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Factors affecting willingness to adopt climate insurance among smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka (11/30/2023)
Aheeyar, Mohamed; Amarasinghe, Upali; Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga. 2023. Factors affecting willingness to adopt climate insurance among smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka. Climate Risk Management, 42:100575. [DOI]
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El Nio’s effects on southern African agriculture in 2023/24 and anticipatory action strategies to reduce the impacts in Zimbabwe (11/30/2023)
Mugiyo, H.; Magadzire, T.; Choruma, D. J.; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Manzou, R.; Jiri, O.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2023. El Nio’s effects on southern African agriculture in 2023/24 and anticipatory action strategies to reduce the impacts in Zimbabwe. Atmosphere, 14(11):1692. (Special issue: Joint Disasters of High Temperature and Drought) [DOI]
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Gendered implications of polluted drainage water use in agri-food value chains in Egypt: current context and practical recommendations (11/30/2023)
Joshi, Deepa; Dessouki, Amina; Abdelwahab, Noura. 2023. Gendered implications of polluted drainage water use in agri-food value chains in Egypt: current context and practical recommendations. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p.
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Locally led climate action for sustainable community resilience (10/31/2023)
Amarnath, Giriraj; Mweemba, C.; Manishimwe, E.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2023. Locally led climate action for sustainable community resilience. Rome, Italy: Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) 8p. (Innovation Brief)
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Developing bankable water reuse projects: guidelines for planners, investors, project designers and operators [Thematic Brief of the ReWater MENA Project] (10/31/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Developing bankable water reuse projects: guidelines for planners, investors, project designers and operators [Thematic Brief of the ReWater MENA Project]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p.
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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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MENAdrought: toward drought management in Jordan (10/31/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. MENAdrought: toward drought management in Jordan. : Washington, DC, USA: USAID; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p.
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MENAdrought: toward drought management in Morocco (10/31/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. MENAdrought: toward drought management in Morocco. : Washington, DC, USA: USAID; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p.
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MENAdrought: toward drought management in Lebanon (10/31/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. MENAdrought: toward drought management in Lebanon. : Washington, DC, USA: USAID; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 6p.
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Earth observation data to strengthen flood resilience: a recent experience from the Irrawaddy River (10/31/2022)
Ghosh, Surajit; Mukherjee, J. 2023. Earth observation data to strengthen flood resilience: a recent experience from the Irrawaddy River. Natural Hazards, 115(3):2749-2754. [DOI]
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Position paper on enhancing water security in Nepal. Prepared for the UN 2023 Water Conference, New York, USA, 22-24 March 2023 (10/30/2023)
Baral, S.; Nepal, Santosh; Pandey, V.; Khadka, Manohara; Gyawali, D. 2023. Position paper on enhancing water security in Nepal. Prepared for the UN 2023 Water Conference, New York, USA, 22-24 March 2023. Kathmandu, Nepal: Government of Nepal. Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation 26p.
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Fate and transport modelling for evaluating antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: current knowledge and research priorities (10/10/2023)
Jampani, Mahesh; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Chandrasekar, A.; Fatta-Kassinos, D.; Graham, D. W.; Gothwal, Ritu; Moodley, A.; Chadag, V. M.; Wiberg, David; Langan, Simon. 2023. Fate and transport modelling for evaluating antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: current knowledge and research priorities. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 461:132527. (Online first) [DOI]
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Response to COVID-19: building resilience through water and wastewater management in Ghana (09/30/2023)
Darteh, Bertha; Cofie, Olufunke; Nikiema, Josiane; Mapedza, Everisto; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Okem, Andrew Emmanuel. 2023. Response to COVID-19: building resilience through water and wastewater management in Ghana. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 13(10):811-824. [DOI]
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The cultural, economic and regulatory environment affecting the adoption of marginal quality water and risk reduction measures (09/30/2023)
Alcon, F.; Drechsel, Pay. 2023. The cultural, economic and regulatory environment affecting the adoption of marginal quality water and risk reduction measures. In Drechsel, Pay; Marjani Zadeh, S.; Salcedo, F. P. (Eds.). Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.131-142.
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Ecological risks and risk mitigation measures related to water quality and agriculture (09/30/2023)
Lamizana, B.; Drechsel, Pay. 2023. Ecological risks and risk mitigation measures related to water quality and agriculture. In Drechsel, Pay; Marjani Zadeh, S.; Salcedo, F. P. (Eds.). Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.109-117.
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Water quality and aquaculture (09/30/2023)
Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay. 2023. Water quality and aquaculture. In Drechsel, Pay; Marjani Zadeh, S.; Salcedo, F. P. (Eds.). Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.77-92.
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Chemical risks and risk management measures of relevance to crop production with special consideration of salinity (09/30/2023)
Qadir, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Salcedo, F. P.; Robles, L. P.; Ben-Gal, A.; Grattan, S. R. 2023. Chemical risks and risk management measures of relevance to crop production with special consideration of salinity. In Drechsel, Pay; Marjani Zadeh, S.; Salcedo, F. P. (Eds.). Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.41-75.
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Risk analysis and risk mitigation approaches: waterborne pathogens that become foodborne pathogens through irrigation (09/30/2023)
Allende, A.; Drechsel, Pay. 2023. Risk analysis and risk mitigation approaches: waterborne pathogens that become foodborne pathogens through irrigation. In Drechsel, Pay; Marjani Zadeh, S.; Salcedo, F. P. (Eds.). Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.31-40.
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Water quality and the Sustainable Development Goals (09/30/2023)
Zadeh, S. M.; Drechsel, Pay; Salcedo, F. P. 2023. Water quality and the Sustainable Development Goals. In Drechsel, Pay; Marjani Zadeh, S.; Salcedo, F. P. (Eds.). Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.5-16.
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A systematic review of existing early warning systems’ challenges and opportunities in cloud computing early warning systems (09/19/2023)
Agbehadji, I. E.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Botai, J.; Masinde, M. 2023. A systematic review of existing early warning systems’ challenges and opportunities in cloud computing early warning systems. Climate, 11(9):188. [DOI]
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Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation (09/15/2023)
Drechsel, Pay; Marjani Zadeh, S.; Salcedo, F. P. 2023. Water quality in agriculture: risks and risk mitigation. : Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 192p. [DOI]
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South Asia drought outlook - Issue 1 (09/12/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. South Asia drought outlook - Issue 1. South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) Bulletin, 16p.
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Sri Lanka drought outlook - Issue 2 (09/12/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Sri Lanka drought outlook - Issue 2. South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) Bulletin, 17p.
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Future-proofing the emergency recovery plan for freshwater biodiversity (08/31/2023)
Lynch, A. J.; Hyman, A. A.; Cooke, S. J.; Capon, S. J.; Franklin, P. A.; Jahnig, S. C.; McCartney, Matthew; Hoa, N. P.; Owuor, M. A.; Pittock, J.; Samways, M. J.; Silva, L. G. M.; Steel, E. A.; Tickner, D. 2023. Future-proofing the emergency recovery plan for freshwater biodiversity. Environmental Reviews, 16p. (Online first) [DOI]
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Preparing for, coping with and bouncing back after shocks. A nuanced resilience assessment for smallholder farms and farmers in northern Ghana (08/29/2023)
Michalscheck, Mirja; Kizito, F.; Kotu, B. H.; Avornyo, F. K.; Timler, C.; Groot, J. C. J. 2023. Preparing for, coping with and bouncing back after shocks. A nuanced resilience assessment for smallholder farms and farmers in northern Ghana. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 21(1):2241283. [DOI]
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Public-private partnerships for the circular bio-economy in the Global South: lessons learned (08/22/2023)
Taron, Avinandan; Majumder, A.; Bodach, Susanne; Agbefu, Dzifa. 2023. Public-private partnerships for the circular bio-economy in the Global South: lessons learned. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 50p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 22) [DOI]
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Sri Lanka drought outlook - Issue 1 (08/16/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Sri Lanka drought outlook - Issue 1. South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) Bulletin, 15p.
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Surface water quality, public health, and ecological risks in Bangladesh—a systematic review and meta-analysis over the last two decades (08/11/2023)
Bilal, H.; Li, X.; Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid; Mu, Y.; Tulcan, R. X. S.; Ghufran, M. A. 2023. Surface water quality, public health, and ecological risks in Bangladesh—a systematic review and meta-analysis over the last two decades. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(40):91710-91728. [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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Ex-ante impact of pest des petits ruminant control on micro and macro socioeconomic indicators in Senegal: a system dynamics modelling approach (07/31/2023)
Aboah, J.; Apolloni, A.; Duboz, R.; Wieland, B.; Kotchofa, Pacem; Okoth, E.; Dione, M. 2023. Ex-ante impact of pest des petits ruminant control on micro and macro socioeconomic indicators in Senegal: a system dynamics modelling approach. PLoS ONE, 18(7):e0287386. [DOI]
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Citizen science for water quality monitoring in the Meki River, Ethiopia: quality assurance and comparison with conventional methods (07/31/2023)
Babiso, W. Z.; Ayano, K. K.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Keche, D. D.; Acharya, K.; Werner, D. 2023. Citizen science for water quality monitoring in the Meki River, Ethiopia: quality assurance and comparison with conventional methods. Water, 15(2):238. (Special issue: Field Methods for Water Quality Surveying) [DOI]
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Migration as adaptation to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes? A meta-review of existing evidence (07/31/2023)
Caretta, M. A.; Fanghella, V.; Rittelmeyer, P.; Srinivasan, J.; Panday, P. K.; Parajuli, J.; Priya, R.; Reddy, E. B. U. B.; Seigerman, C. K.; Mukherji, Aditi. 2023. Migration as adaptation to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes? A meta-review of existing evidence. Climatic Change, 176(8):100. [DOI]
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Decoding the vitality of earth observation for flood monitoring in the Lower Godavari River Basin, India (07/31/2023)
Mukherjee, J.; Ghosh, Surajit. 2023. Decoding the vitality of earth observation for flood monitoring in the Lower Godavari River Basin, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 99(6):802-808. [DOI]
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Development of a Governance Resilience Index (GRI) for measuring climate adaptation governance [Abstract only] (07/31/2023)
Venkataswamy, Sahana; Adounkpe, Peniel; Amarnath, Giriraj. 2023. Development of a Governance Resilience Index (GRI) for measuring climate adaptation governance [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria and Online, 24-28 April 2023. 1p. [DOI]
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Digital climate adaptation in agriculture profile for Zimbabwe (07/25/2023)
Mayoyo, A.; Chapoto, A.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Chiwunze, G.; Ebrahim, Girma; Ajayi, O. C.; Afun-Ogidan, K.; Fakudze, Bhekiwe; Kasoma-Pele, Winnie. 2023. Digital climate adaptation in agriculture profile for Zimbabwe. : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Rotterdam, Netherlands: Global Center on Adaptation; Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: African Development Bank 74p.
