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The MUS project is being carried out in seven countries in five major river basins: Bolivia and Colombia in the Andes, Ethiopia in the Nile basin, India in the Indus/Ganges basin, Thailand in the Mekong basin and South Africa and Zimbabwe in the Limpopo basin. Here you will find the Research Activities of the MUS project in different basins and countries.

Andean Basin

En este sitio puede encontrar informacion sobre las actividades en Colombia (Departamentos de Valle del Cauca y Quindio) y Bolivia (Cochabamba) .

Contactos:
Ines Restrepo, Cinara, Colombia inrestre@univalle.edu.co
Gustavo Heredia, Bolivia gustavoh@aguatuya.com
John Butterworth, IRC, the Netherlands butterworth@irc.nl

Indus-Gangetic Basin

Work in the Indus-Gangetic Basin is being carried out in Nepal and the Indian state of Maharashtra by MUS lead partner International Development Enterprises (IDE).

For further information please contact: Deepak Adhikari, Sudarshan Suryawanshi or Robert Yoder

Limpopo Basin

In the Limpopo basin work is being carried out in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. The work in South Africa started with a focus on a community-based planning approach to multiple uses of water. In Zimbabwe the initial focus has been on the review of policies and strategies of national government entities and NGOs.
For more information, contact Stef Smits at IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (smits@irc.nl).

Mekong Basin

MUS work in the Mekong basin work is mostly being carried out in north-east of Thailand, which is a part of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The work started with the identification of the existing multiple water use systems in farmer communities, their benefits and economic impacts, based on the national development paradigm. The work focuses on both up-scaling and out-scaling of multiple water use practices in north-east Thailand. The key approaches include learning alliance development and managing knowledge on sustainable water resource management at farm and household scales. The implementation includes application of participatory action research methodologies with Local Wisdom Networks, Universities, Government and Non-government Organizations. Efforts are going on- at the moment- to upscale multiple water use system at the national policy level, through gradual changes in government plans, budgeting and practices.

For more information, please contact Dr. Sawaeng Ruaysoongnern, KhonKaenUniversity, Khon Kaen province, Northeast Thailand

Nile Basin