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2021

Joint forest management in India: a game theoretic analysis of its evolution and reasons behind poor performance

D. Saha and Avinandan Taron

Conservation agriculture: towards managing the water-energy-food nexus in India

Alok Sikka

Stakeholders interest and influence and their interactions in managing natural resources in Lake Hawassa Catchment, Ethiopia

Wolde Mekuria, Amare Haileslassie, A. Tengberg and C. Zazu

Coupling remote sensing and hydrological model for evaluating the impacts of climate change on streamflow in data-scarce environment

F. Akhtar, Usman Khalid Awan, C. Borgemeister and B. Tischbein

Heat units-based potential yield assessment for cotton production in Uzbekistan

G. Montanaro, V. Nangia, P. Gowda, S. Mukhamedjanov, A. Mukhamedjanov, M. Haddad, Tulkun Yuldashev and W. Wu

Investigating effects of deficit irrigation levels and fertilizer rates on water use efficiency and productivity based on field observations and modeling approaches

M. R. Shoukat, Muhammad Shafeeque, A. Sarwar, K. Mehmood and M. J. M. Cheema

Human arsenic exposure risk via crop consumption and global trade from groundwater-irrigated areas

Mohammad Faiz Alam, Karen G. Villholth and J. Podgorski

Effects of long-term land use and land cover changes on ecosystem service values: an example from the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Wolde Mekuria, M. Diyasa, A. Tengberg and Amare Haileslassie

Satellite-based meteorological and agricultural drought monitoring for agricultural sustainability in Sri Lanka

Niranga Alahacoon, M. Edirisinghe and M. Ranagalage

Taking inventory of natural resource indicators within the Sustainable Development Goals

Chris Dickens

Informing equitable water and food policies through accurate spatial information on irrigated areas in smallholder farming systems

J. Magidi, Barbara van Koppen, L. Nhamo, S. Mpandeli, R. Slotow and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

Increased antimicrobial use during COVID-19: the risk of advancing the threat of antimicrobial resistance

Mahesh Jampani and S. J. Chandy

Implications of water abstraction on the interconnected Central Rift Valley Lakes Sub-Basin of Ethiopia using WEAP

D. W. Goshime, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, T. Rientjes, R. Absi, B. Ledesert and T. Siegfried

Impact of natural and anthropogenic stresses on surface and groundwater supply sources of the Upper Awash Sub-Basin, Central Ethiopia

B. Birhanu, S. Kebede, K. Charles, Meron Teferi Taye, A. Atlaw and M. Birhane

Natural and anthropogenic sources of salinity in the Awash River and Lake Beseka (Ethiopia): modelling impacts of climate change and lake-river interactions

L. Jin, P.G. Whitehead, G. Bussi, F. Hirpa, Meron Teferi Taye, Y. Abebe and K. Charles

Phosphorus export from two contrasting rural watersheds in the (sub) humid Ethiopian highlands

F. K. Sishu, A. M. Bekele, Petra S. Schmitter, Seifu A. Tilahun and T. S. Steenhuis

Water level status of Indian reservoirs: a synoptic view from altimeter observations

P. K. Thakur, V. Garg, P. Kalura, B. Agrawal, V. Sharma, M. Mohapatra, M. Kalia, S.P. Aggarwal, S. Calmant, Surajit Ghosh, P. R. Dhote, R. Sharma and P. Chauhan

Karnataka’s ‘Surya Raitha’ experiment: lessons for PM–KUSUM

N. Durga, Tushaar Shah, Shilp Verma and A.v Manjunatha

Revisiting the levels of aerosol optical depth in South-Southeast Asia, Europe and USA amid the COVID-19 pandemic using satellite observations

P. Acharya, G. Barik, B. K. Gayen, S. Bar, A. Maiti, A. Sarkar, Surajit Ghosh, S.K. De and S. Sreekesh

Assessment of sal (Shorea robusta) forest phenology and its response to climatic variables in India

S. Nandy, Surajit Ghosh and S. Singh

Compost quality and markets are pivotal for sustainability in circular food-nutrient systems: a case study of Sri Lanka

E. D. Roy, M. Esham, Nilanthi Jayathilake, M. Otoo, C. Koliba, I. B. Wijethunga and M. J. Fein-Cole

Effect of irrigation water withdrawal on the hydrology of the Lake Tana sub-basin

Meron Teferi Taye, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, A. G. Fekadu and P. Nakawuka

