Minimizing The Negative Environmental And Health Impacts Of Agricultural Water Resources Development In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : M. P. McCartney
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Minimizing the negative environmental and health impacts of agricultural water resources development in Sub-Saharan Africa. written by M. P. McCartney and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk management / Public health / Environmental effects / Investment / Irrigation management / Water resources development

Author :
Publisher : Iwmi
ISBN 13 : 9789290906582
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Minimizing the Negative Environmental and Health Impacts of Agricultural Water Resources Development in Sub-Saharan Africa written by and published by Iwmi. This book was released on 2007 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : McCartney, Matthew P., Lankford, B. A., Mahoo, H.
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290906707
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Agricultural water management in a water stressed catchment: Lessons from the RIPARWIN Project written by McCartney, Matthew P., Lankford, B. A., Mahoo, H. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of growing water stress and increasing concerns over the sustainability of water use, Tanzania has, in common with many other countries in Africa, focused largely on the development of more integrated catchment-wide approaches to water management. In the Great Ruaha River Basin, considerable effort has gone into increasing water productivity and the promotion of mechanisms for more efficient allocation of water resources. Over a period of five years, the RIPARWIN project investigated water management in the basin and evaluated the effectiveness of some of the mechanisms that have been introduced. The study findings are relevant to basins in developing countries where there is competition for water and irrigation is one of the main uses.

Author : Amoah, Philip
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 929090738X
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa written by Amoah, Philip and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2011 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To identify interventions which reduce health risks of consumers where highly polluted irrigation water is used to irrigate vegetables in West Africa, scientists worked over 5 years with farmers, market traders and street food vendors in Ghana. The most promising low-cost interventions with high adoption potential were analyzed for their ability to reduce common levels of pathogens (counts of fecal coliforms and helminth eggs). The analysis showed the combination potential of various interventions, especially on-farm and during vegetable washing in line with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The tested market-based interventions were important to prevent new or additional contamination.

Author : Eline Boelee
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780640889
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Managing Water and Agroecosystems for Food Security written by Eline Boelee and published by CABI. This book was released on 2013 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water protection, food production and ecosystem health are worldwide issues. Changes in the global water cycle are affecting human well-being in many places, while widespread land and ecosystem degradation, driven by poor agricultural practices, is seriously limiting food production. Understanding the links between ecosystems, water, and food production is important to the health of all three, and sustainably managing these connections is becoming increasingly necessary. This book shows how sustainable ecosystems, especially agroecosystems, are essential for water management and food production.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Publisher : United Nations
ISBN 13 : 9210041542
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Guidelines on Irrigation Investment Projects written by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irrigation has been and will continue to be an agricultural and rural investment priority. Development of the irrigation sector faces multiple challenges, including water scarcity and degradation, competition over shared resources, and the impact of climate change. Innovations are needed to address these challenges, as well as emerging needs, and to promote productive, equitable and sustainable water management. These guidelines, produced by an inter-agency team, highlight experiences and lessons learned from global irrigation investment operations. They introduce innovative approaches, tools and references, and provide practical guidance on how to incorporate or apply them at each stage of the investment project cycle. The guidelines will be a useful resource for national and international professionals involved in irrigation investment operations.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251311315
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Guidelines on irrigation investment projects written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irrigation has been and will continue to be an agricultural and rural investment priority. Development of the irrigation sector faces multiple challenges, including water scarcity and degradation, competition over shared resources, and the impact of climate change. Innovations are needed to address these challenges, as well as emerging needs, and to promote productive, equitable and sustainable water management. These guidelines, produced by an inter-agency team, highlight experiences and lessons learned from global irrigation investment operations. They introduce innovative approaches, tools and references, and provide practical guidance on how to incorporate or apply them at each stage of the investment project cycle. The guidelines will be a useful resource for national and international professionals involved in irrigation investment operations.

Author : Eline Boelee
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290907177
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Health impacts of small reservoirs in Burkina Faso written by Eline Boelee and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Burkina Faso, at least 1,700 small reservoirs have been constructed, most of them during the last 30 years. Numerous and scattered, these beneficial multipurpose systems combine productive with domestic water uses. However, their environmental and health impacts remain insufficiently documented. This report combines data from different sources into syntheses and national maps, with a focus on water-related diseases. The mitigation of negative impacts requires an integrated approach to specifically identify the enhancing and limiting factors that influence environmental impacts and the transmission of diseases around reservoirs. Public awareness campaigns need to accompany the promotion of preventive and curative measures and the development of alternative water sources for domestic supply.

Author : Timothy O. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131747953X
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Volta River Basin written by Timothy O. Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economic development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review and assessment of the issues and challenges faced. The authors provide a science-based assessment of current and future scenarios of water availability, the demands of key sectors, including agriculture and hydropower, and the environment under changing demographic, economic, social and climatic conditions. They also identify solutions and strategies that will allow available water resources to be sustainably used to improve agricultural productivity, food security and economic growth in the VRB. Overall, the work examines from a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspective the solutions and strategies to improve the use of water and other natural resources in the VRB to achieve enhanced food security, livelihoods and economic growth.

Author : Solomon Kibret
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290907061
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Malaria transmission in the vicinity of impounded water: evidence from the Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia written by Solomon Kibret and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction of dams in Africa is often associated with adverse malaria impacts in surrounding communities. However, the degree and nature of these impacts are rarely quantified and the feasibility of manipulating reservoir water levels to control mosquito breeding has not been previously investigated in Africa. This report describes entomological and epidemiological studies conducted around the Koka Dam and Reservoir in Ethiopia. The research findings confirm the role of the reservoir in increasing malaria transmission and provide evidence that there is potential to use dam operation in integrated malaria control strategies.