Global water crisis and future food security in an era of climate change

MA Hanjra, ME Qureshi - Food policy, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Food policy should serve humanity by advancing the humane goals of eradicating extreme
poverty and hunger. However, these goals have recently been challenged by emerging …

Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to assess land use impact on water resources in an East African watershed

TJ Baker, SN Miller - Journal of hydrology, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Land cover and land use changes in Kenya's Rift Valley have altered the hydrologic
response of the River Njoro watershed by changing the partitioning of excess rainfall into …

Water supply and health

PR Hunter, AM MacDonald, RC Carter - PLoS medicine, 2010‏ - journals.plos.org
Water Supply and Health | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content Advertisement PLOS
Medicine Browse Current Issue Journal Archive Special Issues Collections Find and Read …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond climate change: Examining the role of environmental justice, agricultural mechanization, and social expenditures in alleviating rural poverty

MK Anser, SU Yousaf, B Usman, K Azam… - Sustainable Futures, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Extreme weather events and extreme poverty are two sides of the same coin, with far-
reaching consequences for emerging nations like Pakistan. Rural people are more likely to …

Wastewater irrigation and environmental health: Implications for water governance and public policy

MA Hanjra, J Blackwell, G Carr, F Zhang… - International journal of …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Climate change is a large-scale and emerging environmental risk. It challenges
environmental health and the sustainability of global development. Wastewater irrigation …

Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

E Aarnoudse, A Closas, N Lefore - 2018‏ - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Building on existing literature and the analysis of a portfolio of development projects (past
and under implementation), this paper reviews the evolution of water user associations …

The effects of training, innovation and new technology on african smallholder farmers' economic outcomes and food security: a systematic review

R Stewart, L Langer, NR Da Silva… - Campbell Systematic …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many poor people living in Africa depend on their small farms for survival. There has been a
lot of interest in trying to reduce poverty in the region by supporting these farmers to produce …

[PDF][PDF] Water use efficiency in agriculture: Measurement, current situation and trends

B Sharma, D Molden, S Cook - 2015‏ - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Agriculture is the largest consumer of water and total evapotranspiration from global
agricultural land could double in next 50 years if trends in food consumption and current …

Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins

X Cai, D Molden, M Mainuddin, B Sharma… - Water, food and …, 2013‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This article summarizes the results of water productivity assessment in 10 river basins
across Asia, Africa and South America, representing a range of agro-climatic and socio …