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Groundwater governance in Lebanon: the case of Central Beqaa. A Policy White Paper

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Lebanon, Western Asia
natural resources management
water management
agriculture
water rights
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NBS [Nature-based solutions] for managing water availability

Reports & Research
December, 2018
natural resources management
water management
agriculture
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NBS [Nature-based solutions] for managing water quality

Reports & Research
December, 2018
land management
sustainable development
natural resources management
water management
agriculture
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Participatory gender training for community groups: a manual for critical discussions on gender norms, roles and relations

Reports & Research
December, 2016
India, Nepal
water management
agriculture
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Groundwater governance in Asia and the Pacific. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Nepal, Bangladesh, Japan, China, Australia, India, Pakistan
Urban Tenure
land management
natural resources management
water management
agriculture
urban areas
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Controlling groundwater through smart card machines: the case of water quotas and pricing mechanisms in Gansu Province, China

Reports & Research
December, 2017
China
land use
agriculture
The second issue of the GRIPP Case Profile Series documents the use of water quotas and pricing mechanisms in Northwest China to control and manage groundwater. Since the 1970s, this region has experienced intensive groundwater abstraction by smallholder farmers. In 2002, however, the revised Water Law urged local authorities to regulate groundwater use in regions with overdraft. The Case Profile reviews, in detail, the use of smart card machines installed on wells by the local government to control abstraction.
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Conserving land, protecting water

January, 2008
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
environment
land management
agriculture
land
Following from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture project, this book examines the relationships and linkages between land use and water management and social systems. Given that agriculture is the largest economic sector in many developing countries, this volume provides innovative ideas for the prevention of land degradation and for improving the sustainability of food production in the developing world.
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Water-smart agriculture in East Africa

January, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
climate change
environment
land management
natural resources management
agriculture
The inspiration for this sourcebook came from a 2014 meeting of researchers, practitioners and policy makers in Addis Ababa under the auspices of an event co-convened by the Global Water Initiative East Africa (GWI EA), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Water, Land and Ecosystems programme of the CG system. The event agreed there was a pressing need for greater regional consolidation of knowledge on improving water management for smallholder farmers.
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The Nile River Basin: water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods

January, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
agriculture
This book covers the whole Nile Basin and is based on the results of three major research projects supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). It provides unique and up-to-date insights on agriculture, water resources, governance, poverty, productivity, upstream–downstream linkages, innovations, future plans and their implications. Specifically, the book elaborates the history, and the major current and future challenges and opportunities, of the Nile River Basin.
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The Chinyanja Triangle in the Zambezi River Basin, Southern Africa: status of, and prospects for, agriculture, natural resources management and rural development

January, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development
mining
climate change
environment
poverty
rural development
natural resources management
agriculture
This paper, which focuses on the Chinyanja Triangle (CT), an area inside the Zambezi River Basin, characterises three distinct farming subsystems across rainfall gradients, namely maize-beans-fish, sorghum-millet-livestock and the livestock-dominated subsystem. It presents the socioeconomic characteristics, historical drivers of change, resources use and management (water, land, forestry) and the institutional disincentives affecting agricultural production and productivity in the region.