Reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa through investments in water and other priorities
MA Hanjra, T Ferede, DG Gutta - Agricultural Water Management, 2009 - Elsevier
Water resources are essential to human development processes and to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals that seek, inter alia, to eradicate extreme poverty and …
Millennium Development Goals that seek, inter alia, to eradicate extreme poverty and …
Improving irrigation access to combat food insecurity and undernutrition: A review
L Domènech - Global Food Security, 2015 - Elsevier
Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities
have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity …
have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity …
[图书][B] Water for food water for life: A comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture
D Molden - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times-fundamental
to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse …
to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse …
Agricultural water management and poverty linkages
RE Namara, MA Hanjra, GE Castillo… - Agricultural water …, 2010 - Elsevier
Water is critically important to the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people living on less than
$1 a day, particularly for the 850 million rural poor primarily engaged in agriculture. In many …
$1 a day, particularly for the 850 million rural poor primarily engaged in agriculture. In many …
The social impacts of dams: A new framework for scholarly analysis
J Kirchherr, KJ Charles - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2016 - Elsevier
No commonly used framework exists in the scholarly study of the social impacts of dams.
This hinders comparisons of analyses and thus the accumulation of knowledge. The aim of …
This hinders comparisons of analyses and thus the accumulation of knowledge. The aim of …
[图书][B] Costs and performance of irrigation projects: A comparison of sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions
AB Inocencio - 2007 - books.google.com
High irrigation investment costs together with declining world prices for food and the failures
of a number of high profile past irrigation projects are the main reasons for the reluctance of …
of a number of high profile past irrigation projects are the main reasons for the reluctance of …
Effect of small-scale irrigation on the income of rural farm households: The case of Laelay Maichew District, Central Tigray, Ethiopia
K Aseyehegn, C Yirga, S Rajan - 2012 - repo.lib.sab.ac.lk
Agricultural intensification is presumed to be a necessary pre-condition for the development
of the agricultural sector in Ethiopia. To this end, various government and non-governmental …
of the agricultural sector in Ethiopia. To this end, various government and non-governmental …
[PDF][PDF] Forest cover impacts of Chinese development projects in ecologically sensitive areas
Ariel BenYishay, Bradley Parks, Daniel Runfola and Rachel Trichler Abstract: What are the
conservation impacts of Chinese development activities in ecological hotspots? We …
conservation impacts of Chinese development activities in ecological hotspots? We …
Is small better? A comparison of the effect of large and small dams on cropland productivity in South Africa
We estimate and compare the effects of small and large irrigation dams on cropland
productivity in South Africa. To this end, we construct a panel data set of South African river …
productivity in South Africa. To this end, we construct a panel data set of South African river …
Mapping the social impacts of small dams: The case of Thailand's Ing River basin
The social impacts of large dams have been studied extensively. However, small dams'
social impacts have been largely neglected by the academic community. Our paper …
social impacts have been largely neglected by the academic community. Our paper …