Establishing the foundation for the global observing system for marine life

E. V. Satterthwaite, N. J. Bax, P. Miloslavich, L. Ratnarajah, G. Canonico, D. Dunn, S. E. Simmons, R. J. Carini, K. Evans, V. Allain, W. Appeltans, S. Batten, L. Benedetti-Cecchi, A. T. F. Bernard, S. Bristol, A. Benson, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, L. C. Gerhardinger, S. Chiba, T. E. Davies, J. E. Duffy, A. Giron-Nava, A. J. Hsu, A. C. Kraberg, R. M. Kudela, D. Lear, E. Montes, F. E. Muller-Karger, O’Brien, T. D., D. Obura, P. Provoost, S. Pruckner, Lisa-Maria Rebelo, E. R. Selig, O. S. Kjesbu, C. Starger, R. D. Stuart-Smith, M. Vierros, J. Waller, L. V. Weatherdon, T. P. Wellman and A. Zivian

Geospatial assessment of flood-tolerant rice varieties to guide climate adaptation strategies in India

Nisha Koppa and Giriraj Amarnath

A review on occurrence of emerging pollutants in waters of the MENA region

I. Haddaoui and Javier Mateo-Sagasta

Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand

A. Murzakulova, Mengistu Dessalegn and N. Phalkey

Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment

T. Kefale, Fitsum Hagos, Daniel van Rooijen and Amare Haileslassie

Quantifying cooperation benefits for new dams in transboundary water systems without formal operating rules

J. M. Gonzalez, E. S. Matrosov, E. Obuobie, M. Mul, L. Pettinotti, S. H. Gebrechorkos, J. Sheffield, A. Bottacin-Busolin, J. Dalton, Mark Smith and Julien J. Harou

Streamflow variability and its linkage to ENSO events in the Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes Basin

A. W. Worako, Alemseged Tamiru Haile and Meron Teferi Taye

Impact of water resource development plan on water abstraction and water balance of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia

D. W. Goshime, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, R. Absi and B. Ledesert

Vulnerability of community to climate stress: an indicator-based investigation of Upper Gana Watershed in Omo Gibe Basin in Ethiopia

K. B. Tessema, Alemseged Tamiru Haile and P. Nakawuka

Seasonal effect on the accuracy of land use/land cover classification in the Bilate Sub-basin, Abaya-Chamo Basin, Rift Valley Lakes Basin of Ethiopia

A. K. Yimer, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, S. D. Hatiye and A. G. Azeref

Impact of sustainable land management on vegetation cover using remote sensing in Magera micro Watershed, Omo Gibe Basin, Ethiopia

A. Assefa, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, C. T. Dhanya, D. W. Walker, J. Gowing and G. Parkin

A new conceptual framework for integrating earth observation in large-scale wetland management in East Africa

S. Steinbach, N. Cornish, J. Franke, K. Hentze, A. Strauch, F. Thonfeld, Sander J. Zwart and A. Nelson

Pathogen and heavy metal contamination in urban agroecosystems of northern Ghana: influence of biochar application and wastewater irrigation

I. Asirifi, K. Kaetzl, S. Werner, C. K. S. Saba, F. K. Abagale, Philip Amoah and B. Marschner

The influence of groundwater abstraction on interpreting climate controls and extreme recharge events from well hydrographs in semi-arid South Africa

J. P. R. Sorensen, J. Davies, Girma Yimer Ebrahim, J. Lindle, B. P. Marchant, M. J. Ascott, J.P. Bloomfield, M. O. Cuthbert, M. Holland, K.H. Jensen, M. Shamsudduha, Karen G. Villholth, A. M. MacDonald and R. G. Taylor

Unpacking future climate extremes and their sectoral implications in western Nepal

D. Chapagain, Sanita Dhaubanjar and Luna Bharati

Characterizing shallow groundwater in hillslope aquifers using isotopic signatures: a case study in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

T. A. Setargie, Seifu A. Tilahun, Petra S. Schmitter, M. A. Moges, S.K. Gurmessa, A. Tsunekawa, M. Tsubo, Mulatu L. Berihun, A. A. Fenta and Nigussie Haregeweyn

A green-gray path to global water security and sustainable infrastructure

C.J. Vorosmarty, B. Stewart-Koster, P. A. Green, E. L. Boone, M. Florke, Gundula Fischer, David A. Wiberg, S. E. Bunn, A. Bhaduri, P. B. McIntyre, C. Sadoff, H. Liu and David Stifel