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Digital adaptation in agriculture profile for Zambia (07/21/2023)
Malambo, M.; Tembo, M. C.; Chapoto, A.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Kasoma-Pele, Winnie; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Ebrahim, Girma; Ajayi, O. C.; Afun-Ogidan, K.; Fakudze, Bhekiwe. 2023. Digital adaptation in agriculture profile for Zambia. : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Rotterdam, Netherlands: Global Center on Adaptation; Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: African Development Bank 74p.
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Characterization and outlook of climatic hazards in an agricultural area of Pakistan (07/18/2023)
Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif; Anwar, A. A.; Hussain, Kashif. 2023. Characterization and outlook of climatic hazards in an agricultural area of Pakistan. Scientific Reports, 13:9958. [DOI]
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Increasing risk of cascading hazards in the central Himalayas (07/18/2022)
Sharma, S.; Talchabhadel, R.; Nepal, Santosh; Ghimire, G. R.; Rakhal, B.; Panthi, J.; Adhikari, B. R.; Pradhanang, S. M.; Maskey, S.; Kumar, S. 2023. Increasing risk of cascading hazards in the central Himalayas. Natural Hazards, 119(2):1117-1126. (Special issue: Multimodal Characterization of Built and Natural Environments for Multi-Risk Assessment) [DOI]
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Assessment of solid and liquid wastes management and health impacts along the failed sewerage systems in capital cities of African countries: case of Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire (06/30/2023)
Ouattara, Z. A.; Dongo, K.; Akpoti, Komlavi; Kabo-Bah, A. T.; Attiogbe, F.; Siabi, E. K.; Iweh, C. D.; Gogo, G. H. 2023. Assessment of solid and liquid wastes management and health impacts along the failed sewerage systems in capital cities of African countries: case of Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire. Frontiers in Water, 5:1071686. [DOI]
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Impacts of small-scale irrigation on farmers’ livelihood: evidence from the drought prone areas of Upper Awash Sub-Basin, Ethiopia (05/31/2023)
Maru, H.; Haileslassie, Amare; Zeleke, T. 2023. Impacts of small-scale irrigation on farmers’ livelihood: evidence from the drought prone areas of Upper Awash Sub-Basin, Ethiopia. Heliyon, 9(5):e16354. [DOI]
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Addressing climate vulnerability in Nepal through resilient inclusive WASH systems (RES-WASH) (05/30/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Addressing climate vulnerability in Nepal through resilient inclusive WASH systems (RES-WASH). Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p.
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Determining the marketing margin for irrigation technologies in Ethiopia: a supply chain analysis. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (05/16/2023)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Determining the marketing margin for irrigation technologies in Ethiopia: a supply chain analysis. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 12p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 25) [DOI]
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Occurrence and distribution of long-term variability in precipitation classes in the source region of the Yangtze River (04/30/2023)
Ahmed, N.; Zhu, L.; Wang, G.; Adeyeri, O. E.; Shah, S.; Ali, S.; Marhaento, H.; Munir, Sarfraz. 2023. Occurrence and distribution of long-term variability in precipitation classes in the source region of the Yangtze River. Sustainability, 15(7):5834. (Special issue: Hydro-Meteorology and its Application in Hydrological Modeling) [DOI]
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Application of advanced Wflow_sbm Model with the CMIP6 climate projection for flood prediction in the data-scarce: Lake-Tana Basin, Ethiopia [Abstract only] (04/30/2023)
Alaminie, A.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Padhee, Suman; Ghosh, Surajit; Tilahun, S.; Mekonnen, M.; Assefa, G.; Seid, Abdulkarim; Zimale, F.; Jury, M. 2023. Application of advanced Wflow_sbm Model with the CMIP6 climate projection for flood prediction in the data-scarce: Lake-Tana Basin, Ethiopia [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria and Online, 24-28 April 2023. 1p. [DOI]
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Expanding water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: policy report (04/13/2023)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Nassif, Marie Helene; Tawfik, Mohamed; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Mapedza, Everisto; Lahham, Nisreen; Al-Hamdi, M. 2023. Expanding water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: policy report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 18p. [DOI]
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Future changes in climate and hydroclimate extremes in East Africa (02/28/2023)
Gebrechorkos, S. H.; Taye, Meron Teferi; Birhanu, B.; Solomon, D.; Demissie, T. 2023. Future changes in climate and hydroclimate extremes in East Africa. Earthapos;s Future, 11(2):e2022EF003011. [DOI]
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The impact of multipurpose dams on the values of nature’s contributions to people under a water-energy-food nexus framing (02/28/2023)
Foudi , S.; McCartney, Matthew; Markandya, A.; Pascual, U. 2023. The impact of multipurpose dams on the values of nature’s contributions to people under a water-energy-food nexus framing. Ecological Economics, 206:107758. [DOI]
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COVID-19 and household water insecurities in vulnerable communities in the Mekong Region (02/28/2022)
Lebel, L.; Navy, H.; Siharath, P.; Long, C. T. M.; Aung, N.; Lebel, P.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Lebel, B. 2023. COVID-19 and household water insecurities in vulnerable communities in the Mekong Region. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(4):3503-3522. [DOI]
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Dietary exposures to metals in relation to chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu) in Sri Lanka (9/30/2021)
Nyachoti, S.; Godebo, T. R.; Okwori, O. F.; Jeuland, M. A.; Manthrithilake, Herath. 2022. Dietary exposures to metals in relation to chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. Exposure and Health, 14(1):63-73. [DOI]
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Pesticides as water pollutants and level of risks to environment and people: an example from Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia (8/18/2021)
Teklu, B. M.; Haileslassie, Amare; Mekuria, Wolde. 2022. Pesticides as water pollutants and level of risks to environment and people: an example from Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(4):5275-5294. [DOI]
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Water remains a blind spot in climate change policies (12/31/2022)
Douville, H.; Allan, R. P.; Arias, P. A.; Betts, R. A.; Caretta, M. A.; Cherchi, A.; Mukherji, Aditi; Raghavan, K.; Renwick, J. 2022. Water remains a blind spot in climate change policies. PLOS Water, 1(12):e0000058. [DOI]
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The role of global data sets for riverine flood risk management at national scales (12/31/2022)
Bernhofen, M. V.; Cooper, S.; Trigg, M.; Mdee, A.; Carr, A.; Bhave, A.; Solano-Correa, Y. T.; Pencue-Fierro, E. L.; Teferi, E.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Yusop, Z.; Alias, N. E.; Saapos;adi, Z.; Ramzan, M. A. B.; Dhanya, C. T.; Shukla, P. 2022. The role of global data sets for riverine flood risk management at national scales. Water Resources Research, 58(4):e2021WR031555. [DOI]
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Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook (11/14/2022)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. 2022. Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 292p. [DOI]
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Synthesis of the rapid drought impact assessment in Tafilah, 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)
Belhaj Fraj, Makram; Al-Karablieh, E.; Al-Sarayah, I.; Al-Ghazaoui, K.; Ghanim, A.; Ruckstuhl, Sandra; McDonnell, Rachael. 2022. Synthesis of the rapid drought impact assessment in Tafilah, 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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Initial drought risk finance market assessment for 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)
Belhaj Fraj, Makram; Al-Dabbas, L.; Al-Zyoud, O.; Abu Keshek, A.; Fragaszy, Stephen; Ruckstuhl, Sandra; McDonnell, Rachael. 2022. Initial drought risk finance market assessment for 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) 51p. [DOI]
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Synthesis of MENAdrought development of drought mitigation, preparedness and response management plans: 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)
Jobbins, G.; Belhaj Fraj, Makram; Fragaszy, Stephen; Ghanim, A.; Al-Karablieh, E.; Fakih, M.; Yessef, M.; Khatabi, A.; Hayes, M.; Knutson, C.; Jedd, T.; Svoboda, M.; Ruckstuhl, Sandra; McDonnell, Rachael. 2022. Synthesis of MENAdrought development of drought mitigation, preparedness and response management plans: 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) 95p. [DOI]
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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)
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Water shortages, irrigation frequency, and preference for technologies and agricultural services: the case of Jordan (10/31/2021)
Balasubramanya, Soumya; Stifel, David; McDonnell, Rachael. 2022. Water shortages, irrigation frequency, and preference for technologies and agricultural services: the case of Jordan. Irrigation and Drainage, 71(2):437-451. [DOI]
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Orr, A.; Ahmad, B.; Alam, U.; Appadurai, A. N.; Bharucha, Z. P.; Biemans, H.; Bolch, T.; Chaulagain, N. P.; Dhaubanjar, S.; Dimri, A. P.; Dixon, H.; Fowler, H. J.; Gioli, G.; Halvorson, S. J.; Hussain, A.; Jeelani, G.; Kamal, S.; Khalid, I. S.; Liu, S.; Lutz, A.; Mehra, M. K.; Miles, E.; Momblanch, A.; Muccione, V.; Mukherji, Aditi; Mustafa, D.; Najmuddin, O.; Nasimi, M. N.; Nusser, M.; Pandey, V. P.; Parveen, S.; Pellicciotti, F.; Pollino, C.; Potter, E.; Qazizada, M. R.; Ray, S.; Romshoo, S.; Sarkar, S. K.; Sawas, A.; Sen, S.; Shah, A.; Ali Shah, M. Azeem; Shea, J. M.; Sheikh, A. T.; Shrestha, A. B.; Tayal, S.; Tigala, S.; Virk, Z. T.; Wester, P.; Wescoat, J. L. Jr. 2022. Knowledge priorities on climate change and water in the Upper Indus Basin: a horizon scanning exercise to identify the top 100 research questions in social and natural sciences. Earthapos;s Future, 10(4):e2021EF002619. [DOI]
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Agroecology-based analysis of meteorological drought and mapping its hotspot areas in Awash Basin, Ethiopia (1/22/2021)
Maru, H.; Haileslassie, Amare; Zeleke, T.; Esayas, B. 2022. Agroecology-based analysis of meteorological drought and mapping its hotspot areas in Awash Basin, Ethiopia. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 8(1):339-360. [DOI]
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Climate change: put water at the heart of solutions (09/30/2022)
Mukherji, Aditi. 2022. Climate change: put water at the heart of solutions. Nature, 605(7909):195. [DOI]
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Increasing cropping options in seasonal floodplain wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: a remote-sensing approach for assessing available green water for cultivation [Abstract only] (09/30/2022)
Ayyad, S.; Karimi, P.; Langensiepen, M.; Ribbe, L.; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Becker, M. 2022. Increasing cropping options in seasonal floodplain wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: a remote-sensing approach for assessing available green water for cultivation [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria and Online, 23-27 May 2022. 2p. [DOI]
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Transformative adaptation and implications for transdisciplinary climate change research (09/29/2022)
Hellin, J.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Challinor, A.; Fisher, E.; Girvetz, E.; Guo, Z.; Hodur, J.; Loboguerrero, A. M.; Pacillo, G.; Rose, S.; Schutz, T.; Valencia, L.; You, L. 2022. Transformative adaptation and implications for transdisciplinary climate change research. Environmental Research: Climate, 1(2):023001. [DOI]
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Chromium contamination in paddy soil-rice systems and associated human health risks in Pakistan (08/31/2022)
Ali, W.; Zhang, H.; Mao, K.; Shafeeque, Muhammad; Aslam, M. W.; Yang, X.; Zhong, L.; Feng, X.; Podgorski, J. 2022. Chromium contamination in paddy soil-rice systems and associated human health risks in Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment, 826:153910. [DOI]
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Negera, M.; Alemu, T.; Hagos, Fitsum; Haileslassie, Amare. 2022. Determinants of adoption of climate smart agricultural practices among farmers in Bale-Eco Region, Ethiopia. Heliyon, 8(7):E09824. [DOI]
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Evaluating a new method of remote sensing for flood mapping in the urban and peri-urban areas: applied to Addis Ababa and the Akaki Catchment in Ethiopia (07/31/2022)
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Spatiotemporal variability of lightning activity over the railway network in Sri Lanka with special attention to the proposed suburban railway electrification network (07/31/2022)
Maduranga, U. G. D.; Edirisinghe, M.; Alahacoon, Niranga; Ranagalage, M. 2022. Spatiotemporal variability of lightning activity over the railway network in Sri Lanka with special attention to the proposed suburban railway electrification network. Infrastructures, 7(7):92. [DOI]
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Open for business: pathways to strengthen CGIAR's responsible engagement with the private sector (07/30/2023)
Cummings, S.; Koerner, J.; Schut, M.; Lubberink, R.; Minh, Thai; Spielman, D.; Vos, J.; Kropff, M. (Ed.); Leeuwis, C. (Ed.). 2022. Open for business: pathways to strengthen CGIAR's responsible engagement with the private sector. : Montpellier, France: CGIAR System Organization; Utrecht, Netherlands: NL-CGIAR Strategic Partnership 43p.
