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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… rivers. Lake sediments commonly are thick and have more organic deposits. These poorly permeable organic materials can affect the distribution of seep- age … as well as the necessary enabling factors associated with farming, e.g. access to energy, credit, agricultural inputs, …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

Global Land Outlook

… to climate change and other natural resource pressures. 3. Farming for multiple benefits: optimizing the most desirable … Effendi, Baha’u’llah’s great-grandson, noted: “Man is organic with the world. His inner life moulds the environment … holistic thinking: even the familiar separation of the organic from the inorganic begins to break down: minerals …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration

… for processing coffee beans. In addition, intensive animal farming and a relatively dense population associated with … peppers and cucumbers. There is a potential for exports of organic tomatoes to the United States since agreements are … and butterfly farm ecotourism; • Community gardens, organic farming and soil conservation projects, including …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… modern administrators, but can more easily be applied by farming or urban households. The following sections use case … bottom when the river was dammed had begun cage fish farming with encouragement by activists and some Japanese … killing all the fish that the villagers had been farming. A massive conflict issued at the local level. The …
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Issues in water law reform

… be significant sources of supply. In intensive farming locations, widespread and uncontrolled interruption … and stock purposes - but not stock subject to intensive farming. 2.3.2 Rights of drainage Part 12 of the Victorian … Act" (article 150,3 SC) nor having the rank of an "Organic Act" (article 81,2 SC). Moreover, the Water Act does …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… and release by eco- systems • Removal or breakdown of organic matter, salts and pollutants. • Wildlife and nursery … and river sedimentation is reduced in cultivated areas by farming systems using zero-tillage or agroforestry compared … 0.02 - 320 Vegetables and fruits 40 - 470 1 - 200 Fibre/organic raw material 45 1 - 40 Medicinal plants 6 Inorganic …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… Commission PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl POP Persistent Organic Pollutant POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works SFRA … of water by pesticides, nitrogen, phosphorus and raw organic matter containing undesirable residues. Sustainably … of capture fisheries (fishing) and aquaculture (fish farming). The value of inland fisheries is often …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… of economic activities, from fishing and subsistence farming to intensive rice cultivation. At the Regional … in southern China will affect subsistence and commercial farming. Changes in rainfall patterns could alter flooding … and supported. State-led initiatives to promote mono-crop farming – such as intensive irrigated rice cultivation – is …
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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… example, water-holding capacity is heavily reliant on soil organic carbon and therefore depleting organic carbon through poor land management leads to lower … enhanced water availability; • Additional income from fish farming and increased agricultural activity; • Greening of …
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Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects

… is available in the floodplain for dry season vegetable farming and rice cultivation. An estimated 1,137 people now have access to water for dry-season farming; m Approximately 16 kilometres of river banks in the … were supported with 19 water pumps to expand dry season farming in December 2009; m 4 communities in Burkina Faso …
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