The nature of our mistakes, from promise to practice: water stewardship for sustainable hydropower in Sub-Saharan Africa

G.C. O'Brien, C. Mor, E. Buhl-Nielsen, Christopher W. S. Dickens, A.-L. Olivier, J. Cullis, P. Shrestha, H. Pitts, H. Baleta and D. Rea

Analysis of smallholders’ livelihood vulnerability to drought across agroecology and farm typology in the Upper Awash Sub-Basin, Ethiopia

H. Maru, Amare Haileslassie, T. Zeleke and B. Esayas

Towards good e-flows practices in the small-scale hydropower sector in Uganda

G.C. O'Brien, Chris W. S. Dickens, C. Mor and M. I. England

Scalar politics, power struggles and institutional emergence in Daw Lar Lake, Myanmar

Diana Suhardiman, N. Scurrah and N. Ayemyaing

Investment in resilient food systems in the most vulnerable and fragile regions is critical

C. Queiroz, Norström, Albert V., A. Downing, Z. V. Harmackova, C. de Coning, V. Adams, M. Bakarr, T. Baedeker, A. Chitate, O. Gaffney, L. Gordon, E. Hainzelin, D. Howlett, F. Krampe, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, D. Nel, C. Okollet, M. Rebermark, Rockström, Johan, Mark Smith, S. Wabbes-Candotti and N. Matthews

Routing field channels through a tertiary unit with heterogeneous fields

Arif A. Anwar and Muhammad Tousif Bhatti

Institutional bricolage and the (re)shaping of communal land tenure arrangements: two contrasting cases in upland and lowland northeastern Laos

Diana Suhardiman and N. Scurrah

Water balance component analysis of a spring catchment of western Nepal

Jibesh Kc, S. Dhaubanjar, Vishnu P. Pandey and R. Subedi

Ramsar Convention and the wise use of wetlands: rethinking inclusion

Deepa Joshi, Bryce Gallant, Arunima Hakhu, Sanjiv de Silva, C. McDougall, Mark Dubois and Indika Arulingam

The impact of large and small dams on malaria transmission in four basins in Africa

S. Kibret, Matthew P. McCartney, Jonathan F. Lautze, Luxon Nhamo and G. Yan

Unpacking wastewater reuse arrangements through a new framework: insights from the analysis of Egypt

Mohamed Hassan Tawfik, J. Hoogesteger, Amgad Elmahdi and Petra J.G.J. Hellegers

Restoration for whom, by whom? A feminist political ecology of restoration

Elias, Marlène, Deepa Joshi and Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick

Moving beyond intermediation: how intermediary organizations shape collaboration dynamics in entrepreneurial ecosystems

Hernández Chea, R., M. Mahdad, Thai Thi Minh and C. N. Hjortso

Towards poor-centred value chain for sustainable development: a conceptual framework

Thai Thi Minh and Charity Osei-Amponsah

Diamonds on the soles of their feet: groundwater monitoring in the Hout Catchment, South Africa

J. Goldin, R. Mokomela, T. Kanyerere and Karen G. Villholth

Satellite rainfall products outperform ground observations for landslide prediction in India

M. T. Brunetti, M. Melillo, S. L. Gariano, L. Ciabatta, L. Brocca, Giriraj Amarnath and S. Peruccacci

(Re)constructing state power and livelihoods through the Laos-China railway project

Diana Suhardiman, J. DiCarlo, Oulavanh Keovilignavong, J. Rigg and Alan Nicol

Crops and farmers’ response to application of fecal sludge derived - Fortifer™ in different agro-ecological zones in Ghana

Eric Gbenatey Nartey, Olufunke O. Cofie, Solomie A. Gebrezgabher and Josiane Nikiema

Fish for whom?: Integrating the management of social complexities into technical investments for inclusive, multi-functional irrigation

N. Duncan, Sanjiv de Silva, J. Conallin, S. Freed, M. Akester, L. Baumgartner, Matthew P. McCartney, Mark Dubois and Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu

The emergence of collectively owned self-supply water supply systems in rural South Africa – what can we learn from the Tshakhuma case in Limpopo?

