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    A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa

    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2018
    Urban Tenure
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    capacity development
    farmers
    natural resources management
    water management
    land tenure
    urbanization
    land management
    poverty

    Smallholder irrigation expansion would signi cantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Irrigation development has been slow in these countries, and has been mainly through traditional schemes.

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    Dilemma of nitrogen management for future food security in sub-Saharan Africa – a review

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2017
    Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa, Middle Africa
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    land degradation

    Food security entails having sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet dietary needs. The need to optimise nitrogen (N) use for nutrition security while minimising environmental risks in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is overdue. Challenges related to managing N use in SSA can be associated with both insufficient use and excessive loss, and thus the continent must address the ‘too little’ and ‘too much’ paradox. Too little N is used in food production (80% of countries have N deficiencies), which has led to chronic food insecurity and malnutrition.

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    Climate-Smart Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

    Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente en Chiapas, México

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2014
    Mexico, Central America, Northern America, South America
    Land & Food Security
    land use
    food security
    agriculture

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.

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    Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity

    Reports & Research
    December, 2017
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    poverty
    sustainable development
    natural resources management
    water management

    This Research Report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied research, and some lessons learned over the two decades of research.

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    Género, estado civil y la acumulación de activos en el Ecuador: una mirada a la violencia patrimonial

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land & Food Security
    climate change
    agriculture
    property rights
    food security

    Although women in Ecuador have relatively strong property rights, these are not always honored, resulting in
    their experiencing patrimonial violence. This is one of the reasons that, according to our national household assets
    survey, the value of women’s assets on average is less than that of men. Nonetheless, there are major differences
    in the average value of wealth attained depending on a person’s marital status (being much higher among those
    who are married in comparison to living in a consensual union) and in the size of the gender wealth gap (being

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