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Climate risk perceptions and perceived yield loss increases agricultural technology adoption in the polder areas of Bangladesh (07/21/2022)
Ahmed, Z.; Shew, A. M.; Mondal, M. K.; Yadav, S.; Jagadish, S. V. K.; Prasad, P. V. V.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Das, M.; Bakuluzzaman, M. 2022. Climate risk perceptions and perceived yield loss increases agricultural technology adoption in the polder areas of Bangladesh. Journal of Rural Studies, 94:274-286. [DOI]
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Groundwater resources in Moroccan coastal aquifers: insights of salinization impact on agriculture (06/30/2022)
Ez-zaouy, Y.; Bouchaou, L.; Saad, A.; Hssaisoune, M.; Brouziyne, Youssef; Dhiba, D.; Chehbouni, A. 2022. Groundwater resources in Moroccan coastal aquifers: insights of salinization impact on agriculture. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 16(1):48. [DOI]
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Toward better preparedness of Mediterranean rainfed agricultural systems to future climate-change-induced water stress: study case of Bouregreg Watershed (Morocco) (06/30/2022)
Brouziyne, Youssef; Abouabdillah, A.; Bouchaou, L.; Attar, O.; Ez-zaouy, Y.; Benaabidate, L.; Chehbouni, A. 2022. Toward better preparedness of Mediterranean rainfed agricultural systems to future climate-change-induced water stress: study case of Bouregreg Watershed (Morocco). Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 16(1):58. [DOI]
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Agricultural drought monitoring in Sri Lanka using multisource satellite data (06/30/2022)
Alahacoon, Niranga; Amarnath, Giriraj. 2022. Agricultural drought monitoring in Sri Lanka using multisource satellite data. Advances in Space Research, 69(11):4078-4097. [DOI]
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Li, D.; Lu, X.; Walling, D. E.; Zhang, T.; Steiner, J. F.; Wasson, R. J.; Harrison, S.; Nepal, Santosh; Nie, Y.; Immerzeel, W. W.; Shugar, D. H.; Koppes, M.; Lane, S.; Zeng, Z.; Sun, X.; Yegorov, A.; Bolch, T. 2022. High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability. Nature Geoscience, 15(7):520-530. [DOI]
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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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E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: risk of altered flows to the ecosystem services. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (05/31/2023)
Oapos;Brien, G.; Dickens, Chris; Wade, M.; Stassen, R.; Wepener, V.; Diedericks, G.; MacKenzie, J.; Kaiser, A.; van der Waal, B.; Villholth, Karen; Ebrahim, Girma; Dlamini, V.; Magombeyi, Manuel. 2022. E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: risk of altered flows to the ecosystem services. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Washington, DC, USA: USAID 144p. (E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: Report 8) [DOI]
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Spatiotemporal analysis of drought and rainfall in Pakistan via Standardized Precipitation Index: homogeneous regions, trend, wavelet, and influence of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (05/31/2022)
de Oliveira-Junior, J. F.; Shah, M.; Abbas, A.; Iqbal, M. Shahid; Shahzad, R.; de Gois, G.; da Silva, M. V.; da Rosa Ferraz Jardim, A. M.; de Souza, A. 2022. Spatiotemporal analysis of drought and rainfall in Pakistan via Standardized Precipitation Index: homogeneous regions, trend, wavelet, and influence of El Nino-Southern Oscillation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 149(1-2):843-862. [DOI]
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Jampani, Mahesh; Gothwal, Ritu; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Langan, Simon. 2022. Water quality modelling framework for evaluating antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 3:100056. [DOI]
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Groundwater: a juggernaut of socio-economic development and stability in the arid region of Kachchh (05/31/2022)
Patel, Praharsh M.; Saha, D. 2022. Groundwater: a juggernaut of socio-economic development and stability in the arid region of Kachchh. In Re, V.; Manzione, R. L.; Abiye, T. A.; Mukherji, Aditi; MacDonald, A. (Eds.). Groundwater for sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. pp.231-252. (IAH - International Contributions to Hydrogeology 30) [DOI]
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Mapedza, Everisto; Rashirayi, T.; Xueliang, C.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; van Koppen, Barbara; Ndiyoi, M.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, S. 2022. Indigenous knowledge systems for the management of the Barotse Flood Plain in Zambia and their implications for policy and practice in the developing world. In Sioui, M. (Ed.). Indigenous water and drought management in a changing world. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp.209-225. (Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research Volume 4) [DOI]
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Mukherji, Aditi; Kishore, A.; Rashid, S. 2022. Regional developments: South Asia. In International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2022 Global food policy report: climate change and food systems. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). pp.128-132. (Global Food Policy Report)
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Digital innovations: using data and technology for sustainable food systems (05/29/2022)
Koo, J.; Kramer, B.; Langan, Simon; Ghosh, A.; Monsalue, A. G.; Lunt, T. 2022. Digital innovations: using data and technology for sustainable food systems. In International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2022 Global food policy report: climate change and food systems. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). pp.106-113. (Global Food Policy Report) [DOI]
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If not now, when? Converging needs for water security, systemic change, and finance and investment (05/20/2022)
Smith, Mark. 2022. If not now, when? Converging needs for water security, systemic change, and finance and investment. In Leflaive, X.; Dominique, K.; Alaerts, G. J. (Eds.). Financing investment in water security: recent developments and perspectives. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp.3-16. [DOI]
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Saad, D.; Chauke, P.; Cukrowska, E.; Richards, H.; Nikiema, Josiane; Chimuka, L.; Tutu, H. 2022. First biomonitoring of microplastic pollution in the Vaal River using Carp fish (Cyprinus carpio) “as a bio-indicator”. Science of the Total Environment, 836:155623. [DOI]
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Abi Saab, M. T.; Jomaa, I.; El Hage, R.; Skaf, S.; Fahed, S.; Rizk, Z.; Massaad, R.; Romanos, D.; Khairallah, Y.; Azzi, V.; Sleiman, R.; Abi Saad, R.; Hajjar, C.; Sellami, M. H.; Aziz, R.; Sfeir, R.; Nassif, Marie Helene; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. Are fresh water and reclaimed water safe for vegetable irrigation? Empirical evidence from Lebanon. Water, 14(9):1437. (Special issue: Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: Feature Papers) [DOI]
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Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: a panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008–2017 (04/30/2022)
Tomita, A.; Ncama, B. P.; Moodley, Y.; Davids, R.; Burns, J. K.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Modi, A. T.; Slotow, R. 2022. Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: a panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008–2017. PLOS Climate, 1(4):e0000024. [DOI]
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A comprehensive assessment of remote sensing and traditional based drought monitoring indices at global and regional scale (04/30/2022)
Alahacoon, Niranga; Edirisinghe, M. 2022. A comprehensive assessment of remote sensing and traditional based drought monitoring indices at global and regional scale. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 13(1):762-799. [DOI]
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Quantification of groundwater storage variation in Himalayan amp; Peninsular river basins correlating with land deformation effects observed at different Indian cities (04/30/2022)
Sarkar, T.; Karunakalage, Anuradha; Kannaujiya, S.; Chaganti, C. 2022. Quantification of groundwater storage variation in Himalayan amp; Peninsular river basins correlating with land deformation effects observed at different Indian cities. Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy, 52(1):1-56. [DOI]
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Thirty years of water management research for rice in Sub-Saharan Africa: achievement and perspectives (04/30/2022)
Dossou-Yovo, E. R.; Devkota, K. P.; Akpoti, Komlavi; Danvi, A.; Duku, C.; Zwart, Sander J. 2022. Thirty years of water management research for rice in Sub-Saharan Africa: achievement and perspectives. Field Crops Research, 283:108548. [DOI]
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Geris, J.; Comte, J.-C.; Franchi, F.; Petros, A. K.; Tirivarombo, S.; Selepeng, A. T.; Villholth, Karen G. 2022. Surface water-groundwater interactions and local land use control water quality impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in a vulnerable semi-arid region of Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Hydrology, 609:127834. [DOI]
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Rainfall shocks and crop productivity in Zambia: implication for agricultural water risk management (04/30/2022)
Matchaya, Greenwell C.; Tadesse, G.; Kuteya, A. N. 2022. Rainfall shocks and crop productivity in Zambia: implication for agricultural water risk management. Agricultural Water Management, 269:107648. [DOI]
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Daron, J.; Soares, M. B.; Janes, T.; Colledge, F.; Srinivasan, G.; Agarwal, A.; Hewitt, C.; Richardson, K.; Nepal, Santosh; Shrestha, M. S.; Rasul, G.; Suckall, N.; Harrison, B.; Oakes, R. L.; Corbelli, D. 2022. Advancing climate services in South Asia. Climate Services, 26:100295. [DOI]
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Spatiotemporal variation in urban wastewater pollution impacts on river microbiomes and associated hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (04/11/2022)
Hiruy, A. M.; Mohammed, J.; Haileselassie, M. M.; Acharya, K.; Butte, G.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Walsh, C.; Werner, D. 2022. Spatiotemporal variation in urban wastewater pollution impacts on river microbiomes and associated hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment, 826:153912. [DOI]
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MENAdrought synthesis of drought vulnerability in Lebanon: 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) (03/31/2022)
Fragaszy, S.; Belhaj Fraj, M.; McKee, M.; Jobbins, G.; Fayad, A.; Fakih, M.; Lawrenson, L.; McDonnell, Rachael. 2022. MENAdrought synthesis of drought vulnerability in Lebanon: 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) 67p. [DOI]
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Climate-related hazards and Indian food supply: assessing the risk using recent historical data (03/31/2022)
Harris, F.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Joy, E. J. M.; Dangour, A. D.; Green, R. F. 2022. Climate-related hazards and Indian food supply: assessing the risk using recent historical data. Global Food Security, 33:100625. [DOI]
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Groundwater and agriculture (03/31/2022)
England, M.; Villholth, Karen. 2022. Groundwater and agriculture. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022: groundwater: making the invisible visible. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.47-58.
