The Nile River basin : water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods / edited by Seleshi Bekele Awulachew. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watershed management--Nile River Watershed.

Watershed management.

Water resources development--Nile River Watershed.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Nile River Watershed--Management.

Water-supply.

Agriculture--Nile River Watershed.

Agriculture.

Nile River Watershed--Economic conditions.

Nile River Watershed.

Nile River Watershed--Environmental conditions.

Nile River Watershed--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Nile provides freshwater not only for domestic and industrial use, but also for irrigated agriculture, hydropower dams and the vast fisheries resource of the lakes of Central Africa. The Nile River Basin covers the whole Nile Basin and is based on the results of three major research projects supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). It provides unique and up-to-date insights on agriculture, water resources, governance, poverty, productivity, upstream-downstream linkages, innovations, future plans and their implications. Specifically, the book elaborat

Contents:

Introduction / Seleshi B. Awulachew, Vladimir Smakhtin, David Molden and Don Peden

Nile water and agriculture: past, present and future / Karen Conniff, David Molden, Don Peden and Seleshi B. Awulachew

The Nile basin, people, poverty and vulnerability / James Kinyangi, Don Peden, Mario Herrero, Aster Tsige, Tom Ouna and An Notenbaert

Spatial characterisation of the Nile basin for improved water management / Solomon S. Demise, Seleshi B. Awulachew, David Molden and Aster D. Yilma

Availability of water for agriculture in the Nile basin / Robyn Johnston

Hydrological processes in the Blue Nile / Zachary M. Easton, Seleshi B. Awulachew, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Saliha Alemayehu Habte, Birhanu Zemadim, Yilma Seleshi and Kamaleddin E. Basha

The Nile basin sediment loss and degradation with emphasis on the Blue Nile / Tammo S. Steenhuis, Zachary M. Easton, Seleshi B. Awulachew, Abdalla A. Ahmed, Kamaleddin E. Bashar, Enyew Adgo, Yihenew G. Selassie and Seifu A. Tilahun

Nile basin farming systems and productivity / Poolad Karimi, David Molden, An Notenbaert and Don Peden

Livestock and water in the Nile river basin / Don Peden, Tilahun Amede, Amare Haileslassie, Hamid Faki, Denis Mpairwe, Paulo van Breugel, and Mario Herrero

Overview of groundwater in the Nile river basin / Charlotte MacAlister, Paul Pavelic, Callist Tindimugaya, Tenalem Ayenew, Mohamed Elhassan Ibrahim and Mohamed Abdel Meguid

Wetlands of the Nile basin: distribution, functions and contribution to livelihoods / Lisa-Maria Rebelo and Matthew P. McCartney

Nile water governance / Ana Elisa Cascão

Institutions and policy in the BNB: understanding challenges and opportunities for improved land and water management / Amare Haileslassie, Fitsum Hagos, Seleshi B. Awulachew, Don Peden, Abdalla A. Ahmed, Solomon Gebreselassie, Tesfaye Tafesse, Everisto Mapedza and Aditi Mukherji

Simulating current and future water resources development in the Blue Nile river basin / Matthew P. McCartney, Tadesse Alemayehu, Zachary M. Easton and Seleshi B. Awulachew

Water management intervention analysis in the Nile basin / Seleshi B. Awulachew Solomon S. Demissie, Fitsum Hagos, Teklu Erkossa and Don Peden.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-46943-5

0-203-12849-4

1-299-27869-8

1-136-46944-3

9780203128497

OCLC:

830161430