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  Natural resource governance at multiple scales in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017

  Human efforts to address poverty, enhance welfare, and conserve natural resources and the environment often fail because of faulty governance and implementation. Improvements in governance are consistently viewed as means to address the failures of sustainable development and natural resource management.
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  The status of agricultural water use, access, and productivity in the Limpopo Basin — opportunities for poverty alleviation

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010

  The Limpopo River Basin is home to 14,000,000 people, at least half of whom live in rural areas. Over ten million South Africans live in the basin - nearly 25% of the national population. The remaining population live in Botswana - one million people, nearly 60% of the national population - Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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  Towards a framework for achieving food security in the mountains of Pakistan

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014

  This working paper outlines a mountain-specific framework for addressing food security in the mountains of Pakistan. It builds on efforts by ICIMOD together with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) to understand the special issues of food security and find solutions in the mountain areas of Pakistan.
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  Thirsty, hungry and no power? : African resources in a global world

  Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2014

  Water, food and energy are fundamental to African development. However, several crucial issues need to be addressed. Are African resources used to meet African needs or are they being exploited to satisfy the needs of other actors facing food and energy insecurity?
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  The Chinyanja Triangle in the Zambezi River Basin, Southern Africa: status of, and prospects for, agriculture, natural resources management and rural development

  International Water Management Institute, 2014

  This paper, which focuses on the Chinyanja Triangle (CT), an area inside the Zambezi River Basin, characterises three distinct farming subsystems across rainfall gradients, namely maize-beans-fish, sorghum-millet-livestock and the livestock-dominated subsystem.
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  The Little Green Data Book 2014

  World Bank, 2014

  The Little Green Data Book is a reference for key environmental data for over 200 economies. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. It provides country-relevant ‘green’ metrics with the aim of giving a picture of environmental sustainability challenges.
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  Topic guide: ecosystem services

  Evidence on Demand, 2014

  The purpose of this Topic Guide is to assemble a set of learning resources that will contribute to the development of the professional competence of DFID Advisers around the issue of ecosystem services and integrating this issue into project and programme design processes. The specific objectives are to:
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  Agricultural Water management technology expansion and impact on crop yields in northern Burkina Faso (1980-2010): a review

  Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2014

  Exploring the links between adoption of agricultural water management interventions and livelihoods in northern Burkina Faso
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  On-farm treatment options for wastewater, greywater and fecal sludge with special reference to West Africa

  International Water Management Institute, 2014

  This paper focuses on the on-farm treatment of waste water, particularly in West Africa, and argues that while although it can hardly replace conventional treatment, it can contribute to risk reduction, especially if combined with other barriers such as safe irrigation practices and post-harvest crop washing.
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  Impact of climate change on agriculture and food crops: Options for climate smart Agriculture and local adaptation in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change, 2014

  This paper identifies some of the innovations in water use efficiency and water management at crop levels such as mulching, water diversification measures and agro-forestry system which are being used by a few successful farmers.

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