This report is a synthesis of research implemented for the project on Wetlands-based livelihoods in the Limpopo basin: balancing social welfare and environmental security. The research was motivated by the dependency of many people on wetlands for their livelihoods. It was therefore founded on the basis that the potential of wetlands to contribute to livelihoods is closely related to their ability to maintain ecosytem functions (such as regulating river flows), which is a consequence of their unique hydrological characteristics.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2010South Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2010Burkina 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
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Library ResourceMay, 2014South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Southern Africa
In 2009, the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) set out to “improve governance and management of rainwater and small water infrastructure in the Limpopo basin to raise productivity, reduce poverty, and improve livelihoods resilience.” Over the following four years, CPWF, led by the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and partners, coordinated five inter-connected research- for-development projects in the basin. The program
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2008South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2011Burkina 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
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2013Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2013South Africa, Zimbabwe, Africa, Southern Africa
The Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) Phase II for the Limpopo Basin Development Challenge (LBDC) project aims to develop methods, processes, and technologies to help resource- constrained smallholder farmers mitigate poverty and food insecurity through improved agricultural water management (AWM) strategies.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceDecember, 2013Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Africa
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Library ResourceDecember, 2013Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Africa, Asia
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