Moritz Hofstetter, Barbara van Koppen and A. Bolding

Overcoming constraints of scaling: Critical and empirical perspectives on agricultural innovation scaling

Million Gebreyes, Kindu Mekonnen, Peter J. Thorne, Melkamu Bezabih, Aberra Adie, Annet A. Mulema, Seid Ahmed, Lulseged D. Tamene, Tilahun Amede, Amare Haileslassie, Aster Gebrekirstos, W. Mupangwa, Mohammed Ebrahim, Temesgen Alene, Addisu Asfaw, Workneh Dubale and Simret Yasabu

Life-cycle costs of a resource-oriented sanitation system and implications for advancing a circular economy approach to sanitation

N. Carrard, Nilanthi Jayathilake and J. Willetts

Constraints of small-scale irrigated fodder production and nutrition assessment for livestock feed, a case study in Ethiopia

Abeyou W. Worqlul, Y.I. Dile, Petra S. Schmitter, Melkamu Bezabih, Aberra Adie, Jean-Claude Bizimana, R. Srinivasan, Nicole Lefore and N. Clarke

Solar for all: A framework to deliver inclusive and environmentally sustainable solar irrigation for smallholder agriculture

Nicole Lefore, Alvar Closas and Petra S. Schmitter

Integrated water resource management to address the growing demand for food and water in South Asia

K. C. Birendra, I. McIndoe, B. Schultz, K. Prasad, J. Bright, A. Dark, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, A. Chaudhary, P. M. Thapa, R. Perera and D. R. Dangi

A review on water governance in Sri Lanka: the lessons learnt for future water policy formulation

S. S. K. Chandrasekara, S. K. Chandrasekara, P. H. S. Gamini, J. Obeysekera, Herath Manthrithilake, H.-H. Kwon and Meththika Vithanage

Electric pumps, groundwater, agriculture and water buyers: evidence from West Bengal

Marie-Charlotte Buisson, Soumya Balasubramanya and D. Stifel

Hydrologic assessment of check dam performances in semi-arid areas: a case study from Gujarat, India

G. Mozzi, Paul Pavelic, Mohammad Faiz Alam, C. Stefan and Karen G. Villholth

One water: expanding boundaries for a new deal and a safe planet for all

Karen G. Villholth

Soil erosion and sediment load management strategies for sustainable irrigation in arid regions

Muhammad Tousif Bhatti, M. Ashraf and Arif A. Anwar

Transferability of a lumped hydrologic model, the Xin’anjiang model based on similarity in climate and geography

Y. Liu, J.Y. Zhang, Amgad Elmahdi, Q.-l. Yang, X. Guan, C.-s. Liu, R.-m. He and G.-q. Wang

Sustainable surface water storage development pathways and acceptable limits for river basins

Nishadi Eriyagama, V. Smakhtin and L. Udamulla

Impact of climate change on the streamflow of the Arjo-Didessa Catchment under RCP scenarios

W. T. Bekele, Alemseged Tamiru Haile and T. Rientjes

Improving economic water productivity to enhance resilience in canal irrigation systems: a pilot study of the Sina Irrigation System in Maharashtra, India

Upali A. Amarasinghe, Alok Sikka, Vidya Mandave, R. K. Panda, S. Gorantiwar and S. K. Ambast

The cultural economy of human waste reuse: Perspectives from peri-urban Karnataka, India

Z. Burt, C. S. S. Prasad, Pay Drechsel and I. Ray

A novel approach to analyze uncertainties and complexities while mapping groundwater abstractions in large irrigation schemes

Rana Ali Nawaz, Usman Khalid Awan, L. Anjum and Umar Waqas Liaqat

Consumer preference, growth and profitability of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) grown in treated and aerated wastewater fed ponds in Kumasi, Ghana

S. E. Sey, N.W. Agbo, R. Edziyie, Philip Amoah, M. Yeboah-Agyepong, R. Nsiah-Gyambibi and S. Abbas

Spatial variability of rainfall trends in Sri Lanka from 1989 to 2019 as an indication of climate change

Niranga Alahacoon and M. Edirisinghe

Aspirations undone: hydropower and the (re) shaping of livelihood pathways in northern Laos

Diana Suhardiman and J. Rigg

Governing resilient landscapes across the source-to-sea continuum

R. Welling, P. Filz, J. Dalton, Mark Smith, J. de Silva and P. Manyara

Farmer’s agency and institutional bricolage in land use plan implementation in upland Laos

Diana Suhardiman and N. Scurrah

The potential for expansion of irrigated rice under alternate wetting and drying in Burkina Faso

K. Akpoti, Elliott Ronald Dossou-Yovo, Sander J. Zwart and P. Kiepe

Community response to the provision of alternative water supplies: a focus on chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in rural Sri Lanka