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MENAdrought synthesis of drought vulnerability in Jordan: 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) (03/29/2022)
Fragaszy, S.; Belhaj Fraj, M.; McKee, M.; Jobbins, G.; Al-Karablieh, E.; Bergaoui, K.; Ghanim, A.; Lawrenson, L.; McDonnell, Rachael. 2022. MENAdrought synthesis of drought vulnerability in Jordan: 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) 93p. [DOI]
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The WHO guidelines for safe wastewater use in agriculture: a review of implementation challenges and possible solutions in the global south (03/15/2022)
Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, M.; Galibourg, D. 2022. The WHO guidelines for safe wastewater use in agriculture: a review of implementation challenges and possible solutions in the global south. Water, 14(6):864. (Special issue: Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: Feature Papers) [DOI]
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Guidelines to improve acceptance of water reuse (02/28/2023)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Drechsel, Pay. 2022. Guidelines to improve acceptance of water reuse. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.142-155.
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A guideline for developing bankable water reuse models (02/28/2023)
Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Darwish, M. R. 2022. A guideline for developing bankable water reuse models. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.109-121.
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Water quality standards and regulations for agricultural water reuse in MENA: from international guidelines to country practices (02/28/2023)
Nassif, Marie-Helene; Tawfik, Mohamed; Abi Saab, M. T. 2022. Water quality standards and regulations for agricultural water reuse in MENA: from international guidelines to country practices. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.79-105.
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Wastewater production, treatment and reuse in MENA: untapped opportunities? (02/28/2023)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Velpuri, Naga Manohar; Orabi, Mohamed O. M. 2022. Wastewater production, treatment and reuse in MENA: untapped opportunities? In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.15-42.
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Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers (02/28/2022)
Wilkinson, J. L.; Boxall, A. B. A.; Kolpin, D. W.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Lai, R. W. S.; Galban-Malagon, C.; Adell, A. D.; Mondon, J.; Metian, M.; Marchant, R. A.; Bouzas-Monroy, A.; Cuni-Sanchez, A.; Coors, A.; Carriquiriborde, P.; Rojo, M.; Gordon, C.; Cara, M.; Moermond, M.; Luarte, T.; Petrosyan, V.; Perikhanyan, Y.; Mahon, C. S.; McGurk, C. J.; Hofmann, T.; Kormoker, T.; Iniguez, V.; Guzman-Otazo, J.; Tavares, J. L.; De Figueiredo, F. G.; Razzolini, M. T. P.; Dougnon, V.; Gbaguidi, G.; Traore, O.; Blais, J. M.; Kimpe, L. E.; Wong, M.; Wong, D.; Ntchantcho, R.; Pizarro, J.; Ying, G.-G.; Chen, C.-E.; Paez, M.; Martinez-Lara, J.; Otamonga, J.-P.; Pote, J.; Ifo, S. A.; Wilson, P.; Echeverria-Saenz, S.; Udikovic-Kolic, N.; Milakovic, M.; Fatta-Kassinos, D.; Ioannou-Ttofa, L.; Belusova, V.; Vymazal, J.; Cardenas-Bustamante, M.; Kassa, B. A.; Garric, J.; Chaumot, A.; Gibba, P.; Kunchulia, I.; Seidensticker, S.; Lyberatos, G.; Halldorsson, H. P.; Melling, M.; Shashidhar, T.; Lamba, M.; Nastiti,. 2022. Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(8):e2113947119. [DOI]
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From wastewater to resource (02/27/2022)
Petrik, L. F.; Ngo, H. H.; Varjani, S.; Osseweijer, P.; Xevgenos, D.; van Loosdrecht, M.; Smol, M.; Yang, X.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. From wastewater to resource. One Earth, 5(2):122-125. [DOI]
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Drechsel, Pay; Otoo, Miriam; Hanjra, Munir A. 2022. Resource recovery from wastewater and the consumer point of view: social, cultural and economic aspects. In Pikaar, I.; Guest, J.; Ganigue, R.; Jensen, P.; Rabaey, K.; Seviour, T.; Trimmer, J.; van der Kolk, O.; Vaneeckhaute, C.; Verstraete, W. (Eds.). Resource recovery from water: principles and application. London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp.383-414. [DOI]
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Strengthening climate security in the Middle East and North Africa Region (01/31/2023)
Laderach, P.; Merrey, D. J.; Schapendonk, F.; Dhehibi, B.; Ruckstuhl, Sandra; Mapedza, Everisto; Najjar, D.; Dessalegn, B.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Nangia, V.; Al-Zuapos;bi, Maha; Biradar, C.; Pacillo, G.; Govind, A.; Hakhu, A.; Yigezu, Y. A.; Gupta, T. D.; Madurga-Lopez, I.; Lahham, Nisreen; Cosgrove, B.; Joshi, Deepa; Grosjean, G.; Hugh, B.; Elmahdi, Amgad; Frija, A.; Udalagama, Upandha; Nicol, Alan. 2022. Strengthening climate security in the Middle East and North Africa Region. : CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security 80p. (Position Paper No. 2022/3)
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Use of drones to monitor water availability and quality in irrigation canals and reservoirs for improving water productivity and enhancing precision agriculture in smallholder farms (01/31/2023)
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Bangira, T.; Sibanda, M.; Cofie, Olufunke. 2022. Use of drones to monitor water availability and quality in irrigation canals and reservoirs for improving water productivity and enhancing precision agriculture in smallholder farms. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on West and Central African Food Systems Transformation 36p.
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Circular bioeconomy business models - recovering food products to reduce agricultural waste: cases from Burkina Faso, India, Kenya and Vietnam (01/31/2023)
Taron, Avinandan; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Sanfo, S.; Ouedraogo, R.; Salack, S.; Diarra, K.; Ouedraogo, S.; Ojungobi, K.; Muthuswamy, S.; Malviya, T.; Odero, J.; Liem, D. D.; Tripathi, Mansi. 2022. Circular bioeconomy business models - recovering food products to reduce agricultural waste: cases from Burkina Faso, India, Kenya and Vietnam. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions 41p.
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Circular bioeconomy business models - energy recovery from agricultural waste: cases from Kenya and Burkina Faso (01/31/2023)
Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Taron, Avinandan; Odero, J.; Sanfo, S.; Ouedraogo, Ramata; Salack, S.; Diarra, K.; Ouedraogo, S.; Ojungobi, K. 2022. Circular bioeconomy business models - energy recovery from agricultural waste: cases from Kenya and Burkina Faso. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions 37p.
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A review of the cost and effectiveness of solutions to address plastic pollution (01/31/2022)
Nikiema, Josiane; Asiedu, Zipporah. 2022. A review of the cost and effectiveness of solutions to address plastic pollution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(17):24547-24573. [DOI]
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Rainfall variability and trends over the African continent using TAMSAT data (1983-2020): towards climate change resilience and adaptation (01/31/2022)
Alahacoon, Niranga; Edirisinghe, M.; Simwanda, M.; Perera, E. N. C.; Nyirenda , V. R.; Ranagalage, M. 2022. Rainfall variability and trends over the African continent using TAMSAT data (1983-2020): towards climate change resilience and adaptation. Remote Sensing, 14(1):96. [DOI]
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Ringler, C.; Agbonlahor, M.; Baye, K.; Barron, J.; Hafeez, Mohsin; Lundqvist, J.; Meenakshi, J. V.; Mehta, L.; Mekonnen, D.; Rojas-Ortuste, F.; Tankibayeva, A.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2021. Water for food systems and nutrition. Food Systems Summit Brief. In von Braun, J.; Afsana, K.; Fresco, L. O.; Hassan, M. (Eds.). Science and innovations for food systems transformation and summit actions: papers by the Scientific Group and its partners in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. Bonn, Germany: University of Bonn. Center for Development Research (ZEF). pp.251-259.
