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Payments for ecosystem services: getting started. A primer
The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace, 2008Designed to provide the reader with a solid understanding of what Payments for Ecosystem Service (PES) are and how they work, this primer is intended for an audience interested in exploring the potential of PES — either as prospective PES sellers themselves or as staff of organisations that work directly with communities or landowners who may be interested in PES.DocumentSaving water: from field to fork. Curbing losses and wastage in the food chain
Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008Agriculture is the largest human use of water. Clearly, agricultural practices need to be targeted to reduce wastage of water. This has been the centre of attention for water saving practices for some years. But there are additional ways to save water. Food consumers and businesses have a key role.DocumentThe Great Green Wall initiative for the Sahara and the Sahel
Sahara and Sahel Observatory, 2008Desertification has had an acute impact in Africa, particularly in the Community of the Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), which is characterised by climate ranging from hyper-arid to dry sub-humid. The local communities and their livelihoods are heavily dependent on the increasingly fragile natural resources.DocumentHow the water flows: a typology of irrigation systems in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2008This paper develops and presents a typology of irrigation systems in Afghanistan. The report is intended to enhance knowledge of irrigation methods and management with the aim of improving system performance and productivity.DocumentApproaches to rural poverty alleviation in developing Asia: role of water resources
Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2008Focusing on water resources and irrigation, this paper documents a talk by Michael Lipton exploring approaches to poverty alleviation in developing Asia. The talk discusses the findings of a recent paper ‘Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture - realities, issues, and options with guidelines’.DocumentWater and the rural poor: interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa
Land and Water Development Division, FAO, 2008Insecure access to water for consumption and productive uses is a major constraint on poverty reduction in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This publication addresses the linkage between water and rural poverty in the region, in order to help decision-makers make informed choices on where and how to invest.DocumentInstitutional innovations and water management in Office du Niger (1910-1999) : the long failure and new success of a big irrigation scheme
Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques, 2002Can economic liberalisation boost irrigation production and on which conditions? This report takes the case of the Mali ‘Office du Niger’ irrigation scheme, and analyses how it was transformed from a technical and financial failure to a modern success story.The gravity-fed Office du Niger irrigation scheme was created in 1932.DocumentWater and development: experiences of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in the water sector
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2003The connections and interactions between water and health, hygiene, nutrition, methods of cultivation, the protection and sustainable use of natural resources, productivity, income generation, local governance, economic policy, legal systems and participation in political decisions are of central concern in sustainable development.This document provides background information on SDCs engagementDocumentWater for people, water for life: the United Nations world water development report [executive summary]
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2003This document presents the key points of the first World Water Development Report, a joint undertaking of twenty-three United Nations (UN) agencies under the guidance of the new World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). The report explores the state of the world’s water resources, and tries to identify the causes and consequences of the world’s current water crisis.