Developing basement aquifers to generate economic benefits: A case study from Southeast Zimbabwe

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1903-1912

  Waughray, D K ^a   Lovell, C J ^a   Mazhangara, E ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lowveld Research Stations   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Basement aquifers; Collector wells; Income generation; Rural water supply; sub Saharan Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROUNDWATER; RURAL ECONOMY; WATER SUPPLY;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032435694     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00086-2     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Brown, M. W. and Dube, T. (1994) Farms and house-holds in six communities of Zaka District, Zimbabwe, prior to the installation of collector wells and community gardens 1993-94. In Small scale irrigation using collector wells: pilot project Zimbabwe, 4th Progress Report, eds C. J. Lovell, M. Murata, M. W. Brown, C. H. Batchelor, D. M. Thompson, T. Dube, A. J. Semple and P.J Chilton, pp. 45-69, ODA Report 94/9. Inst. Hydrology, ODA, Wallingford, UK.
2. Butterworth, J. A., Lovell, C. J., Bromley, J., Hodnett, M. G., Batchelor, C. H., Mharapara, I., Mugabe, F. T. and Simmonds, L. (1995) Romwe catchment study, Zimbabwe: the effect of land management on groundwater recharge and implications for small scale irrigation using groundwater. 1st Interim Report, IH ODA 95/9. Inst. Hydrology, ODA, Wallingford, UK.
3. Cleaver, K. and Schreiber, G. (1994) Reversing the Spiral: The Population, Agriculture and Environment Nexus in Sub Saharan Africa. World Bank, Washington DC.
4. Corbett, J. (1994) Livelihoods, food security and nutrition in a drought prone part of Zimbabwe. Final Report to UK ODA ESCOR. Centre for the Study of African Economics, Oxford University and Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University College London.
5. Griffiths, J. F. (1972) Precipitation. In World Survey of Climatology Vol. 10: Climates of Africa, ed. J. F. Griffiths, pp. 24-28. Elsevier Publishing, Amsterdam.
6. Lovell, C. J., Murata, M., Brown, M. W., Batchelor, C. H., Thompson, D. M., Dube, T., Semple, A. J. and Chilton, P. J. (1994) Small scale irrigation using collector wells: pilot project - Zimbabwe, 4th Progress Report, April 1994-September 1994, ODA Report 94/9. Inst. of Hydrology, ODA, Wallingford, UK.
7. Lovell, C. J., Mazhangara, E., Mtetwa, G., Dube.T., Thompson, D. M., MacDonald, D. M.J. and Batchelor, C. H. (1995) Small scale irrigation using collector wells: pilot project - Zimbabwe, 5th Progress Report, Oct 1994-March 1995, ODA Report 95/6. Inst. of Hydrology, ODA, Wallingford, UK.
8. Lovell, C. J., Batchelor C. H., Waughray, D. K., Semple, A. J., Mazhangara, E., Mtetwa, G., Murata, M., Brown, M. W., Dube, T., Thompson D. M., Chilton P. J., MacDonald D. M. J., Conyers D. and Mugweni, O. (1996) Small scale irrigation using collector wells pilot project - Zimbabwe, Final Report October 1992-January 1996, ODA Report 95/14. Inst. of Hydrology, ODA, Wallingford, UK.
9. MLARR (1990) Second annual report of farm management data for communal area farm units 1989-90 season. Farm Management Research Section, Economics and Marketing Branch. Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Harare, Zimbabwe.
10. Mazhangara E., Mtetwa, G. and Dube, T. (1995) Collector well garden performance - Winter 1995. Lowveld Research Station, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe.
11. Meinzen-Dick, R., Sullins, M. and Makombe, G. (1994) Agro-economic performance of a smallholder irrigation scheme in Zimbabwe. In Irrigation performance in Zimbabwe, eds M. Rukuni, M. Svendsen and R. Meinzen-Dick, pp. 63-88. Proceedings of a UZ/IFPRI/Agritex Workshop, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, August 4-6 1993.
12. Meinzen-Dick, R. and Jackson, L. A. (1996) Multiple uses, multiple users of water resources. Paper prepared for the International Association for the Study of Common Property Meetings, Berkeley, CA June 5-9 1996. IFPRI, Washington DC.
13. Scoones, I. (1996) Hazards and Opportunities: Farming Livelihoods in Dryland Africa; Lessons from Zimbabwe. Zed Books, London.
14. Waughray, D. K., Moran, D. and Lovell C. J. (1997) Potential uses for contingent valuation in the evaluation of dryland resource development projects. In Sustainable Development in a Developing World: Integrating Socio-economic Appraisal and Environmental Assessment, eds C. Kirkpatrick and N. Lee, pp. 200-216. Edward Elgar, London.
15. Waughray, D. K., Mazhangara, E. M., Mtetwa, G., Mtetwa, M., Dube, T., Lovell, C. J. and Batchelor, C. H. (1996) Small scale irrigation using collector wells: pilot project - Zimbabwe. Return to House-holds Survey Report, ODA Report 95/13, Inst. of Hydrology, ODA, Wallingford, UK.
16. Waughray, D. K., Batchelor, C. H., Moriarty, P. M., Lovell, C. J., Mtetwa, G., Mtetwa, M. and Dube, T. (1997a) Community resource management and livelihood strategies phase 1. Final Report prepared for the ODA Natural Resources Systems Programme (Semi-arid Production Systems), IH ODA Report 97/1, Inst. of Hydrology, ODA, Wallingford, UK.
17. Waughray, D. K., Lovell, C. J., Moriarty, P. M., Batchelor, C. H., Mazhangara, E., Mtetwa, G., Mtetwa, M. and Dube, T. (1997b) Evaluating the impact of a productive water point project in South East Zimbabwe. World Bank Research Observer (submitted).
18. Wright, E. P. (1992) The hydrogeology of crystalline basement aquifers in Africa. In The Hydrogeology of Crystalline Basement Aquifers in Africa, eds E. P. Wright and W. G. Burgess, pp. 1-29. The Geological Society Special Publication No. 66, London.