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Chapagain, D.; Dhaubanjar, Sanita; Bharati, Luna. 2021. Unpacking future climate extremes and their sectoral implications in western Nepal. Climatic Change, 168(1-2):8. [DOI]
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Safe and sustainable business models for water reuse in aquaculture in developing countries (8/6/2021)
Amoah, Philip; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Safe and sustainable business models for water reuse in aquaculture in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 46p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 20) [DOI]
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Sustainable expansion of groundwater-based solar water pumping for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (8/31/2021)
Pavelic, Paul; Magombeyi, Manuel; Schmitter, Petra; Jacobs-Mata, Inga. 2021. Sustainable expansion of groundwater-based solar water pumping for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, DC, USA: Efficiency for Access Coalition 54p.
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Maru, H.; Haileslassie, Amare; Zeleke, T.; Esayas, B. 2021. Analysis of smallholders’ livelihood vulnerability to drought across agroecology and farm typology in the Upper Awash Sub-basin, Ethiopia. Sustainability, 13(17):9764. (Special issue: New Challenges for the Sustainability and Competitiveness of Agricultural Systems: Bioeconomy Strategies Focused on Soil Management, Use of Natural Resources and Climate Change Mitigation) [DOI]
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Tutundjian, S.; Clarke, M.; Egal, F.; Dixson-Decleve, S.; Candotti, S. W.; Schmitter, Petra; Lovins, L. H. 2021. Future food systems: challenges and consequences of the current food system. In Brears, R. C. (Ed.). The Palgrave handbook of climate resilient societies. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 29p. (Online first) [DOI]
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Scaling up Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for agricultural resilience and flood-proofing livelihoods in developing countries (8/24/2021)
Amarnath, Giriraj; Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh; Taron, Avinandan. 2021. Scaling up Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for agricultural resilience and flood-proofing livelihoods in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 68p. (IWMI Research Report 180) [DOI]
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Biodiversity and agriculture: rapid evidence review (8/19/2021)
DeClerck, F. A. J.; Koziell, I.; Sidhu, A.; Wirths, J.; Benton, T.; Garibaldi, L. A.; Kremen, C.; Maron, M.; Rumbaitis del Rio, C.; Clark, M.; Dickens, Chris; Estrada-Carmona, N.; 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. 2021. Biodiversity and agriculture: rapid evidence review. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 70p. [DOI]
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Integrated water solutions for climate change adaptation in West Africa (7/8/2021)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Integrated water solutions for climate change adaptation in West Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 16) [DOI]
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Sharma, Bharat; Pavelic, Paul; Amarasinghe, Upali. 2021. Improving water security to mediate impacts of climate change in the Ganges Basin. In Babel, M.; Haarstrick, A.; Ribbe, L.; Shinde, V. R.; Dichtl, N. (Eds.). Water security in Asia: opportunities and challenges in the context of climate change. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.481-492. (Springer Water) [DOI]
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Kibret, S.; McCartney, Matthew; Lautze, Jonathan; Nhamo, Luxon; Yan, G. 2021. The impact of large and small dams on malaria transmission in four basins in Africa. Scientific Reports, 11:13355. [DOI]
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McCartney, Matthew; Brunner, J. 2021. Improved water management is central to solving the water-energy-food trilemma in Lao PDR. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 37(4):619-639. [DOI]
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Brunetti, M. T.; Melillo, M.; Gariano, S. L.; Ciabatta, L.; Brocca, L.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Peruccacci, S. 2021. Satellite rainfall products outperform ground observations for landslide prediction in India. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(6):3267-3279. [DOI]
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Water for food systems and nutrition. Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by research partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit 2021 (5/21/2021)
Ringler, C.; Agbonlahor, M.; Baye, K.; Barron, J.; Hafeez, Mohsin; Lundqvist, J.; Meenakshi, J. V.; Mehta, L.; Mekonnen, D.; Rojas-Ortuste, F.; Tankibayeva, A.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2021. Water for food systems and nutrition. Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by research partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit 2021. Bonn, Germany: University of Bonn. Center for Development Research (ZEF) in cooperation with the Scientific Group for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 13p. [DOI]
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Valuation of hydraulic infrastructure (4/29/2021)
Coates, D.; Connor, R.; Dickens, Chris; Villholth, Karen; Dhot, N.; O’Brien, G. 2021. Valuation of hydraulic infrastructure. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP); UN-Water. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2021: valuing water. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.43-54.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sikka, Alok; Mandave, Vidya; Panda, R. K.; Gorantiwar, S.; Ambast, S. K. 2021. Improving economic water productivity to enhance resilience in canal irrigation systems: a pilot study of the Sina Irrigation System in Maharashtra, India. Water Policy, 23(2):447-465. [DOI]
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Alahacoon, Niranga; Edirisinghe, M. 2021. Spatial variability of rainfall trends in Sri Lanka from 1989 to 2019 as an indication of climate change. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(2):84. [DOI]
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Special issue on selected papers from 2019 World Water Week (2/26/2021)
Harris, G. D.; Barron, J.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Hussein, H.; Choi, G. 2021. Special issue on selected papers from 2019 World Water Week. Water, (Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors)
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Global groundwater: source, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions (2/25/2021)
Mukherjee, A.; Scanlon, B. R.; Aureli, A.; Langan, Simon; Guo, H.; McKenzie, A. A. 2021. Global groundwater: source, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier 676p.
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Horbulyk, Theodore; Kafle, Kashi; Balasubramanya, Soumya. 2021. Community response to the provision of alternative water supplies: a focus on chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in rural Sri Lanka. Water International, 46(1):37-58. [DOI]
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Storing water: a new integrated approach for resilient development (2/14/2021)
Yu, W.; Rex, William; McCartney, Matthew; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; von Gnechten, Rachel; Priscoli, J. D. 2021. Storing water: a new integrated approach for resilient development. : Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 28p. (GWP Perspectives Paper 13)
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Increased antimicrobial use during COVID-19: the risk of advancing the threat of antimicrobial resistance (12/31/2021)
Jampani, Mahesh; Chandy, S. J. 2021. Increased antimicrobial use during COVID-19: the risk of advancing the threat of antimicrobial resistance. Health Science Reports, 4(4):e459. [DOI]
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Jha, S. K.; Mishra, V. K.; Verma, C. L.; Sharma, Navneet; Sikka, Alok Kumar; Pavelic, Paul; Sharma, P. C.; Kant, L.; Sharma, Bharat R. 2021. Groundwater quality concern for wider adaptability of novel modes of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in the Ganges Basin, India. Agricultural Water Management, 246:106659. [DOI]
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Bundled weather index insurance pilot for drought-affected areas in Sri Lanka: reaching marginal farmers (12/20/2021)
Aheeyar, Mohamed; Samarakoon, Kalani; de Silva, Sanjiv. 2021. Bundled weather index insurance pilot for drought-affected areas in Sri Lanka: reaching marginal farmers. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 35p. (IWMI Working Paper 201) [DOI]
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Data sharing in transboundary waters: current extent, future potential and practical recommendations (12/08/2021)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Data sharing in transboundary waters: current extent, future potential and practical recommendations. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p. (IWMI Water Policy Brief 43) [DOI]
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Circular economy solutions to close water, energy and food loops in West Africa (12/07/2021)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Circular economy solutions to close water, energy and food loops in West Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 17) [DOI]
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Revisiting the levels of aerosol optical depth in South-Southeast Asia, Europe and USA amid the COVID-19 pandemic using satellite observations (11/28/2021)
Acharya, P.; Barik, G.; Gayen, B. K.; Bar, S.; Maiti, A.; Sarkar, A.; Ghosh, Surajit; De, S. K.; Sreekesh, S. 2021. Revisiting the levels of aerosol optical depth in South-Southeast Asia, Europe and USA amid the COVID-19 pandemic using satellite observations. Environmental Research, 193:110514. [DOI]
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Amarnath, Giriraj; Ghosh, Surajit; Alahacoon, Niranga; Nakada, Toru; Rao, K. V.; Sikka, Alok. 2021. Regional drought monitoring for managing water security in South Asia. In Amaratunga, D.; Haigh, R.; Dias, N. (Eds.). Multi-hazard early warning and disaster risks. Selected papers presented at the International Symposium on Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction, Online Symposium, 14-16 December 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.465-481. [DOI]
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Floods as agents of vitality: reaffirming human-nature synergies (11/20/2021)
Modak, S.; Ghosh, Surajit. 2021. Floods as agents of vitality: reaffirming human-nature synergies. Neuotting, Germany: Water Science Policy (WSP) 7p. (Water Science Policy Brief) [DOI]
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Adaptation to climate variability in Sri Lanka: a case study of the Huruluwewa Irrigation System in the Dry Zone (11/09/2021)
Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Chandrasekharan, Kiran; Ghosh, Surajit; Nakada, Toru. 2021. Adaptation to climate variability in Sri Lanka: a case study of the Huruluwewa Irrigation System in the Dry Zone. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 30p. (IWMI Working Paper 200) [DOI]
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Economics of Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI): scenario analysis and stakeholder perspectives from South Asia (11/09/2021)
Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh; Amarnath, Giriraj. 2021. Economics of Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI): scenario analysis and stakeholder perspectives from South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 34p. (IWMI Working Paper 199) [DOI]
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Koppa, Nisha; Amarnath, Giriraj. 2021. Geospatial assessment of flood-tolerant rice varieties to guide climate adaptation strategies in India. Climate, 9(10):151. (Special issue: Climate Change and Food Insecurity) [DOI]
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Haddaoui, I.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2021. A review on occurrence of emerging pollutants in waters of the MENA region. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(48):68090-68110. [DOI]
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Tessema, K. B.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Nakawuka, P. 2021. Vulnerability of community to climate stress: an indicator-based investigation of Upper Gana Watershed in Omo Gibe Basin in Ethiopia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 63:102426. [DOI]
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Assessing risk in times of climate change and COVID-19: city region food system of Tamale, Ghana (10/29/2021)
