Annelieke Duker works as a lecturer/researcher in irrigation and development with the Water and Agriculture chair group (Land and Water Management department). Her research interests include farmer-led irrigation development, agricultural water management for enhancing rural livelihoods, and sociotechnical analysis of irrigation development and management. Currently, she is conducting her PhD research on farmer-led irrigation along sand river aquifers in Zimbabwe and Kenya. She teaches courses in irrigation management and operation, farmer-led irrigation, sustainability aspects of irrigation development, and wastewater reuse. She is the Water-Energy-Food track lead in the Programme Committee for the MSc Water and Sustainable Development.
She has work and research experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and the MENA region (including Bolivia, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Spain, Yemen, Jordan, Indonesia, and China). She teaches in courses regarding irrigation management, interventions in irrigation systems, wastewater reuse, and socio-economic and environmental impacts of irrigation.
Before joining IHE Delft she worked in Kenya on strengthening community water supply management and enhancing food security. She has experience in working at three different Dutch ministries: Infrastructure and Environment, Foreign Affairs, and Economic Affairs. As a policy maker she focused on developing long-term strategies for fresh water management under different climate scenario’s (Delta programme). She obtained her Master degree in International Land and Water Management with a specialisation in Irrigation and Water Engineering at Wageningen University in 2007. In the course of her education she gained experience in water rights in irrigation systems, waste water irrigation and river basin management.
Non-scientific publications:
Artcile in Quest magazine (in Dutch): ‘Medicijn tegen Droogte’, July 2021.
Blog post wetenschap.nu (in Dutch): Als de crises zich opstapelen: ondernemen en overleven op het platteland van Zimbabwe, Augsust 2020.
Blog post wetenschap.nu (in Dutch): 'Kurkdroge'zandrivier van levensbelang voor boeren in Zimbabwe, June 2019.
Publications
A complete list of publications can be found in Google Scholar.