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Houser, R.S. (author), Geerling, Gertjan (author), Pijcke, Gerard (author), Pramana, K.E.R. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Water managers and planners working within complex social-environmental systems are challenged with difficult choices when prioritizing interventions to manage water quality and reduce pollution from point and non-point sources. These choices are particularly important in low-resource environments where public funds must be carefully allocated....abstract 2024
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Lang, D. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Early Southern Mesopotamia shows a complex history of expansion of (irrigated) farming in relation to urban developments and changing landscapes. As a first step to study expanding irrigated farming system, an irrigation-related agent-based model was developed to explore farm(land)s and irrigation systems in relation to decision-making...journal article 2023
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Smallholder farmers (SFs) are cornerstone actors in eradicating poverty and hunger. Companies have recently focused on SFs as potential customers and suppliers. Several hindrances yet prevent SFs to be commercially viable actors. In this respect, sustainable business models (SBMs) bring opportunities for companies to increase profit, improve...journal article 2023
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Lang, D. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Often, individual, communal, regional, or even national conflicts arise when water resources are shared and used. For equitable water-sharing strategies to be implemented, adequate collective action is required to allocate water – not limited to, but specifically in irrigation systems. In this research, we develop an Advanced Irrigation...journal article 2023
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Houser, R.S. (author), Pramana, K.E.R. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Recognizing the interrelatedness of water use and conceptual value of IWRM, progressive water resource management systems are moving beyond hierarchical arrangements toward more integrated networks. Increasing calls for participation recognize the value of broadened perspectives that provide both technical expertise as well as social, cultural,...journal article 2023
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Pramana, K.E.R. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)In the first decade of the 21st century, a water harvesting approach based on contour trenches—ditches to catch runoff—from Kenya was proposed as groundwater recharge technology in a semi-arid area in Ninh Phuoc district, Vietnam. In order to modify this solutions to tackle water scarcity, hydrological conditions at the site needed to be known....journal article 2022
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Streefkerk, I.N. (author), van den Homberg, Marc J.C. (author), Whitfield, Stephen (author), Mittal, Neha (author), Pope, Edward (author), Werner, Micha (author), Winsemius, H.C. (author), Comes, M. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Droughts and changing rainfall patterns due to natural climate variability and climate change, threaten the livelihoods of Malawi's smallholder farmers, who constitute 80% of the population. Provision of seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) is one means to potentially increase the resilience of rainfed farming to drought by informing farmers in...journal article 2022
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Singirankabo, U.A. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author)On the basis of a data set from four research sites over the course of three agricultural years (2006/2007, 2012/2013, 2016/2017), this article empirically assesses the relations between land tenure security and smallholder farms’ crop production in Rwanda. We show that the general assumption that secure land tenure improves farm level...journal article 2022
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Castelli, Giulio (author), Piemontese, Luigi (author), Quinn, Ruth (author), Aerts, Jeroen (author), Elsner, Paul (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), Hussey, Stephen (author), Filho, Walter Leal (author), Limones, Natalia (author)Sand dams are impermeable water harvesting structures built to collect and store water within the volume of sediments transported by ephemeral rivers. The artificial sandy aquifer created by the sand dam reduces evaporation losses relative to surface water storage in traditional dams. Recent years have seen a renaissance of studies on sand dams...journal article 2022
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Improved water management is an important strategy to support smallholder farming, and thus to foster food security and improved livelihoods. Within this strategy, technologies like water pumps, especially those operating on renewable energies, are key, as they are more environmentally sound and affordable alternatives. Their successful and...journal article 2022
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Lang, D. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)The literature on irrigated agriculture is primarily concerned with irrigation techniques, irrigation water-use efficiency, and crop yields. How human and non-human agents co-shape(d) irrigation landscapes through their activities and how these actions impact long-term developments are less well studied. In this study, we aim to (1) explore...journal article 2022
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van Dijk, R. (author), Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Despite extensive research on farmers’ constraints and decisions, technology developers, policymakers and development organizations still encounter difficulties in relating policies to farmers’ strategies. Often, the concept of ‘smallholders’ is applied as explaining and predicting farmers’ decisions – suggesting that specific strategies of...journal article 2022
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Lang, D. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)An Advanced Irrigation-Related Agent-Based Model (AIRABM) of farmers' decision-making mechanism and feedback among farmers is developed. The model explores the interactions among human and non-human agents in the irrigation system. In this paper, we discuss harvest patterns as they result from more equal or unequal water distribution in the...journal article 2022
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- Ertsen, M.W. (author) abstract 2021
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Ertsen, M.W. (author)De in 2019 verschenen publicatie Broek en Waterland. Regionale samenwerking en conflicten, 1281-1811 maakt door een gedetailleerde weergave van discussies tussen de Waterlanders, de baljuw en Amsterdam duidelijk dat Broek in Waterland en de collega-dorpen continu bezig waren met het realiseren van invloed en het behalen van doelen door...book chapter 2021
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- Venot, Jean Philippe (author), Vos, Jeroen (author), Zwarteveen, Margreet (author), Mdee, Anna (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), Cleaver, Frances (author), Lankford, Bruce (author), Swatuk, Larry (author), Linton, Jamie (author), Harris, Leila M. (author) journal article 2021
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Smallholder farming is the cornerstone of the agricultural sector in the Global South. It produces 80% of the food in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, though it accounts for barely 12% of the global farmland. Its sustainable intensification is therefore paramount in the accomplishment of Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger. In this respect,...abstract 2021
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Ertsen, M.W. (author), Ngugi, K. N. (author)This paper assesses the success of sand-storage dams in Kitui, Kenya—with “success” being considered to relate to the amount of water that dams can store, and the usability of the water in terms of access, quantity and quality. Building on a series of recent larger and smaller research projects, the paper sketches the complex interactions...journal article 2021
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Reduction of poverty is a main goal in the global development agenda. The most extreme forms of poverty are mainly rooted in the Global South, and even more engrained in its rurality. Such poverty is not only characterized by infimum incomes, but also by the lack of access to many resources and services: health, sanitation, drinking water,...abstract 2021
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- Pramana, K.E.R. (author), Houser, R.S. (author), Rini, Daru (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author) abstract 2021