FAO; RUAF Foundation; International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Assessing risk in times of climate change and COVID-19: city region food system of Tamale, Ghana. Rome, Italy: FAO 4p. [DOI]
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Transformation of water systems for climate change adaptation and resilience (10/29/2021)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Transformation of water systems for climate change adaptation and resilience. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 18) [DOI]
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Gender dimensions of solid and liquid waste management for reuse in agriculture in Asia and Africa (10/21/2021)
Taron, Avinandan; Drechsel, Pay; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2021. Gender dimensions of solid and liquid waste management for reuse in agriculture in Asia and Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 33p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 21) [DOI]
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Jedd, T.; Fragaszy, S. R.; Knutson, C.; Hayes, M. J.; Belhaj Fraj, M.; Wall, N.; Svoboda, M.; McDonnell, Rachael. 2021. Drought management norms: is the Middle East and North Africa Region managing risks or crises? Journal of Environment and Development, 30(1):3-40. [DOI]
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McCartney, Matthew; Dickens, Chris. 2021. Landscape regeneration and the role of water. In Filho, W. L.; Azul, A. M.; Brandli, L.; Salvia, A. L.; Wall, T. (Eds.). Clean water and sanitation. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 10p. (Online first). (Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals) [DOI]
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Environmental risks from pesticide use: the case of commercial banana farming in northern Lao PDR (10/07/2021)
Wentworth, A.; Pavelic, Paul; Kongmany, S.; Sotoukee, T.; Sengphaxaiyalath, K.; Phomkeona, K.; Deevanhxay, P.; Chounlamany, V.; Manivong, V. 2021. Environmental risks from pesticide use: the case of commercial banana farming in northern Lao PDR. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 66p. (IWMI Research Report 177) [DOI]
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Utilizing floodwaters for recharging depleted aquifers and sustaining irrigation: lessons from multi-scale assessments in the Ganges River Basin, India (1/12/2021)
Pavelic, Paul; Sikka, Alok; Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Sharma, Bharat R.; Muthuwatta, Lal; Eriyagama, Nishadi; Villholth, Karen G.; Shalsi, S.; Mishra, V. K.; Jha, S. K.; Verma, C. L.; Sharma, N.; Reddy, V. R.; Rout, S. K.; Kant, L.; Govindan, M.; Gangopadhyay, P.; Brindha, K.; Chinnasamy, P.; Smakhtin, V. 2021. Utilizing floodwaters for recharging depleted aquifers and sustaining irrigation: lessons from multi-scale assessments in the Ganges River Basin, India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 20p. (Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) Case Profile Series 04) [DOI]
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Mitigation technologies and best practices (07/31/2022)
De Falco, F.; Nikiema, Josiane; Wagner, S. 2021. Mitigation technologies and best practices. In Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Policies to reduce microplastics pollution in water: focus on textiles and tyres. Paris, France: OECD Publishing. pp.64-102. [DOI]
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Human arsenic exposure risk via crop consumption and global trade from groundwater-irrigated areas (01/31/2022)
Alam, Mohammad F.; Villholth, Karen G.; Podgorski, J. 2021. Human arsenic exposure risk via crop consumption and global trade from groundwater-irrigated areas. Environmental Research Letters, 16(12):124013. [DOI]
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Satellite-based meteorological and agricultural drought monitoring for agricultural sustainability in Sri Lanka (01/31/2022)
Alahacoon, Niranga; Edirisinghe, M.; Ranagalage, M. 2021. Satellite-based meteorological and agricultural drought monitoring for agricultural sustainability in Sri Lanka. Sustainability, 13(6):3427. [DOI]
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IWMI Annual report 2019 (9/7/2020)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2020. IWMI Annual report 2019. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 60p. [DOI]
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Business models for fecal sludge management in India (9/25/2020)
Rao, Krishna C.; Velidandla, S.; Scott, C. L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2020. Business models for fecal sludge management in India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 199p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 18: Special Issue) [DOI]
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Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): exploring potential at the global scale (9/23/2020)
Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul. 2020. Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): exploring potential at the global scale. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 58p. (IWMI Research Report 176) [DOI]
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Nhamo, Luxon; Magidi, J.; Nyamugama, A.; Clulow, A. D.; Sibanda, M.; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Mabhaudhi, T. 2020. Prospects of improving agricultural and water productivity through unmanned aerial vehicles. Agriculture, 10(7):256. [DOI]
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Hurford, A. P.; McCartney, Matthew P.; Harou, J. J.; Dalton, J.; Smith, D. Mark; Odada, E. 2020. Balancing services from built and natural assets via river basin trade-off analysis. Ecosystem Services, 45:101144. [DOI]
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IWMI Gender and Inclusion Strategy 2020-2023: new landscapes of water equality and inclusion (8/4/2020)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2020. IWMI Gender and Inclusion Strategy 2020-2023: new landscapes of water equality and inclusion. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 16p. [DOI]
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Goshime, D. W.; Absi, R.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Ledesert, B.; Rientjes, T. 2020. Bias-corrected CHIRP [Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation] satellite rainfall for water level simulation, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 25(9):05020024. [DOI]
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Convergence and co-financing opportunities for climate-resilient water management (8/25/2020)
Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Sikka, Alok; Verma, Shilp; Adhikari, Dipika; Sudharshan, M.; Santhosh, Harikrishnan. 2020. Convergence and co-financing opportunities for climate-resilient water management. : Bonn, Germany: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH; New Delhi, India: Water Security and Climate Adaptation in Rural India (WASCA) 109p.
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Brouziyne, Y.; Abouabdillah, A.; Chehbouni, A.; Hanich, L.; Bergaoui, Karim; McDonnell, Rachael; Benaabidate, L. 2020. Assessing hydrological vulnerability to future droughts in a Mediterranean watershed: combined indices-based and distributed modeling approaches. Water, 12(9):2333. (Special issue: Modeling Global Change Impacts on Water Resources: Selected Papers from the 2019/2020 SWAT International Conferences) [DOI]
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Fragaszy, S. R.; Jedd, T.; Wall, N.; Knutson, C.; Belhaj Fraj, M.; Bergaoui, K.; Svoboda, M.; Hayes, M.; McDonnell, Rachael. 2020. Drought monitoring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: participatory engagement to inform early warning systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 101(7):E1148-E1173. [DOI]
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Eriyagama, Nishadi; Smakhtin, V.; Udamulla, L. 2020. How much artificial surface storage is acceptable in a river basin and where should it be located: a review. Earth-Science Reviews, 208:103294. [DOI]
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Hassaballah, K.; Mohamed, Y.; Omer, A.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2020. Modelling the inundation and morphology of the seasonally flooded Mayas Wetlands in the Dinder National Park-Sudan. Environmental Processes, 7(3):723-747. [DOI]
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Arsenault, K. R.; Shukla, S.; Hazra, A.; Getirana, A.; McNally, A.; Kumar, S. V.; Koster, R. D.; Peters-Lidard, C. D.; Zaitchik, B. F.; Badr, H.; Jung, H. C.; Narapusetty, B.; Navari, M.; Wang, S.; Mocko, D. M.; Funk, C.; Harrison, L.; Husak, G. J.; Adoum, A.; Galu, G.; Magadzire, T.; Roningen, J.; Shaw, M.; Eylander, J.; Bergaoui, K.; McDonnell, Rachael A.; Verdin, J. P. 2020. The NASA hydrological forecast system for food and water security applications. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 101(7):E1007-E1025. [DOI]
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Sadoff, Claudia; Grey, D.; Borgomeo, Edoardo. 2020. Water security. In Oxford University Press. Oxford research encyclopedia of environmental science. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. 19p. [DOI]
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Hall, J. W.; Borgomeo, Edoardo; Mortazavi-Naeini, M.; Wheeler, K. 2020. Water resource system modelling and decision analysis. In Dadson, S. J.; Garrick, D. E.; Penning-Rowsell, E. C.; Hall, J. W.; Hope, R.; Hughes, J. (Eds.). Water science, policy, and management: a global challenge. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley and Sons. pp.257-273.
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McDonnell, Rachael; Fragaszy, S.; Sternberg, T.; Veeravalli, S. 2020. Drought Policy and Management. In Dadson, S. J.; Garrick, D. E.; Penning-Rowsell, E. C.; Hall, J. W.; Hope, R.; Hughes, J. (Eds.). Water science, policy, and management: a global challenge. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley and Sons. pp.233-253.
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Adimassu, Zenebe; Balana, B. B.; Appoh, Richard; Nartey, Eric. 2020. The use of the wetting front detector as an irrigation-scheduling tool for pepper production in the upper east region of Ghana: evidence from field experiment and farmers' perceptions. Irrigation and Drainage, 69(4):696-713. [DOI]
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Osipov, S.; Yermenbai, A.; Akylbekova, A.; Livinsky, Y.; Anarbekov, Oyture. 2020. The negative impact of anthropogenic factors on the state of groundwater of Kazakhstan. News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Series of Geology and Technical Sciences, 2(440):132-140. [DOI]
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Kookana, R. S.; Drechsel, Pay; Jamwal, P.; Vanderzalm, J. 2020. Urbanisation and emerging economies: issues and potential solutions for water and food security. Science of the Total Environment, 732:139057. [DOI]
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Sishu, F. K.; Thegaye, E. K.; Schmitter, Petra; Habtu, N. G.; Tilahun, S. A.; Steenhuis, T. S. 2020. Endosulfan pesticide dissipation and residue levels in khat and onion in a sub-humid region of Ethiopia. In Habtu, N. G.; Ayele, D. W.; Fanta, S. W.; Admasu, B. T.; Bitew, M. A. (Eds.). Advances of science and technology. Proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Advancement of Science and Technology (ICAST 2019), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2-4 August 2019. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.16-28. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST) Volume 308) [DOI]
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Faecal sludge management in Africa: socioeconomic aspects and human and environmental health implications (4/28/2021)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2020. Faecal sludge management in Africa: socioeconomic aspects and human and environmental health implications. : Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 64p.
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Senay, G. B.; Kagone, S.; Velpuri, Naga M. 2020. Operational global actual evapotranspiration: development, evaluation, and dissemination. Sensors, 20(7):1915. (Special issue: Advances in Remote Sensors for Earth Observation and Modeling of Earth Processes) [DOI]
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Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul; Sharma, Navneet; Sikka, Alok. 2020. Managed aquifer recharge of monsoon runoff using village ponds: performance assessment of a pilot trial in the Ramganga Basin, India. Water, 12(4):1028. (Special issue: Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience) [DOI]
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2020. Tackling agricultural water pollution - a 21st-century challenge. Rural 21, 54(1):26-27.
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Bharati, Luna; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2020. Moving from water problems to water solutions in a climate-challenged world. Rural 21, 54(1):4-7.
