Watershed Management and Restoration
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, watershed management is the continuous process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects with partners using a multi-disciplinary and adaptive approach to sustain and enhance natural watersheds. Resources available in this sub-theme include watershed management technical reports, tools to assess flows in ecosystems, and other resources that support sustainable watershed management and restoration.
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Watershed Management and Restoration Resources
Strategic Plan 2000-2005: Improving Water and Land Resources Management for Food, Livelihoods and Nature
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January 1, 2001U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details the guide for planned research by IWMI. The work has evolved from a focus on irrigation management, to a focus on the analysis of water resources demand and supply for food production in a river basin context. Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSouthern Zone Water Management Project: Final Report
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January 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
The Southern Zone Water Management Project aims to increase cereals, mainly rice production through improved water control and management in the Ziguinchor and Kolda regions. The project grew out of the need to address the loss of cultivated rice lands to saline and acid conditions, due to the...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaMid-term Evaluation Report: Southern Zone Water Management Project (SZWMP) -- Senegal
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May 1, 1994U.S. Agency for International Development
The Southern Zone Water Management Project (SZWMP) was authorized by USAID/Dakar on August 19, 1988. The purpose of the eight-year $18 million Project is to improve farmer utilization of water and recovery of fertile valley lands for agricultural purposes in the southern regions of Kolda and...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaMega Watersheds in Ethiopia and Botswana: Prefeasibility Study Report -- Ethiopia - Refugee Relief/Disaster Mitigation, Botswana - Drought Relief/Disaster Mitigation
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June 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
In recent times, predictable, recurring droughts induced famine and related disaster in Eastern and Southern Africa. International and bilateral donors, including the United States (US), have pumped billions of dollars into sometimes "band aid" solutions, which save some lives, but do...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSenegal River Basin Monitoring Activity, Hydrological Issues, Part II: A Report based on Discussions and Bibliographical Work in Senegal, Fieldwork around Matam and Subsequent Data Analysis
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November 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
This brief study involved literature review, discussions, field work and analysis. Thirty-two recommendations are made. The most important is that Manantali's long term operation should be changed to include the release of water to augment the natural flood in the valley. A new real time...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaProceedings of the Forum on the Performance of Irrigated Agriculture in Africa
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March 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
This report contains a number of different reports on the topic of irrigated agriculture in Africa. Delineating the important issue which constrain the performance of irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa; and strengthening the effectiveness of African irrigation professionals in dealing with...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaOptimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture With Special Emphasis on Systems Analysis of Watershed Management; Annual Technical Report, 1974/1975
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December 1, 1975U.S. Agency for International Development
Plan have been initiated in conceptualizing and organizing a multidimensional information network among universities involved in AID programs. A week long watershed-management short course was held to serve as a base for the development of a set of materials which can be civilized in LDCs as...Read more
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SudanSub-Saharan AfricaLake Volta, Man-Made Lake in Ghana; Annotated Bibliography and Inventory
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January 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
This document provides an annotated bibliography of water resources and management of Lake Volta in Ghana.Read more
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