Theodore Horbulyk, Kashi Kafle and Soumya Balasubramanya

A review of trends in scientific coverage of water governance in South Africa and what this means for agenda-setting of public investment in water governance R&D

Inga Jacobs-Mata, Patience Mukuyu and J. Dini

Geo-statistical approach for prediction of groundwater quality in Chunnakam Aquifer, Jaffna Peninsula

Sutharsiny Arasalingam, Herath Manthrithilake, S. Pathmarajah, T. Mikunthan and Meththika Vithanage

Perceptions of food waste reduction in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, Colombo

Maren Reitemeier, Mohamed M. M. Aheeyar and Pay Drechsel

A re-look at canal irrigation system performance: a pilot study of the Sina Irrigation System in Maharashtra, India

Upali A. Amarasinghe, Alok Sikka, Vidya Mandave, R. K. Panda, S. Gorantiwar, Kiran M. Chandrasekharan and S. K. Ambast

Analysis of the determinants of public capital investments on agricultural water infrastructure in Eswatini

Sibusiso Nhlengethwa, Greenwell C. Matchaya, Ikhothatseng Jacob Greffiths and Bhekiwe Fakudze

Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia

Alok Sikka, Mohammad Faiz Alam and Paul Pavelic

Groundwater quality concern for wider adaptability of novel modes of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in the Ganges Basin, India

S. K. Jha, V. K. Mishra, C.L. Verma, Navneet Sharma, Alok Sikka, Paul Pavelic, Parbodh Chander Sharma, L. Kant and Bharat R. Sharma

On the coattails of globalization: migration, migrants and COVID-19 in Asia

Diana Suhardiman, J. Rigg, M. Bandur, Melissa J. Marschke, M. A. Miller, N. Pheuangsavanh, M. Sayatham and D. Taylor

Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia

Annet A. Mulema, Brenda Boonabaana, Liza Debevec, L. Nigussie, M. Alemu and S. Kaaria

The feasibility of hand-held thermal and UAV-based multispectral imaging for canopy water status assessment and yield prediction of irrigated African eggplant (Solanum aethopicum L)

P. R. Mwinuka, B. P. Mbilinyi, W. B. Mbungu, S. K. Mourice, H.F. Mahoo and Petra S. Schmitter

Hydro-climatic extremes in the Himalayan watersheds: a case of the Marshyangdi Watershed, Nepal

R. Singh, Vishnu Prasad Pandey and S. P. Kayastha

Drought management norms: is the Middle East and North Africa Region managing risks or crises?

T. Jedd, S. R. Fragaszy, C. Knutson, M. J. Hayes, M. Belhaj Fraj, N. Wall, M. Svoboda and Rachael McDonnell

Potential predictability of the Ethiopian summer rains: understanding local variations and their implications for water management decisions

Meron Teferi Taye, E. Dyer, K.J. Charles and L.C. Hirons

Optimizing water and nitrogen application for neglected horticultural species in tropical sub-humid climate areas: a case of African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.)

P.R. Mwinuka, B.P. Mbilinyi, W.B. Mbungu, S.K. Mourice, H.F. Mahoo and Petra S. Schmitter

Perception of communities when managing exclosures as common pool resources in northwestern Ethiopia

Wolde Mekuria, Kindie Getnet, M. Yami, Simon J. Langan and D. Amare

Experiments in farmers' collectives in Eastern India and Nepal: Process, benefits, and challenges

B. Agarwal, S. Leder, P. Saikia, Fraser Sudgen, Manita Raut, Anoj Kumar and D. Ray

Striving for sustainable value chain establishment: a multiple feasibility analysis approach

M. I. Herman and Thai Thi Minh

Putting power and politics central in Nepal’s water governance

Diana Suhardiman, Emma Karki and Ram C. Bastakoti

Improved water management is central to solving the water-energy-food trilemma in Lao PDR

Matthew P. McCartney and Jake Brunner

Achieving water security in Nepal through unravelling the water-energy-agriculture nexus

S. Nepal, N. Neupane, D. Belbase, Vishnu Prasad Pandey and Aditi Mukherji

The role of hydropower in visions of water resources development for rivers of western Nepal

E.L. Pakhtigian, M. Jeuland, Luna Bharati and Vishnu Prasad Pandey

The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance

Diana Suhardiman, J. Bright and C. Palmano