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Solar pumps and South Asia’s energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
South Asia’s groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region’s perverse energy-groundwater nexus.
Tushaar Shah, Abhishek Rajan, Gyan Prakash Rai, Shilp Verma, Neha Durga   +4 more
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Reducing soil degradation to increase resilience to climate change and strengthen livelihoods in Ethiopia. [PDF]

, 2019
Soil degradation is a major problem in Ethiopia. Depletion of soil organic matter is a cause of low agricultural productivity, as soils become less fertile and less resilient to extreme weather events, which are expected to increase with climate change ...
International Water Management Institute
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Insight for sustainable supplemental irrigation development for Cocoa in changing Ghana’s agroforestry landscapes

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Cocoa production in Ghana faces challenges from climate change and land use dynamics, necessitating sustainable intensification through supplemental irrigation.
Seifu A. Tilahun, Andoh K. Amponsah, Gerald Atampugre, Birhanu Z. Birhanu, Moctar Dembélé, Sylvester Darko, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Olufunke Cofie   +7 more
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Can water, energy, and food policies in support of solar irrigation enable gender transformative changes? Evidence from policy analysis in Bangladesh and Nepal

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Solar irrigation pumps (SIPs) are emerging as a popular technology to address water, energy, and climate change challenges in South Asia while enhancing livelihoods and food security.
Manohara Khadka, Labisha Uprety, Gitta Shrestha, Shristi Shakya, Archisman Mitra, Aditi Mukherji   +5 more
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An Overview of Water Markets in Southern Africa: An Option for Water Management in Times of Scarcity

Water, 2019
Southern Africa faces acute water scarcity challenges due to drought recurrence, degradation of surface water resources, and the increasing demand of water from agriculture, which has to meet the growing food demands of an increasing population.
G. Matchaya, L. Nhamo, S. Nhlengethwa, C. Nhemachena   +3 more
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Operational sentinel-2 system for monthly near‑real‑time irrigated area mapping in the Limpopo river basin

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Monitoring irrigated agriculture is critical in the water-scarce Limpopo River Basin (LRB). However, existing approaches are often coarse, retrospective, or season-aggregated, which limits their ability to capture smallholder irrigation and the month-to ...
Zolo Kiala, Karthikeyan Matheswaran, Chris Dickens, Mariangel Garcia Andarcia, Fulco Ludwig, Surajit Ghosh   +5 more
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State-of-the-art approaches for evidence-based springshed management to increase resilience to climate change in Nepal [PDF]

, 2019
• A thorough understanding of spring systems is essential to design evidence-based springshed interventions. The necessary information can be collected by conducting hydrometeorological monitoring, hydrogeological assessments and isotope analysis ...
International Water Management Institute
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Understanding rivers and their social relations: A critical step to advance environmental water management

WIREs Water, 2019
River flows connect people, places, and other forms of life, inspiring and sustaining diverse cultural beliefs, values, and ways of life. The concept of environmental flows provides a framework for improving understanding of relationships between river ...
E. Anderson, S. Jackson, R. Tharme, M. Douglas, J. Flotemersch, M. Zwarteveen, Chicu Lokgariwar, Mariana Montoya, Alaka Wali, G. Tipa, T. Jardine, J. Olden, Lin Cheng, J. Conallin, B. Cosens, C. Dickens, D. Garrick, D. Groenfeldt, J. Kabogo, D. Roux, A. Ruhí, A. Arthington   +21 more
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Water marketing effects on crop-water management

California Agriculture, 1989
This study considers a water marketing system in which farmers can buy a given amount of water, at a fixed price, and sell the amount not used. The system could induce farmers to upgrade their irrigation systems and reduce water application and drainage ...
J Letey, A Dinar
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Exploring the smallholder irrigation equipment supply landscape in Zambia: a scoping review

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Limited irrigation adoption hinders agricultural production for Zambia's smallholder farmers, despite its potential to mitigate the impact of erratic rainfall patterns. This scoping review investigates the irrigation equipment supply landscape in Zambia,
Dennis Junior Choruma, Tinashe Lindel Dirwai, Greenwell Matchaya, Winnie Kasoma-Pele, Munyaradzi Mutenje   +4 more
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