Cases Database

Provide us with your experiences, insights and lessons to be shared in implementing sustainable water management practices that harmonize the requirements for food and ecosystems.
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Case Studies

Theme 1 - Fostering Implementation: Know-how for Action

		Addressing The Impact of Livestock on Water Availability and Quality 01_AGAL-FAO
		Use of wastewater in irrigated agriculture: The water chain approach. 02_Frans Huibers
		A Composite Approach to the Assessment of Irrigation Impacts on Fisheries: Adaptive, Participatory and Integrated Assessment (APIA) 03_ Sophie Nguyen Khoa
		Sustainable wetland management and food security: the role of integrated multiple use regimes in the upper Baro River basin, south-west Ethiopia Adrian Wood and Alan Dixon Adrian
		The River Basin Game: A role-playing board game for initiating discussions on visions and strategies of water allocation (A case study in Tanzania) Bruce Lankford
		Resource-centred thinking in river basins; should we revoke the crop water requirement approach to irrigation planning? (A case study in Tanzania) Bruce Lankford
		Tisza River Basin - Romania Ciprian Popovici
		Managing water for agriculture and environment:East Rapti River Basin, Nepal Dhruba Pant
		The Gef Hai Basin Integrated Water and Environment Project in China Douglas C. Olson
		The Restoration of the Chilika Lagoon, a coastal wetland in India: The Achievement of Combined Integrated Water Resources Management and Enhanced Community Participation Dr. A. Pattnaik
		Water-saving in Rice-based Ecosystems Dr. Ir. Huib Hengsdijk
		Assessment of water resources of Sabarmati river basin, India Dr. S.A. Kulkarni
		Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment Case study on Coastal Lagoons along the Eastern Shore of Cap Bon, Tunisia Hans W. Wolter
		Tools for the Management of the Hydric Sources of microcuencas Altoandinas Have Willet
		Mekong River Delta: effective water control for solving conflicts among agriculture-fisheries-aquaculture in coastal zones. Hoanh, Chu
		Management of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Water Productivity in the Syr-Darya Basin, Central Asia Iskandar Abdullaev
		Improving Water Management by Better Water Distribution in the Tertiary Canals of Central Asia Iskandar Abdullaev
		Still waters run deep: (Non-)Participation in Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Jeroen F. Warner
		Kerala Context Katharina Ganz
		Honduran Water Platform Kenneth Rivera A.
		The GEF International Waters Learning Exchange and  Resource Network (IWLEARN): Strengthening Transboundary Waters Management via information sharing and learning among stakeholders Madiodio Niasse
		Managing the Maludam Agro-ecosystem, Sarawak, Malaysia Manggil/Tonga/Schrevel
		Jóvenes e Investigación en Agua María Cecilia Roa y Sandra Brown
		Local Wisdom for River Basin Management: Thai Baan Research in the Songkhram River Basin Richard Friend
		Aquatic Resources, Food Security & Nutrition in Lao PDR; A Case Study From Attapeu Province Richard Friend, Eric Meusch and Simon Funge-Smith
		Predicting the water requirements of river fisheries Robin Welcomme
		Agriculture Consumes & Produces Water Farmers and Soils Determine Green and Blue Water Flows -Save Basin in Zimbabwe Sjef Kauffman
		Participación Local y Aprendizaje Social a Múltiples Escalas en el Manejo de Cuencas Andinas: Ecuador Susan V. Poats
		Genero, Mujer, Poder y Agua en una Cuenca Andina: Río El Ángel Susan V. Poats
		Interest, pay and say of farmers and nature conservers in Dutch local water management. Uijterlinde/Poos/Lazaroms
		Knowledge for Decision Making in the Pantanal: Integration of Technical, Ecological and Socio-economic Aspects Wageningen/Kettelhut
		The Niger, a Lifeline: Economic and Ecological Outcomes of Effective Water Management in the Upper Niger River Basin Zwarts/van Beukering/Kone/Wymenga