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Water governance for resilience to climate change (3/28/2020)
Kjellen, M.; White, M.; Matthews, J.; Mauroner, A.; Timboe, I.; Burchi, S.; Dhot, N.; van Waeyenberge, T.; El Fenni, Y. R.; Lohani, A.; Newton, J.; Imamura, Y.; Miyamoto, M.; Moors, E.; de Oliveira, V. G.; Schmeier, S.; Crespo, C. C.; Gutierrez, M. T.; Welling, R.; Suhardiman, Diana; Hada, R.; Saji, M.; Jimenez, A.; Lymer, B. L.; Saikia, P.; Mathews, R.; Bernardini, F.; Koeppel, S.; Aureli, A.; Resende, T. C.; Avellan, T.; Hahn, A.; Kirschke, S. J.; Perera, D.; Loeffen, A.; Turner, R.; Pories, L.; Aldaco-Manner, L.; Daher, B.; Willemart, S.; Schillinger, J. 2020. Water governance for resilience to climate change. 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.150-159.
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Human health impacts related to water, sanitation and climate change (3/26/2020)
Medlicott, K.; De France, J.; Villalobos-Prats, E.; Gordon, B.; Graczyk, H.; Zandaryaa, S.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Hada, R.; Caucci, S.; Smakhtin, V.; Pories, L. 2020. Human health impacts related to water, sanitation and climate change. 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.68-77.
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Water-related extremes and risk management (3/26/2020)
Perera, D.; Smakhtin, V.; Pischke, F.; Ohara, M.; Findikakis, A.; Werner, M.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Koeppel, S.; Plotnykova, H.; Hulsmann, S.; Caponi, C. 2020. Water-related extremes and risk management. 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.58-67.
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Mitigating floods for managing droughts through aquifer storage: an examination of two complementary approaches (3/21/2020)
Pavelic, Paul. 2020. Mitigating floods for managing droughts through aquifer storage: an examination of two complementary approaches. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank 16p. (Water Knowledge Note)
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Modanesi, S.; Massari, C.; Camici, S.; Brocca, L.; Amarnath, Giriraj. 2020. Do satellite surface soil moisture observations better retain information about crop-yield variability in drought conditions? Water Resources Research, 56(2):e2019WR025855. [DOI]
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Balasubramanya, Soumya; Stifel, David; Horbulyk, Ted; Kafle, Kashi. 2020. Chronic kidney disease and household behaviors in Sri Lanka: historical choices of drinking water and agrochemical use. Economics and Human Biology, 37:100862. [DOI]
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Reddy, V. R.; Rout, S. K.; Shalsi, Sarah; Pavelic, Paul; Ross, A. 2020. Managing underground transfer of floods for irrigation: a case study from the Ramganga Basin, India. Journal of Hydrology, 583:124518 [DOI]
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Megapolis city region food systems and their vulnerability towards climate change related hazards (12/31/2021)
Thiel, Felix; Phillips, I.; Drechsel, Nikita. 2020. Megapolis city region food systems and their vulnerability towards climate change related hazards. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 2p.
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Are smallholder farmers credit constrained? evidence on demand and supply constraints of credit in Ethiopia and Tanzania (12/25/2020)
Balana, B.; Mekonnen, D.; Haile, B.; Hagos, Fitsum; Yimam, S.; Ringler, C. 2020. Are smallholder farmers credit constrained? evidence on demand and supply constraints of credit in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 28p. (IFPRI Discussion Paper 01974) [DOI]
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Catalogue of technologies to address the risks of contamination of water bodies with plastics and microplastics (12/17/2020)
Nikiema, Josiane; Asiedu, Zipporah; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Saad, Dalia; Lamizana, B. 2020. Catalogue of technologies to address the risks of contamination of water bodies with plastics and microplastics. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 62p.
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Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: a review of technical solutions from source to sea (12/17/2020)
Nikiema, Josiane; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Asiedu, Zipporah; Saad, Dalia; Lamizana, B. 2020. Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: a review of technical solutions from source to sea. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 112p.
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Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic (12/16/2020)
Nicol, Alan; Abdoubaetova, A.; Wolters, A.; Kharel, A.; Murzakolova, A.; Gebreyesus, A.; Lucasenco, E.; Chen, F.; Sugden, F.; Sterly, H.; Kuznetsova, I.; Masotti, M.; Vittuari, M.; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Aderghal, M.; Phalkey, N.; Sakdapolrak, P.; Mollinga, P.; Mogilevskii, R.; Naruchaikusol, S. 2020. Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 22p. (IWMI Working Paper 195) [DOI]
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Surinaidu, L.; Amarasinghe, Upali; Maheswaran, R.; Nandan, M. J. 2020. Assessment of long-term hydrogeological changes and plausible solutions to manage hydrological extremes in the transnational Ganga River Basin. H2Open Journal, 3(1):457-480. [DOI]
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Dhaubanjar, Sanita; Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Bharati, Luna. 2020. Climate futures for western Nepal based on regional climate models in the CORDEX-SA [Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment for South Asia]. International Journal of Climatology, 40(4):2201-2225 [DOI]
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Increasing the benefits and sustainability of irrigation through the integration of fisheries: a guide for water planners, managers and engineers (11/18/2020)
Nguyen-Khoa, S.; McCartney, Matthew; Funge-Smith, S.; Smith, L.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Dubois, M. 2020. Increasing the benefits and sustainability of irrigation through the integration of fisheries: a guide for water planners, managers and engineers. : Rome, Italy: FAO; Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 92p. [DOI]
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Amarasinghe, Upali; Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga; Ghosh, Surajit. 2020. How do floods and drought impact economic growth and human development at the sub-national level in India? Climate, 8(11):123. (Special issue: Climate Change and Water-Related Agricultural Risks) [DOI]
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Sharma, Akriti; Karki, Emma; Eriyagama, Nishadi; Shrestha, Gitta; Jeuland, M.; Bharati, Luna. 2020. Whose river is it?: an assessment of livelihood and cultural water flow requirements for the Karnali Basin. Ecology and Society, 25(3):22. [DOI]
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Training manual for fecal sludge-based compost production and application (1/8/2020)
Nikiema, Josiane; Impraim, Robert; Cofie, Olufunke; Nartey, Eric; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Thiel, Felix; Drechsel, Pay. 2020. Training manual for fecal sludge-based compost production and application. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 63p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 15) [DOI]
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Carr, G.; Barendrecht, M. H.; Debevec, Liza; Kuil, L.; Bloschl, G. 2020. People and water: understanding integrated systems needs integrated approaches. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA, 69(8):819-832. [DOI]
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga. 2020. Vulnerable hot spots to water and agricultural risk in Sri Lanka. NeelaHaritha: The Climate Change Magazine of Sri Lanka, 3:1-10.
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O’Brien, G. C.; Dickens, Chris; Baker, C.; Stassen, R.; van Weert, F. 2020. Sustainable floodplains: linking e-flows to floodplain management, ecosystems, and livelihoods in the Sahel of North Africa. Sustainability, 12(24):10578. (Special issue: Durable Protections for Free-Flowing Rivers) [DOI]
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E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: from vision to management. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (05/31/2023)
Dickens, Chris; Mukuyu, Patience; Ndlovu, B.; Oapos;Brien, G.; Stassen, R.; Magombeyi, Manuel. 2020. E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: from vision to management. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Washington, DC, USA: USAID 104p. (E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: Report 3) [DOI]
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E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: basin report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (05/31/2023)
Dickens, Chris; Oapos;Brien, G.; Magombeyi, Manuel; Mukuyu, Patience; Ndlovu, B.; Eriyagama, Nishadi; Kleynhans, N. 2020. E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: basin report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Washington, DC, USA: USAID 134p. (E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: Report 2) [DOI]
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E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: inception report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (05/31/2023)
Dickens, Chris; Oapos;Brien, G. 2020. E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: inception report. Project report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Washington, DC, USA: USAID 64p. (E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: Report 1) [DOI]
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Mabhaudhi, T.; Mpandeli, S.; Nhamo, Luxon; Senzanje, A.; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Modi, A.T. 2019. Options for improving agricultural water productivity under increasing water scarcity in South Africa. 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. 14p.
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Woldewahid, G.; Biazin, B.; Haileslassie, Amare. 2019. Enabling frontline water lifting service providers to reduce risks of crop failure and increase producer confidence in adopting irrigation: LIVES [Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders] experiences. In Mekonnen, K.; Yasabu, S.; Gebremedhin, B.; Woldemeskel, E.; Tegegne, A.; Thorne, P. (Eds.). Proceedings of a Workshop and Exhibition on Promoting Productivity and Market Access Technologies and Approaches to Improve Farm Income and Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Lessons from Action Research Projects, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8-9 December 2016. Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). pp.9-12.
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Dillon, P.; Stuyfzand, P.; Grischek, T.; Lluria, M.; Pyne, R. D. G.; Jain, R. C.; Bear, J.; Schwarz, J.; Wang, W.; Fernandez, E.; Stefan, C.; Pettenati, M.; van der Gun, J.; Sprenger, C.; Massmann, G.; Scanlon, B. R.; Xanke, J; Jokela, P.; Zheng, Y.; Rossetto, R.; Shamrukh, M.; Pavelic, Paul; Murray, E.; Ross, A.; Bonilla Valverde, J. P.; Palma Nava, A.; Ansems, N.; Posavec, K.; Ha, K.; Martin, R.; Sapiano, M. 2019. Sixty years of global progress in managed aquifer recharge. Hydrogeology Journal, 27(1):1-30. [DOI]
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Kibret, S.; Lautze, Jonathan; McCartney, Matthew; Nhamo, Luxon; Yan, G. 2019. Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors. Malaria Journal, 18:1-12. [DOI]
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Brindha, K.; Pavelic, Paul; Sotoukee, T. 2019. Environmental assessment of water and soil quality in the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 8: 24-30. [DOI]
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Guidelines and regulations for fecal sludge management from on-site sanitation facilities (8/20/2019)
Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Fernando, Sudarshana; Hanjra, M. A. 2019. Guidelines and regulations for fecal sludge management from on-site sanitation facilities. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 57p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 14) [DOI]
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Shrestha, Gitta; Joshi, Deepa; Clement, Floriane. 2019. Masculinities and hydropower in India: a feminist political ecology perspective. International Journal of the Commons, 13(1):130-152. (Special issue: Feminist Political Ecologies of the Commons and Commoning). [DOI]
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Teame, A. T.; Hagos, Fitsum. 2019. Weather index crop insurance as a climate-smart approach for the vulnerable groups: the case of Adiha, northern Ethiopia. In Hadgu, K. M.; Bishaw, B.; Iiyama, M.; Birhane, E.; Negussie, A.; Davis, C. M.; Bernart, B. (Eds.). Climate-smart agriculture: enhancing resilient agricultural systems, landscapes, and livelihoods in Ethiopia and beyond. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry (ICRAF). pp.195-202.
