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    Livestock-water productivity in the Nile Basin: Solutions for emerging challenges

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    Amede, Tilahun
    Descheemaeker, Katrien
    Mapedza, E.
    Peden, D.
    Breugel, P. van
    Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
    Haileslassie, A.
    Date
    2011-04
    Language
    en
    Type
    Book Chapter
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    Amede, T., Descheemaeker, K., Mapedza, E., Peden, D., Breugel, P. van, Awulachew, S.B. and Haileslassie, A. 2011. Livestock-water productivity in the Nile Basin: Solutions for emerging challenges. IN: Melesse, A.M. (ed.). 2011. Nile River Basin: Hydrology, climate and water use. London: Springer: 297 - 320.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/3835
    External link to download this item: http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-94-007-0688-0#section=874142&page=1&locus=0
    Google URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=ifvTaXphvnQC
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0689-7_15
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    The competition for water between different uses and users is increasing, particularly in the Nile basin where about 90% of the production systems comprise livestock. There is an ongoing debate on how to increase water productivity in these crop-livestock systems. This paper presents a comprehensive framework to provide policy guidance and promote action to improve returns from water investments through: (i) provision of sufficient watering points for livestock across the basin; (ii) improving water productivity through promoting water-saving technologies, ensuring system integration and control of transboundary flux of livestock diseases; and (iii) formulating participatory basin scale regulatory frameworks on water use and sharing. It also argues that improving water productivity through integrated technological, policy and institutional interventions offers an opportunity for smallholders in both upstream and downstream countries to adapt to climate and market risks.
    Subjects
    LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK-WATER; WATER;
    Regions
    AFRICA; EAST AFRICA
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