoukee, Touleelor; Suhardiman, Diana; Joffre, O. 2013. Identifying priority investments in water in Myanmar’s dry zone: final report for component 3. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program]. Vientiane, Laos: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 53p.
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Community survey on water access, availability and management issues in the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 2. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program] (9/20/2013)
Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Joffre, O.; Suhardiman, Diana; Balasubramanya, Soumya; Pavelic, Paul; Htut, U. Y. T.; McCartney, Matthew; Johnston, Robyn. 2013. Community survey on water access, availability and management issues in the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 2. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program]. : Vientiane, Laos: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar Marketing Research and Development (MMRD) 74p.
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Water resources assessment of the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 1. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program] (9/20/2013)
McCartney, Matthew; Pavelic, Paul; Lacombe, Guillaume; Latt, K.; Zan, A. K.; Thein, K.; Douangsavanh, Somphasith; Balasubramanya, Soumya; Rajah, Ameer; Myint, A.; Cho, C.; Johnston, Robyn; Sotoukee, Touleelor. 2013. Water resources assessment of the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 1. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program]. : Vientiane, Laos: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Yangon, Myanmar: National Engineering and Planning Services (EPS) 52p.
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Ringler, C.; Anwar, Arif A. 2013. Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan. Water International, 38(5):505-514. (Special issue on quot;Water for food security: challenges for Pakistanquot; with contributions by IWMI authors). [DOI]
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Boelee, Eline; Scherr, S. J.; Pert, P. L.; Barron, J.; Finlayson, M.; Descheemaeker, K.; Milder, J. C.; Fleiner, R.; Nguyen-Khoa, S.; Barchiesi, S.; Bunting, S. W.; Tharme, R. E.; Khaka, E.; Coates, D.; Solowey, E. M.; Lloyd, G. J.; Molden, D.; Cook, Simon. 2013. Management of water and agroecosystems in landscapes for sustainable food security. In Boelee, Eline. (Ed.). Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.156-170. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10)
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Pert, P. L.; Boelee, Eline; Jarvis, D. I.; Coates, D.; Bindraban, P.; Barron, J.; Tharme, R. E.; Herrero, M. 2013. Challenges to agroecosystem management. In Boelee, Eline. (Ed.). Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.42-52. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10)
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Coates, D.; Pert, P. L.; Barron, J.; Muthuri, C.; Nguyen-Khoa, S.; Boelee, Eline; Jarvis, D. I. 2013. Water-related ecosystem services and food security. In Boelee, Eline. (Ed.). Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.29-41. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10)
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Managing water and agroecosystems for food security (9/10/2013)
Boelee, Eline. 2013. Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI 192p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10) [DOI]
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Boelee, Eline; Coates, D.; Khaka, E.; Pert, P. L.; Thiombiano, L.; Scherr, S. J.; Cook, Simon; Sanford, Luke. 2013. Introduction. In Boelee, Eline. (Ed.). Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.1-6. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10)
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Katic, Pamela G.; Namara, Regassa E.; Hope, Lesley; Owusu, E.; Fujii, H. 2013. Rice and irrigation in West Africa: achieving food security with agricultural water management strategies. Water Resources and Economics, 1:75-92. [DOI]
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Chartres, Colin; Sood, Aditya. 2013. The water for food paradox. [Selected from the World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-31 August 2012]. Aquatic Procedia, 1:3-19. [DOI]
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Stucki, V.; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, M. M.; Varis, O. 2013. Introduction: water and security in Central Asia—solving a Rubik’s Cube. In Stucki, V.; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, M. M.; Varis, O. (Eds.). Water and security in Central Asia: solving a Rubikapos;s Cube. London, UK: Routledge. pp.1-3. (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance)
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Gender, climate change, agriculture and food security: a CCAFS Training-of-Trainers (TOT) manual to prepare South Asian rural women to adapt to climate change (8/22/2013)
Vincent, K.; Cull, T.; Kapoor, A.; Aggarwal, Pramod; Bhatta, Gopal Datt; Lau, C.; Kristjanson, P.; Phartiyal, P.; Parvin, G.; Bisht, S.; Nilormee, S. 2013. Gender, climate change, agriculture and food security: a CCAFS Training-of-Trainers (TOT) manual to prepare South Asian rural women to adapt to climate change. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) 126p.
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