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Abu Muhammad Shajaat Ali. 2006. Indigenous Knowledge of Water Resource Management in Dry Lands: A Conceptual Framework. Accessed at: http://www.isdehs.com/html/2006___058.html. Accessed on: May 29, 2009.
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AFP. January 9, 2009. Zimbabwe unemployment soars to 94 %. Accessed March 23, 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5imTkGEP84_3QTVcSGu_8W3YrP8wA
AFTWR Africa Region and The World Bank. 2007. Mozambique Country Water Resources Assistanace Strategy: Making Water Work for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction. Preliminary Publication.
Aquastat. 2005. Food and Agricultural Organization. Irrigation in Africa in figures – AQUASTAT Survey 2005
ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water and ARC-Institute for Agricultural Engineering (2003). Limpopo Basin Profile. International Water Management Institute.
Ashton, P. J. 2002. Avoiding Conflicts over Africa’s Water Resources, Ambio, Vol. 31, No. 3, 236-242.
BBC News. 2010. Mozambique Country Profile. Accessed March 23, 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1063120.stm
Bell-Cross and Minshull. 1988. The fishes of Zimbabwe. Harare, National Museum and Monuments of Zimbabwe.
Biggs, R., et al., 2004. Nature supporting people: The Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa.
Botswana Tourism Board. 2006. Accessed at: http://www.botswana tourism.co.bw/about/culture_and_history.html. Accessed on: March 2, 2009.
Boudreau, T., 1998: The Food Economy Approach: A framework for understanding rural livelihoods. RRN Network Paper 26. Overseas Development Institute, London, UK.
Calabrese, J.A. 2007. The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in the Shashi-Limpopo Valley of Southern Africa, AD 900 to 1300: Ethnicity, class, and polity. Barr S1617 Cambridge Monographs in Africa Archaeology 69. Archaeopress, England.
Children in the Wilderness 2010. Children in the Wilderness Newsletter May 2010. Available at: http://citw.co.za/News/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:children-in-the-wilderness-limpopo-valley-april-2010&catid=2:newsletters&Itemid=3 Accessed on 2010-09-09.
Chinake, H. 1997. Strategies for Poverty Alleviation in Zimbabwe. Journal of Social Development in Africa (1997), 12, 1, 39-51.
Clover, J. 2003. Botswana: Future Prospects and the Need for Broad-based Development. African Security Analysis Programme Situation Report, 1 September 2003. Accessed at: http://www.iss.co.za/af/current/botswanasep03.pdf. Accessed on: October 6, 2009.
Central Statistical Office (CSO). Botswana. 2010. STATS BRIEF, June 2009 Formal Sector Employment. Accessed at: http://www.cso.gov.bw/images/stories/Labour/june_2009_emplo.pdf. Accessed on: March 30, 2010.
Darwall, W.R.T., Smith, K.G., Tweddle, D. and Skelton, P. (eds) (2009). The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN and Grahamstown, South Africa: SAIAB. viii+120pp.
De Lange, M. 2004. Limpopo province revitalization of smallholder irrigation schemes. Paper presented at an International Water Management Institute workshop, Silverton, Pretoria, 7 May, 2004.
Denbow, J.R. and P.C. Thebe. 1946. Culture and Customs of Botswana. Greenwood Press. USA.
Devereux, S. and S. Maxwell, 2001: Introduction. In: Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, S. Devereux and S. Maxwell (eds.). ITDG Publishing, London, UK.
Dewalt, B.R. 1994. Using indigenous knowledge to improve agriculture and natural resource management. Human Organisation 53 (2). pp.123-131.
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Department for International Development (DFID). 2010. Annual Report Zimbabwe. Accessed April 16th at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications/PSA/E_Zimbabwe.pdf
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF). 2003a. Limpopo Water Management Area, Overview of Water Resources Availability and Utilization.Report No. P WMA 01/000/00/0203.
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF). 2003b. Levuvhu and Letaba Water Management Area, Overview of Water Resources Availability and Utilization. Report No. P WMA 02/000/00/0203.
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF). 2003c. Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management Area, Overview of Water Resources Availability and Utilization. Report No. P WMA 03/000/00/0203.
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF). 2003d. Olifants Water Management Area, Overview of Water Resources Availability and Utilization. Report No. P WMA 04/000/00/0203.
Earle, A. , Goldin, J., Machiridza, R., Malzbender, D., Manzungu, E., and T. Mpho. 2006. Working Paper 112: Indigenous and Institutional Profile: Limpopo River Basin. International Water Management Institute.
Earle, A., D. Malzbender, A. Turton, and E. Manzungu. 2005. A Preliminary Basin Profile of the Orange/Senqu River. AWIRU, University of Pretoria, South Africa, ISBN: 1-86854-618-7. 44 pp.
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 2005. Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. National Aquaculture Sector Overview: Mozambique. Accessed May 10, 2010 at: http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/naso_mozambique/en
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). 2004. Drought impact mitigation and prevention in the Limpopo River Basin: A situation analysis. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, 2004.
