Search Results - WRC 2

Biochar increases plant-available water in a sandy loam soil under an aerobic rice crop system by Carvalho, M.T.D.M., Maia, A.D.H.N., Madari, Beáta E, Bastiaans, L., Oort, P.A.J. van, Heinemann, Alexandre B., Soler da Silva, M.A., Petter, F.A., Marimon Junior, B.H., Meinke, Holger

“…Our study focused on both the effects on WRC and rice yields 2 and 3 years after its application. …”
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Meeting each other halfway: institutionalizing community participation in integrated development plans and water services development plans in South Africa by van Koppen, Barbara, Nohayi, Ngowenani, Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Nortje, Karen

“…In collaboration with DWS and eight WSCFs, and supported by the Water Research Commission (WRC), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) implemented the project ‘Institutionalizing inclusive community-led planning of water supply in IDP and WSDP’. …”
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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 by Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Mukuyu, Patience, Dini, J.

“…Through a bibliometric analysis, a data-mining exercise, and stakeholder consultations, this paper distils four key areas of focus for the future of water governance research in South Africa: (i) that future water governance research needs to be more needs-based, solution-oriented and embedded within real-life contexts; (ii) the need for a paradigm shift in water governance research to a constructive, adaptive and rapid response research agenda in an environment of increasing change and uncertainty; (iii) the need for the enabling environment to be strengthened, including acknowledgement of the role of individuals as agents of change, and the role of WRC in establishing a community of practice for water governance experts that can respond to issues with agility; and (iv) a consolidation of fragmented project-based knowledge to a programmatic approach that builds the pipeline of expertise in the water governance R&D domain.…”
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Report of the Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop by Atengdem, Paschal

“…The CPWF research (Phase II) in the basin is planned to run from 2010 -2013 as a follow-up on the first Phase of CPWF which ran from 2003-2009. …”
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