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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Africa

    Most African countries underwent water legislation reform since the 1990s, through

    which existing plural legal systems were changed into nation-wide permit systems, in

    which the state acts as custodian of the nation’s water resources. Although globally

    heralded as the best way to manage water resources within the broader context of

    Integrated Water Resource Management, this project examines the problematic

    implications of the new laws for the majority of the rural and peri-urban poor. Since time

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2011
    Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Laos, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Africa, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    This working paper reviews the experiences of the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) with 14 “small

    grants for impact” that were contracted in early 2006 and operated for periods of 12 to 18 months. For a total

    investment of under US$1 million – less than the equivalent of a typical 3-5 year CPWF research for development

    project in Phase 1, the small grant projects made significant contributions to identifying water and food technology

    for specific end users (thus showing the potential of CPWF research in general); to better understanding of

  3. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    March, 2013
    Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa

    Representatives of three of the five VBDC projects met for the following specific objectives:

    - Review emerging messages from the projects and the audience category that could use the

    messages

    - Review emerging outcomes from the projects;

    - Identify other ‘quick wins’ that we need to focus on, in the next months including any scientific

    outputs that can be written up in the short term either within or between projects

    - Discuss preliminary plans and scientific contributions to the final VBDC Science Conference

  4. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    February, 2012
    Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa

    Contexte et Justification

    La maitrise et la valorisation de ses ressources en eau constituent un e?le?ment primordial dans les efforts du Burkina Faso a? re?aliser les objectifs du mille?naire, en ge?ne?ral, et la se?curite? alimentaire et la re?duction de la pauvrete?, en particulier.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa, Asia, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, Western Africa

    This meta-synthesis of national climate change adaptation plans, policies and processes spans twelve countries at various stages of adaptation planning and implementation, in three priority CCAFS regions: West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Se?negal), East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) and South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal).

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