Improving food security and farm-based livelihoods is among the central challenges of our time and key to fostering progress toward a set of Sustainable Development Goals such as reducing hunger and poverty. The primary pathway for enhancing food security and farming livelihoods – boosting agricultural production – is nonetheless constrained…
The Tuli Karoo Aquifer, shared among Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, is located in a very arid region. Surface water resources in the Tuli Karoo Aquifer area are scarce and unreliable, so groundwater is used as the primary source for agriculture, domestic and industrial water in the mainly rural communities…
A virtual session will take place during the 3rd SADC Groundwater Conference on the 26th of November 2020 at 12:40pm SAST. This will be a joint session highlighting ongoing work in the Tuli Karoo and Eastern Kalahari Karoo transboundary aquifers, bringing together project partners and government officials. Please follow the…
On the 19th of August 2020, country representatives, project partners, and the IWMI project team met online to discuss progress on the different project components of the ongoing study of conjunctive water management in the Tuli Karoo Transboundary Aquifer. The current global pandemic meant a workshop planned for May 2020…
The Tuli Karoo Aquifer Area — as well as the broader surface water system that encompasses the aquifer — is shared among Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and forms part of the Limpopo River Basin. There has been very little investigation into the Tuli Karoo aquifer or the associated surface…
In the dry and arid climate of the Tuli Karoo System, located at the confluence of Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, irrigated agriculture can bridge dry spells and droughts, boost climate change adaptation for increased food production. Limited water resources call for more efficient irrigation water use, to stretch limited…
As part of a USAID-supported project on Conjunctive Water Management across borders in the SADC region, a pilot groundwater-monitoring system is being developed for the Tuli Karoo Aquifer, shared among Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. This is believed to be the first time countries in sub- Saharan Africa have collaborated…
We are pleased to highlight and share two articles on the activities in the Tuli Karoo that are featured on the AGRILINKS platform. To read more on this content, please follow the links below. Achieving Sustainable Resource Use by Measuring What You Manage: Groundwater Monitoring in the Shared Tuli Karoo Aquifer…
Securing water sources has become a critical area of focus for the water stressed southern African region. In the Tuli Karoo System, shared by Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, dams are a common feature with large dams in the Botswana portion and both large and subsurface sand dams in the…
The Shire Aquifer and River Basin system, shared between Malawi and Mozambique in Southern Africa, is a unique system in that the river basin and the underlying aquifer largely coincide. It is also a basin with many water issues, especially floods and droughts, and the growth of water hyacinth. Groundwater…
Improving food security and farm-based livelihoods is among the central challenges of our time and key to fostering progress toward a set of Sustainable Development Goals such as reducing hunger and poverty. The primary pathway for enhancing food security and farming livelihoods – boosting agricultural production – is nonetheless constrained… Continue reading The post Improving Irrigation Efficiency during a Pandemic: the Tuli Karoo Experience appeared first on Conjunctive water management across borders in SADC. [...]
The Tuli Karoo Aquifer, shared among Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, is located in a very arid region. Surface water resources in the Tuli Karoo Aquifer area are scarce and unreliable, so groundwater is used as the primary source for agriculture, domestic and industrial water in the mainly rural communities… Continue reading The post Piloting a transboundary groundwater network during a pandemic: the Tuli Karoo experience appeared first on Conjunctive water management across borders in SADC. [...]
A virtual session will take place during the 3rd SADC Groundwater Conference on the 26th of November 2020 at 12:40pm SAST. This will be a joint session highlighting ongoing work in the Tuli Karoo and Eastern Kalahari Karoo transboundary aquifers, bringing together project partners and government officials. Please follow the… Continue reading The post Upcoming Event: Tuli Karoo Session at the 3rd SADC Groundwater Conference appeared first on Conjunctive water management across borders in SADC. [...]
