West and East Africa experience high vari- ability of rainfall that is expected to increase with climate change. This results in fluctuations in water availability for food production and other socioeconomic activities. Water harvesting and storage can mitigate the adverse effects of rainfall variability. But past studies have shown that when investments in water storage are not guided by environ- mental health considerations, the increased availability of open water surface may increase the transmission of water- related diseases.

In this video, Matthew McCartney (International Water Management Institute - IWMI) reflects on his work in the CPWF-funded Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC). He particularly focuses on the hydrological aspects and the establishment of primary monitoring stations at the three project sites.

Water is one of the most critical problems in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) acknowledges water as a finite resource with tremendous importance for the environment and livelihoods in its National Water Policy (GoB, 1999). The National Water Policy provides a comprehensive policy framework for pressing water issues in Bangladesh such as river basin planning, water rights and allocation, delineation of public and private domains, water supply and sanitation, preservation of the natural environment and the developmental concerns of fisheries, navigation and agriculture.

Este artículo examina el desarrollo orientado a la exportación agrícola y la asignación de recursos hídricos para riego en la cuenca del río La Ligua, ubicado en el Norte Chico de Chile. Se emplea un marco teórico de la ecología política para abordar la demanda, la evaluación y la asignación de recursos hídricos, con fines de demostrar cómo las relaciones sociales de poder subyacen la situación del agua en la cuenca y las cuestiones que surgen al respecto.

El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue identificar las condiciones socioecono?micas y aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales de la microcuenca de Monte Caldera, para diagnosticar sus problemas y proponer acciones y estrategias que contribuyen a elaborar un futuro plan de manejo, procurando la conservacio?n de las funciones sustantivas de la microcuenca.

O cultivo do pinhão-manso vem despertando grande interesse para a produção de biodiesel. Apesar da irrigação e da adubação contribuírem para o aumento da sua produção, poucas pesquisas têm sido realizadas neste contexto. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o crescimento e a produtividade de sementes de pinhão-manso em resposta a diferentes doses de adubação potássica e lâminas de irrigação. O experimento foi conduzido na Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), na região sul do estado de Minas Gerais.

This book documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the eastern African highlands, the African Highlands Initiative (AHI). It does this through reflections of the protagonists themselves—AHI site teams and partners applying action research to development innovation as a means to enhance the impact of their research.

The Agricultural Water Management Solutions Project (AWM Solutions) has identified a variety of small-holder agricultural water management interventions (AWM Regional Mapping) that have a high potential to improve food security and livelihoods of the rural poor in sub-Saharan Africaand South Asia.The analysis underlying the scenarios is based on an integrated modeling system that combines geographic (GIS) data analysis, biophysical and economic predictive modeling, and crop mix optimization tools to assess the regional potential for smallholder agricultural water management across sub-Sahar