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Mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries (7/12/2019)
Dickens, Chris; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Ndhlovu, Brown. 2019. Mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 23p. [DOI]
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Unpacking the water-energy-environment-food nexus: working across systems (5/30/2019)
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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Balana, Bedru B.; Sanfo, S.; Barbier, B.; Williams, Timothy; Kolavalli, S. 2019. Assessment of flood recession agriculture for food security in northern Ghana: an optimization modelling approach. Agricultural Systems, 173:536-543. [DOI]
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Matchaya, Greenwell; Nhamo, Luxon; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Nhemachena, Charles. 2019. An overview of water markets in southern Africa: an option for water management in times of scarcity. Water, 11(5):1-16. [DOI]
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Review of water and climate adaptation financing and institutional frameworks in South Asia. Background Paper 3 (5/14/2019)
Suhardiman, Diana; de Silva, Sanjiv; Arulingam, Indika; Rodrigo, Sashan; Nicol, Alan. 2019. Review of water and climate adaptation financing and institutional frameworks in South Asia. Background Paper 3. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 110p. (Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia) [DOI]
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Review of water and climate change policies in South Asia. Background Paper 2 (5/14/2019)
Davis, R.; Hirji, R. 2019. Review of water and climate change policies in South Asia. Background Paper 2. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 120p. (Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia) [DOI]
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Review of climate change science, knowledge and impacts on water resources in South Asia. Background Paper 1 (5/14/2019)
Lacombe, Guillaume; Chinnasamy, Pennan; Nicol, Alan. 2019. Review of climate change science, knowledge and impacts on water resources in South Asia. Background Paper 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 73p. (Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia) [DOI]
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Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya (4/2/2019)
McCartney, Matthew; Foudi, S.; Muthuwatta, Lal; Sood, Aditya; Simons, G.; Hunink, J.; Vercruysse, K.; Omuombo, C. 2019. Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 61p. (IWMI Research Report 174) [DOI]
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Kolusu, S. R.; Shamsudduha, M.; Todd, M. C.; Taylor, R. G.; Seddon, D.; Kashaigili, J. J.; Ebrahim, Girma Y.; Cuthbert, M. O.; Sorensen, J. P. R.; Villholth, Karen G.; MacDonald, A. M.; MacLeod, D. A. 2019. The El Nino event of 2015-2016: climate anomalies and their impact on groundwater resources in East and Southern Africa. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23: 1751-1762 [DOI]
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Scott, C. A.; Zhang, F.; Mukherji, A.; Immerzeel, W.; Mustafa, D.; Bharati, Luna; Zhang, H.; Albrecht, T.; Lutz, A.; Nepal, S.; Siddiqi, A.; Kuemmerle, H.; Qadir, M.; Bhuchar, S.; Prakash, A.; Sinha, R. 2019. Water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. In Wester, P.; Mishra, A.; Mukherji, A.; Shrestha, A. B. (Eds.). The Hindu Kush Himalaya assessment: mountains, climate change, sustainability and people. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.257-299.
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Drought-proofing through groundwater recharge: lessons from Chief Ministers’ initiatives in four Indian states (3/21/2020)
Verma, Shilp; Shah, Manisha. 2019. Drought-proofing through groundwater recharge: lessons from Chief Ministers’ initiatives in four Indian states. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank 18p. (Water Knowledge Note)
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Wang, M.; Tang, T.; Burek, P.; Havlik, P.; Krisztin, T.; Kroeze, C.; Leclere, D.; Strokal, M.; Wada, Y.; Wang, Y.; Langan, Simon. 2019. Increasing nitrogen export to sea: a scenario analysis for the Indus River. Science of the Total Environment, 694:133629. [DOI]
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IWMI Annual report 2018 (2/20/2020)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2019. IWMI Annual report 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 42p. [DOI]
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Nhamo, Luxon; Mabhaudhi, T.; Modi, A. T. 2019. Preparedness or repeated short-term relief aid?: building drought resilience through early warning in southern Africa. Water SA, 45(1): 75-85. [DOI]
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Nhamo, Luxon; Matchaya, Greenwell; Mabhaudhi, T.; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Nhemachena, Charles; Mpandeli, S. 2019. Cereal production trends under climate change: impacts and adaptation strategies in Southern Africa. Agriculture, 9(2): 1-17. [DOI]
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Adaptation’s thirst: accelerating the convergence of water and climate action (12/5/2019)
Smith, D. Mark; Matthews, J. H.; Bharati, Luna; Borgomeo, Edoardo; McCartney, Matthew; Mauroner, A.; Nicol, Alan; Rodriguez, D.; Sadoff, Claudia; Suhardiman, Diana; Timboe, I.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Anisha, N. 2019. Adaptation’s thirst: accelerating the convergence of water and climate action. Background paper prepared for the 2019 report of the Global Commission on Adaptation. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA). 42p.
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Rapid scan: Colombo City Region Food Systems and their vulnerability towards climate change related shocks. A report for the FAO-RUAF CRFS Programme (12/31/2021)
Thiel, Felix; Phillips, I.; Drechsel, Nikita. 2019. Rapid scan: Colombo City Region Food Systems and their vulnerability towards climate change related shocks. A report for the FAO-RUAF CRFS Programme. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 48p.
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Pilot evaluation of the Index Based Flood Insurance in Bihar, India: lessons of experiences (12/31/2019)
Aheeyar, Mohamed; de Silva, Sanjiv; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali. 2019. Pilot evaluation of the Index Based Flood Insurance in Bihar, India: lessons of experiences. Technical report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 31p.
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Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul; Sikka, Alok; Sharma, Navneet. 2019. Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): global to field scale assessments. [Abstract only]. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR 10) on Managed Aquifer Recharge: Local Solutions to the Global Water Crisis, Madrid, Spain, 20-24 May 2019. pp.440-442.
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Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar (12/30/2019)
Schulte-Kellinghaus, Nikola. 2019. Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Thesis submitted to the Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Master of Science. 100p.
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Pakistan: getting more from water (12/30/2019)
Young, W. J.; Anwar, Arif; Bhatti, Tousif; Borgomeo, Edoardo; Davies, S.; Garthwaite, W. R. III; Gilmont, M.; Leb, C.; Lytton, L.; Makin, Ian; Saeed, B. 2019. Pakistan: getting more from water. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank 191p. (Water Security Diagnostics)
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Joint research on hydrological impacts of the Lancang hydropower cascade on downstream extreme events: final report (12/30/2019)
Chuthong, J.; Liu, H.; Xu, F.; Cheng, D.; Zhang, W.; Leh, Mansoor; Lacombe, Guillaume. 2019. Joint research on hydrological impacts of the Lancang hydropower cascade on downstream extreme events: final report. : Vientiane, Lao PDR: Mekong River Commission (MRC); Beijing, China: Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation Center (LMWRCC); Beijing, China: China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 140p.
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Hydrologic characterization of different rice environments in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar (12/30/2019)
Leh, Mansoor; Schulte-Kellinghaus, Nikola; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; de Silva, Sanjiv; Moet, Palal. 2019. Hydrologic characterization of different rice environments in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Project report submitted to CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) under the project Testing Adaptation to Flood Pulsed Systems in Myanmar. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 28p.
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Assessment of the current situation of the Aksu River Basin in Kashkadarya Region: analytical report. In Russian (12/30/2019)
Anarbekov, Oyture; Gaypnazarov, Norboy; Akramov, Isomiddin; Gafurov, Zafar; Djumaboev, Kakhramon; Solieva, Umida; Khodjaev, Shovkat; Yuldashev, Tulkin; Akramov, Bekzod; Murzaeva, Makhliyo. 2019. Assessment of the current situation of the Aksu River Basin in Kashkadarya Region: analytical report. In Russian. Project report prepared under the European Union Programme on Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Rural Areas in Uzbekistan. Component 1: National policy framework for water governance and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Tashkent, Uzbekistan: European Union; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. 58p. (Also in English/Uzbek)
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Sadoff, Claudia. 2019. Focus on water for adaptive solutions. Stockholm WaterFront, 3:8-11.
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Mark, Y.-A.; Amoah, Philip; Nelson, A. W.; Muspratt, A.; Aikins, S. 2019. Safety assessment on microbial and heavy metal concentration in clarias gariepinus (African catfish) cultured in treated wastewater pond in Kumasi, Ghana. Environmental Technology, 40(3):302-311. [DOI]
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Khatiwada, K. R.; Pandey, Vishnu Prasad. 2019. Characterization of hydro-meteorological drought in Nepal Himalaya: a case of Karnali River Basin. Weather and Climate Extremes, 26:100239 [DOI]
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Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Sharma, Akriti; Dhaubanjar, Sanita; Bharati, Luna; Joshi, I. R. 2019. Climate shocks and responses in Karnali-Mahakali basins, western Nepal. Climate, 7(7):1-24. (Special issue: Social-Ecological Systems, Climate and Global Change Impacts) [DOI]
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Mpandeli, S.; Nhamo, Luxon; Moeletsi, M.; Masupha, T.; Magidi, J.; Tshikolomo, K.; Liphadzi, S.; Naidoo, D.; Mabhaudhi, T. 2019. Assessing climate change and adaptive capacity at local scale using observed and remotely sensed data. Weather and Climate Extremes, 26:100240. [DOI]
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On-farm practices for the safe use of wastewater in urban and peri-urban horticulture: a training handbook for farmer field schools in Sub-Saharan Africa (11/27/2018)
Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. 2019. On-farm practices for the safe use of wastewater in urban and peri-urban horticulture: a training handbook for farmer field schools in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rome, Italy: FAO 57p.
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Hofstra, N.; Vermeulen, L. C.; Derx, J.; Florke, M.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Rose, J.; Medema, G. 2019. Priorities for developing a modelling and scenario analysis framework for waterborne pathogen concentrations in rivers worldwide and consequent burden of disease. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 36:28-38. [DOI]
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