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Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? A review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1428. Washington DC: IFPRI.
(IFPRI, 2015)
Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity and diversity of foods consumed within ...
Agro-Climatic and hydrological characterization of selected watersheds of northern Ghana. IWMI Working Paper 173. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI.
(IWMI, 2017)
This paper provides the climatic and biophysical context of three watersheds in northern Ghana. The objective of the study is to describe the agro-climatic and hydrological features of the watersheds from a landscape ...
Review Paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: Lessons Learned and the Potential of Improved Water Management
(IWMI, 2014)
The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the available knowledge and lessons learned from past experiences in promoting kitchen or home gardens for food production, with a special emphasis on water management. The benefits ...
Irrigation-nutrition linkages: Evidence from northern Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper, 1887, Rome, Italy. IFPRI.
(IFPRI, 2019)
We analyze the linkages between irrigation and nutrition using data from irrigators and non-irrigators in Northern Ghana. The results show that (i) there is a modest difference in the overall household dietary diversity ...
Promoting Gender Equality in Irrigation
(ILSSI, 2016)
Promoting Gender Equality in Irrigation
Ethiopia: Success Story
(ILSSI, 2018)
Small scale irrigation in Ethiopia
Effect of climate change on land suitability for surface irrigation and irrigation potential of the shallow groundwater in Ghana
(Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2019)
Estimating the potential land resources suitable for irrigation and evaluating the possible impact of climate change on land suitability is essential for planning a sustainable agricultural system. This study applied a ...
Evaluation and prediction of land use/land cover changes in the Andassa watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
(Environmental Systems Research, 2017)
BackgroundLand use/land cover (LU/LC) change is the challenging and continuous drivers of environment change. Understanding the rate and process of change is, therefore, basic for managing the environment. This study was ...
The impact of future climate and land use/cover change on water resources in the Ndembera watershed and their mitigation and adaptation strategies
(Environmental Systems Research, 2018)
Land use/cover and climate changes have a great influence on the hydrological processes in the watershed. The impacts of land use/cover and climate change are set to increase in the future due to the increased clearance ...
Beyond the drinking glass: expanding our understanding of water-nutrition linkages
(Feild Exchange, 2017)
Water access and management play central roles in determining nutritional outcomes. Water-for-nutrition is most often approached from a WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) perspective, where the aim is to improve water ...