Zimbabwe features one major crop season
(October-May) and only limited areas fully dependent on
irrigation are cultivated during dry months. Weather
anomalies during...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161464Date: February 25, 2020
Globally, floods are the most frequent
and damaging natural hazard. This poses a serious
development challenge to many countries and their efforts to
reduce poverty...
The African Drone Forum and all its
components, namely a Drone Symposium and Expo, Lake Kivu
Challenge Flying Competitions, African Drone Business Plan
Competition,...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001495Date: February 1, 2020
Globally, floods are the most frequent
and damaging natural hazard. This poses a serious
development challenge to many countries and their efforts to
reduce poverty...
Type: ReportReport#: 146258Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Kryspin-Watson,Jolanta
Globally, floods are the most frequent
and damaging natural hazard. This poses a serious
development challenge to many countries and their efforts to
reduce poverty...
Type: ReportReport#: 146258Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Kryspin-Watson,Jolanta
The Lake Chad Basin is an inland
drainage system covering the eastern part of the Sahel
region of Africa. It provides a source of livelihood for
about two million people...
This publication provides a record of
the 2018 meeting and follows on from the publications of the
previous two fora in 2016 and 2017. It highlights the
production and...
Type: ReportReport#: 145458Date: January 23, 2020Author:
Ahlroth,Sofia Elisabet ;
Jain,Sonu ;
Cervigni,Raffaello ;
Alfieri,Alessandra ;
Edens,Bram
The findings of this study are presented
in the main body of the report on a country-by country basis
in alphabetical order. For each country, a brief overview of
the...
Type: ReportReport#: 145459Date: January 23, 2020Author:
Smith, Robert ;
Analytics, Midsummer
October-November mark the end of the dry
season in Zimbabwe and farmers are always keen to start a
new season with lots of expectations. While the season
started well...
Operation and maintenance are critical
to ensuring the effectiveness of urban flood management
investments over time. In the context of human and financial
resource...
Careful planning and prioritization are
critical in the selection of an appropriate mix of
integrated urban flood risk management (IUFRM) solutions. An
integrated approach...
Understanding the causes of flood
disasters, and ways to mitigate them, is an essential first
step toward the integrated management of flood risk in
cities. This can...
This Knowledge Note summarizes the
experiences of, and lessons learned by Japanese cities that
have designed and implemented various types of urban flood
risk management...
Solar-powered irrigation pumps (SPIPs)
have been promoted in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) in
recent decades, but rates of adoption are low. This case
study assesses...
Groundwater use has increased across
Pakistan, nowhere more than in the large canal-irrigated
areas of the Indus basin irrigation system (IBIS). These
mega-irrigation...
Type: ReportReport#: 145386Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Van Steenbergen,Frank W. M.
The Sundarban region lies at the delta
of three mighty rivers of Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna. It
is one of the most, if not the most, vulnerable region
globally, to...
Interventions that are robust, cost
effective, and scalable are in critical demand throughout
South Asia to offset growing water scarcity and avert
increasingly frequent...
Type: ReportReport#: 145391Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Pavelic,Paul
This brief presents the infographic of
the evidence for the role of forests in contributing to
poverty alleviation for five countries. Summaries presented
here represent...
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