Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment
Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security, entrepreneurial activities and climate resilience. Challenges associated with the implementation of investments in small rese...
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International Water Management Institute
2019
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| author | Saruchera, Davison Lautze, Jonathan F. |
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| description | Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security, entrepreneurial activities and climate resilience. Challenges associated with the implementation of investments in small reservoirs include appropriate site selection, weak institutions, insufficient maintenance and sedimentation. The findings from this study suggest that the benefits of small reservoirs may be tapped more efficiently by rehabilitating old sites rather than building new infrastructure. However, the findings also point to broader lessons on the need to change the way of doing business, i.e., to adopt a long-term, more holistic approach (or model) to the construction and maintenance of small reservoirs that matches the degree of the challenge associated with sustainably tapping the benefits of the water that they store. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1022372025-11-07T08:44:03Z Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment Saruchera, Davison Lautze, Jonathan F. small scale systems reservoirs rehabilitation irrigation management irrigation investment reinvestment cost benefit analysis water availability water storage water institutions water supply water use water users dams sedimentation infrastructure performance indexes food security living standards household income public health environmental sustainability land use impact assessment nongovernmental organizations state intervention financing funding socioeconomic development rural communities entrepreneurship gender women's participation empowerment livestock case studies Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security, entrepreneurial activities and climate resilience. Challenges associated with the implementation of investments in small reservoirs include appropriate site selection, weak institutions, insufficient maintenance and sedimentation. The findings from this study suggest that the benefits of small reservoirs may be tapped more efficiently by rehabilitating old sites rather than building new infrastructure. However, the findings also point to broader lessons on the need to change the way of doing business, i.e., to adopt a long-term, more holistic approach (or model) to the construction and maintenance of small reservoirs that matches the degree of the challenge associated with sustainably tapping the benefits of the water that they store. 2019 2019-07-22T08:38:20Z 2019-07-22T08:38:20Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102237 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Saruchera, D.; Lautze, Jonathan. 2019. Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 45p. (IWMI Working Paper 189) doi: 10.5337/2019.209 |
| spellingShingle | small scale systems reservoirs rehabilitation irrigation management irrigation investment reinvestment cost benefit analysis water availability water storage water institutions water supply water use water users dams sedimentation infrastructure performance indexes food security living standards household income public health environmental sustainability land use impact assessment nongovernmental organizations state intervention financing funding socioeconomic development rural communities entrepreneurship gender women's participation empowerment livestock case studies Saruchera, Davison Lautze, Jonathan F. Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment |
| title | Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment |
| title_full | Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment |
| title_fullStr | Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment |
| title_short | Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment |
| title_sort | small reservoirs in africa a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment |
| topic | small scale systems reservoirs rehabilitation irrigation management irrigation investment reinvestment cost benefit analysis water availability water storage water institutions water supply water use water users dams sedimentation infrastructure performance indexes food security living standards household income public health environmental sustainability land use impact assessment nongovernmental organizations state intervention financing funding socioeconomic development rural communities entrepreneurship gender women's participation empowerment livestock case studies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102237 |
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