Tanzania - River Basin Management and Smallholder Irrigation Project

Tanzania - River Basin Management and Smallholder Irrigation Project

Tanzania's ability to manage scarce water resources became a national issue in the early to mid-1990s. New opportunities in agriculture, and the greater demand for water for irrigation and hydropower, together with the long dry season and seve...

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Main Author:	Mohan, P.C.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSTRACTION POINTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BASIN WATER CATCHMENT CATCHMENT LEVEL COVERING DEMAND FOR WATER DOWNSTREAM WATER USERS DRAINAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS FOOD SECURITY HYDROPOWER INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENT LOCAL WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES RAINFALL RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS SANITATION SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SECTORAL WATER SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION SUSTAINABLE WATER URBAN WATER WATER ABSTRACTION WATER DEMANDS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATER USE EFFICIENCY WATER USER WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS WATER USER GROUPS WATER USERS WATER WASTAGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7216163/tanzania-river-basin-management-smallholder-irrigation-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9587

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Summary:	Tanzania's ability to manage scarce water resources became a national issue in the early to mid-1990s. New opportunities in agriculture, and the greater demand for water for irrigation and hydropower, together with the long dry season and several years of less-than-average rainfall, contributed to water scarcity and conflicts, while the lack of information on water quantity and quality, and an inadequate framework for tackling cross-sectoral water issues severely constrained sustainable water resource management. Tanzania has defined nine river basins for water resources administration. The project components included River Basin Management, and Smallholder Irrigation Improvement and this paper examines impact on the ground and lessons learned from the project.