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How Egyptian farmers are adapting to water scarcity up and down a canal
If you wander up and down one of the many irrigation canals in Egypt’s Nile Delta, you’ll see a wide range of crops being grown. Fields of swelling water melons sit alongside leafy greens. Twirling grape vines back on to rows of cucumbers. But why have the farmers chosen to grow one crop rather than another? Is it simply because they have differing access to water? A new study undertaken by IWMI and partners* sought to better understand the reasons for crop choice, and has come up with some surprising conclusions.
Rights, resources and environmental impacts: A complex but crucial link
BY BARUANI MSHALE
It is well known that property rights, which govern how individuals can control, benefit from and transfer property, influence the condition of natural resources and environments around the world.
Yet there remains much to learn about the nature of that relationship.
Water pans offer lifeline to female farmers in Kenya
To mark world water day, we look at how simple technology to harvest water in semi-arid areas has transformed prospects for Kenyan women
It’s mid-morning and the sun is blazing. It is so hot that germinating seeds struggle to grow.
In Moi Ndabi, about 44km (27 miles) south of Kenya’s Lake Naivasha in Nakuru County, the vegetation dotted sparingly across the village has turned yellow.
Namati. New animated videos: Protecting Community Lands and Resources
Namati is thrilled to release four new videos that illustrate our approach to Community Land Protection.
The first video is an overview of Namati's approach, while the second and third videos describe the challenging work of making maps, resolving land conflicts, harmonizing boundaries with neighbors, drafting by-laws to ensure just and equitable governance, and electing diverse leadership to ensure transparent, sustainable management of natural resources. The fourth video shows how Namati empowers communities to negotiate with investors who come seeking land for business ventures.
Also available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
(Please contact communitylandprotection@namati.org if you would like to request another language.)
Overview:Protecting Community Lands and Resources
Mapping and Boundary Agreements
Making Rules for Land Governance
Protecting Land in Investment Negotiations
NAMATI. Call for New Partners: Community Land Protection
Namati is looking for new partners to adapt its approach to support communities in their regions.
ICT4D Masters Scholarships at Manchester
The University of Manchester's one-year MSc ICTs for Development degree aims to create "ICT4D champions" who combine technical competencies in information systems and project management with an understanding of development context and practice.
Indígenas paraguayos lograron que se retire proyecto de ley contra sus comunidades
Este martes, tras una movilización a la capital del país, comunidades indígenas de Paraguay lograron que el Senado retire un proyecto ley que impulsaba el “uso racional” de los territorios que habitan. Denunciaban que esto era un eufemismo para hacer avanzar la frontera sojera.