Theme 2 - The 'new economy' for water for food and ecosystems

		New Perspectives on the Impacts of Irrigation on Fisheries Sophie Nguyen Khoa
		The Three Levels of Efficient Water Use Arjen Hoekstra
		Green Water Credits David Dent
		Culture, Irrigation, and Ecosystems in the northern Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico (USA) David J. Groenfeldt
		Análisis de la acción colectiva para el Manejo de cuencas Estudio piloto-cuenca de la Laguna de Fuquene, Colombia Diana Lucía. Maya V. y Daniel Castillo B
		Income Accounting Framework Dr. Caroline Sullivan
		Water Poverty Index Dr. Caroline Sullivan
		Supporting Local IWRM in Mkoji Sub-Catchment, United Republic of Tanzania: Some Lessons on Water Valuation and Institutional Development Hermans/van Halsema/Kadigi/Sokile/Mahoo
		Bio-Physical Requirements and Socio-Economic Acceptance of Infield Rainwater Harvesting and Conservation in the Semi-arid Central Region of South Africa J.J. Botha, G. Kundhlande and A.J. Sanewe
		Caso Cuenca Laguna de Fúquene (Colombia) Marcela Quintero and Rubén Darío Estrada
		Community-based Water and Land Participatory Decision Making in the Senegal River Ms Mame Dagou
		Un fideicomiso como herramienta financiera para la conservación y el cuidado del agua, el caso del Fondo ambiental del agua en Quito, Ecuador Pablo Lloret
		Pago por servicios ambientales, una alternativa que contribuye al manejo y conservación de bosques y páramos, Cantón Pimampiro, Provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador. Silvia Ortega
		Understanding the Basic Human Needs Reserve and the Ecological Reserve in the Sand River catchment, South Africa Stef Smits
		Sharing Water Between Society and Ecosystems Wallace/Acreman/Sullivan
		Economics of Water Harvesting for Improved Rainfed Agriculture in Africa Wattenbach/Beernaerts/Dixon/Upton

Theme 3 - An enabling environment

		Selected Case Studies and Success Factors Bron/Ortiz Rendón/Karar/Fehér
		The "Dead Sea" Project: Is a More Sustainable Water Management in the Dead Sea Basin Possible? Clive Lipchin
		Culture, Irrigation, and Ecosystems in the northern Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico (USA) David J. Groenfeldt
		The Restoration of the Chilika Lagoon, a coastal wetland in India: The Achievement of Combined Integrated Water Resources Management and Enhanced Community Participation Dr. A. Pattnaik
		Integrated Water Resource Management Organized Under Local Rights Framework: Some Lessons Learned for the Andean Region Dr. Ingo Gentes
		Water, Food and Environment Dialogue on the Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in Agricultural Water Management in the CEE Region Dr. Istvan Ijjas
		Water, Food and Environment Dialogue on the Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in Agricultural Water Management in the CEE Region Dr. Istvan Ijjas
		How Public Participation Shifted Top-down Planning into Bottom-up Planning. A Case Study in the Bacchigliore River Basin (Veneto Region, Italy) Erich Roberto Trevisiol
		Efficiency in Canal Irrigation Water Management Through Water Users Association(WUA): Karnataka State, India Gangadharappa/Ganesamoorthi/Shivamurthy/Ranganatha
		Supporting Local IWRM in Mkoji Sub-Catchment, United Republic of Tanzania: Some Lessons on Water Valuation and Institutional Development Hermans/van Halsema/Kadigi/Sokile/Mahoo
		IFAD and Pro Poor Water Development in the Context of PRSPs IFAD
		Placing Institutional Interventions in Their Context: Groundwater Management in Guanajuato, Mexico. Jaime Hoogesteger
		Still waters run deep: (Non-)Participation in Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Jeroen F. Warner
		Honduran Water Platform Kenneth Rivera A.
		Success Factors in Self-financing Local Water Management Lazaroms/Koemans/Uijterlinde/van Dijk/Raven
		Governance Issues and National Water Law: National Case Studies in Governance Lazaroms/Poos
		Case study project: Watermuk in Ukraine Olga Zhovtonog
		Watershed Management Coordinating Council (WMCC) Advocacy on Saving Davao City’s Present and Future Domestic Water Supply Patrick Guasa
		Linking Land and Water Governance R.Cleveringa/ A.Nepveu de V.
		Water Law And Indigenous Rights: Towards recognition of indigenous and local water rights and management rules in national legislation. Rutgerd Boelens
		Consequences of success: widespread adoption of ndiva (night storage reservoirs) technology in Pangani, Tanzania SSI Consortium researchers
		Managing Water Conflicts Through Dialogue in Pangani Basin, Tanzania Sarmett/Burra/van Klinken/West
		Learning Lessons from Surface Water Conflicts in Mexico Sergio Vargas
		Interest, pay and say of farmers and nature conservers in Dutch local water management Uijterlinde/Poos/Lazaroms
		Participatory Irrigation Management in Morocco van Vuren/Papin/El-Haouari
		A Common Central American Policy for Water Initiated in the Grande de Tárcoles River Basin in Costa Rica van der Werff/Mora
		Negotiated River Basin Management in the Bhima River Basin, India van der Werff/Paranjpye
		The Save the Sand Project: A negotiated River Basin Management Initiative in South Africa van der Werff/Pollard
		Negotiated River Basin Management in the Cotahuasi Basin, Arequipa, Peru van der Werff/Tejada