Water productivity indicators in great Ruaha river basin: analysis and implications for decision-making and allocating water

Mdemu, M.; Lankford, B.; Kadigi, R.M.J.; Cour, J.; Kashaigili, J. J.

dc.creator	Mdemu, M.
dc.creator	Lankford, B.
dc.creator	Kadigi, R.M.J.
dc.creator	Cour, J.
dc.creator	Kashaigili, J. J.
dc.date	2016-12-01T13:34:36Z
dc.date	2016-12-01T13:34:36Z
dc.date	2003
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:51:37Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:51:37Z
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1053
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91584
dc.description	The assessment of benefits from water by applying the concepts of water productivity is gaining momentum for managing water resources in river basins. A number of institutions have been in the forefront of spearheading the concept. The attractiveness of the water productivity concept is partly due to its diversified nature in looking at benefits of water use, both intended and unintended in a particular system. The benefits may include area irrigated, number of families depending on a particular source of water, number of jobs created as a result of presence of water. This paper explores water productivity indicators and their implications for allocating water drawing the example from the Great Ruaha River Basin. In addition to the primary and secondary indicators of productivity, the paper develops the concept of tertiary indicators (labelled ‘specific hydrovalue’) to express the economic benefits gained per person per cubic metre of water used. The paper concludes that water productivity indicators (WPIs) can be used as a tool for analysing the tradeoffs and prioritising of water use and allocation in competing and non-competing water uses but that much more conceptual and computational analysis is required
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SUA
dc.subject	Water productivity
dc.subject	Water productivity indicators
dc.subject	Water allocation
dc.subject	Great Ruaha River Basin
dc.title	Water productivity indicators in great Ruaha river basin: analysis and implications for decision-making and allocating water
dc.type	Article