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). 2001. Food Security. Definition of Food Security. Accessed at: www.fao.org/. Accessed on: 4 July, 2009.
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). 1997. FAO Irrigation potential in Africa, a basin approach, FAO Land and Water Bulletin vol. 4, FAO, Rome.
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Ferroukhi, Lyes and Srinivas Chokkakula. 2006. Indigenous knowledge of water management. 22nd WEDC Conference. New Dehli, India. Available at:
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Flavier, J.M., A. Jesus and C.S. Navarro. 1995. The regional program for the promotion of indigenous knowledge in Asia, pp. 479-487 in Warren, D.M., L.J. Slikkerveer and D. Brokensha (eds). The cultural dimension of development: Indigenous knowledge systems. London: Intermediate Technology Publications.
Forslund, A., et al. 2009. Securing Water for Ecosystems and Human Well-being: The Importance of Environmental Flows. Swedish Water House Report 24. SIWI.
Gewald, J.B. 2001. El Negro, el Nino, Witchcraft and the Absence of Rain in Botswana. African Affairs 100: 555-580.
Government of Botswana (GOB). 2007. Annual Poverty Monitoring Report 2006/2007: Translating the National Strategy for Poverty Reduction into Action. Gaborone, Botswana.
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Gundry, S.W., J.A. Wright, R.M. Conroy, M. Du Preez, B. Genthe, S. Moyo, C. Mutisi, and N. Potgieter. 2009. Chile dysentery in the Limpopo Valley: a cohort study of water, sanitation and hygiene risk factors. Journal of Water and Health. 07.2. IWA Publishing 2009.
Gwebu, T. 2004. Patterns and trends of urbanization in Botswana and policy implications for sustainability (Botswana). Accessed at: http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/
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Huffman, T. N. 2000. Mapungubwe and the origins of the Zimbabwe culture. South Africa Archaeological Society Goodwin Series 8: 14-29. ICSU (International Council for Science). 2002. ICSU Series on Science for Sustainable Development. No. 4: Science, Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Development. 24 pp.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC). 2003. Traditional Ecological Knowledge Concepts and Cases. J.T. Inglis (Ed). Accessed at:http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/683-6/#page_55. Accessed on: October 6, 2009.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2009.Green and Blue Water Accounting in the Limpopo and Nile Basins: Implications for Food and Agricultural Policy. Prepared by: Sulser, T.B., Ringler, C., Zhu, T., Msangi, S., Bryan, E., and M.W. Rosegrant. Environment and Production Technology Division. IFPRI Discussion Paper 00907.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). 2001. Country Briefs: Mozambique –Chronology of History. [online] Available at http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/POP/pde/briefs/mzhistory.html.
International Monetary Fund (IMF). 2007. Republic of Mozambique: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. IMF Country Report No. 07/37. Washington, DC.
International Monetary Fund (IMF). 2009. Data and Statistics: Report for Selected Countries and Subjects. www.imf.org
Indigenous Water Initiative. 2003. Available at: http://www.indigenouswater.org./about.html, accessed on: May 28, 2009.
KAS (Konrad-Adenaur-Stiftung). 2010. Zimbabwe Office. EU Project: Capacity Building as a tool for more effective poverty alleviation of marginalized rural women in Zimbabwe. Accessed at: http://kas.de/proj/home/home/35/2/website_id-6849/index.html. Accessed on: April 23, 2010.
Khan, S. 2009. Sustainable Development and Community Participation: A case Study of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Il Conferencia do IESE “Dinamicas da Pobreza e Padrões de Acumulação em Moçambique”, Maputo, 22 e 23 de Abril de 2009.
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Krüger, F. 1998. Taking advantage of rural assets as a coping strategy for the urban poor: the case of rural urban interrelations in Botswana. Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 10, No. 1, April 1998. Accessed at: http://eau.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/10/1/119.pdf. Accessed on: October 6, 2009.
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Livingston, J. 2005. Debility and the moral imagination in Botswana. Indiana University Press, Indiana, USA.
Luyt, D. 2008. Governance, Accountability and Poverty Alleviation in South Africa. Centre for Social Accountability. Rhodes University. South Africa.
Merrey, D. 2008. Presentation at the FANRPAN Regional Dialogue, Lilongwe: Improving Livelihoods by Improving Water Productivity, Access and Use. Limpopo River Basin Focal Project. Accessed April 15, 2010 at: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6650383/Limpopo-River-Basin-Focal-Project-Outline.
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Nile RAK. 2007. Nile River Basin River Awareness Kit. Accessed at: http://nteap.nilebasin.org/nrak/NRAK/RS_L3/index.html. Accessed on: May 10, 2009.
Nyalungu, M.L. 2005. Research Proposal. Proposed Topic: Socio-economic conditions and water management as determinants of food security in smallholder irrigation schemes: Case of GA-Sekororo Community in Limpopo Province.
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LIMCOM's current ongoing interventions being undertaken