Diffuse pollution from agriculture remains a significant challenge to many countries seeking
to improve and protect their water environments. This paper reviews literature relating to the …

Environmental flows (e‐flows) are powerful tools for sustaining freshwater biodiversity and
ecosystem services, but their widespread implementation faces numerous social, political …

Why, despite an emphasis on'getting institutions right', do development initiatives so
infrequently deliver as planned? Why do many institutions designed for natural resource …

The past decade has witnessed an intensifying focus on the development of irrigation in sub-
Saharan Africa. It follows a 20-year hiatus in the wake of disappointing irrigation …

Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of
modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social …

Résumé Cet article passe en revue les connaissances actuelles des impacts potentiels du
changement climatique sur les ressources en eau en Afrique, ainsi que les limites et …

Irrigation is a key strategy for food security and poverty alleviation among small farmers in
Tanzania. However, the potential of irrigation to improve food security is limited by multiple …

Based on understandings of a natural resource commons, we examine the competition for
redistributed irrigation water following water conservation. A 'paracommons' is characterised …

The notion that effective environmental governance depends in part on achieving a
reasonable fit between institutional arrangements and the features of ecosystems and their …

The world faces critical water risks in relation to water availability, yet water demand is
increasing in most countries. To respond to these risks, some governments and water …