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…
Delegates from the governments of Mozambique and Malawi, officials from the Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) and researchers from IWMI, met at the Baobab Hotel in Tete, Mozambique for the Shire ConWat Knowledge Management Workshop, on April 16-17, 2019. The workshop was designed to bring the two…
The Tuli Karoo is a transboundary aquifer shared between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Work on characterising transboundary aquifers has been steadily progressing in the southern African region, with significant contribution from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Studies in the Ramotswa Aquifer (Botswana and South Africa) and in the…
The quality and quantity of groundwater are threatened by climate change as well as increasing demand from rapid urbanization in southeast Botswana, as is the case in much of southern Africa. A case study of Ramotswa, a growing peri-urban area in southeast Botswana (population about 40,000), revealed the impact of the 2013-2016 drought on groundwater quality. Water shutoffs by the public water supply scheme to ration and save water during the drought made flush toilets and the sewage treatment system inoperable.
A two-and-a-half-day workshop to mark the official end of the RAMOTSWA Transboundary Aquifer Project took place at the Avani Hotel in Gaborone, Botswana from April 9 to 11 2019. Delegates drawn from the two governments of Botswana and South Africa, regional organisations Southern Africa Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI)…
Over the course of its project lifespan, the Ramotswa Project has attracted attention in local media as well as through partner networks. Media articles as well as project dissemination material can be viewed here.
Participants drawn mostly from government departments of Malawi and Mozambique converged at the Lotus Serendib Hotel in Blantyre for a two-day workshop hosted by the Southern African Development Community – Groundwater Management Institute SADC GMI and IWMI with the aim of presenting the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of the Shire…
Rural agricultural development has great potential to alleviate poverty, reduce food insecurity, and improve rural livelihoods and climate resilience in Africa. Despite the small area under irrigation, the value of irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa comprises about 25% of total agricultural output. Due to the significant amount of water used… Continue reading The post Agricultural water and nutrient management solutions to support smallholder irrigation schemes: Lessons from the Ramotswa Transboundary Aquifer Area, Limpopo River Basin appeared first on Conjunctive water management across borders in SADC. [...]
At present, Botswana and South Africa undertake some monitoring within the Tuli Karoo Transboundary Aquifer Area for their own purposes; Zimbabwe (covering about 57% of the area) does not actively monitor the aquifer. Therefore, an aim of the Conjunctive Water Resources Management across Borders in the Southern African Development Community… Continue reading The post Project Brief: Groundwater Monitoring in the Tuli Karoo Transboundary Aquifer Area appeared first on Conjunctive water management across borders in SADC. [...]
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. [...]
