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1 Bandara, W. M. J. 2002. Performance of some vegetable crops on dykes in low-lying lands in the low country wet zone. Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture, 4:55-64.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7639 Record No: H039360)
2 de Silva, Sanjiv. 2012. The experiences of water management organizations in Bangladesh: a literature review. [Project report prepared by IWMI for the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) under the project "Increasing the Resilience of Agricultural and Aquacultural Systems in the Coastal Areas of the Ganges Delta: Project G3 - Water Governance and Community Based Management"]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 51p.
Water management ; Organizations ; Non governmental organizations ; Institutions ; Participatory management ; Water governance ; Water resources development ; Research projects ; Development projects ; Land resources ; Reclaimed land ; Irrigation projects ; Rural development ; Literature reviews ; Models ; Stakeholders ; Policy ; Poverty ; Agriculture / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045714)
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3 de Silva, Sanjiv. 2012. Situation analysis for polder 3. [Project report prepared by IWMI for the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) under the project "Increasing the Resilinece of Agricultural and Aquacultural Systems in the Coastal Areas of the Ganges Delta: Project G3 - Water Governance and Community Based Management"]. Colombo: Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 75p.
Water management ; Participatory management ; Drinking water ; Reclaimed land ; Land use ; Landlessness ; Farming systems ; Agricultural production ; Rice ; Fisheries ; Livestock ; Salinity ; Irrigation ; Tube wells ; Canals ; Waterlogging ; Embankments ; Stakeholders ; Government agencies ; Non governmental organizations ; Institutions ; Shrimp culture ; Villages ; Economic aspects / Bangladesh / India / Debhata Upazila / Kaliganj Upazila
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045715)
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4 Tuong, T. P.; Humphreys, E.; Khan, Z. H.; Nelson, A.; Mondal, M.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; George, P. 2014. Messages from the Ganges Basin development challenge: unlocking the production potential of the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh through water management investment and reform. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). 32p.
Water management ; Water resources ; Water governance ; Coastal area ; River basin development ; Investment ; Cropping systems ; Drainage ; Climate change ; Dry season ; Wet season ; Aquaculture ; Agriculture ; Reclaimed land / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046498)
http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk/pdf/outputs/WaterfoodCP/CPWF-Ganges-basin-messages-final.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046498.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046498.pdf
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5 Naz, F.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte. 2015. Multiple actors, conflicting roles and perverse incentives: the case of poor operation and maintenance of coastal polders in Bangladesh. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.147-161.
Coastal area ; Reclaimed land ; Water management ; Community involvement ; Natural resources management ; Decentralization ; Conflict ; Incentives ; Sustainability ; Local government ; Rural areas / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047110)
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6 Das, A.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Mukherji, A. 2015. Predicting success in community-driven water infrastructure maintenance: evidence from public goods games in coastal Bangladesh. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.183-196.
Coastal area ; Water management ; Local communities ; Sustainability ; Econometrics ; Models ; Institutions ; Reclaimed land / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047112)
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7 Khan, Z, H.; Kamal, F. A.; Khan, N. A. A.; Khan, S. H.; Khan, M. S. A. 2015. Present surface water resources of the Ganges coastal zone in Bangladesh. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.14-26.
Water resources ; Surface water ; Coastal area ; Freshwater ; Water availability ; Salinity ; Salt water intrusion ; Reclaimed land ; Rivers ; Flow discharge ; Dry season ; Models ; Agriculture ; Aquaculture / Bangladesh / Ganges Coastal Zone / Meghna River / Gorai River / Payra River / Pussur River / Kazibacha River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047191)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/66389/Revitalizing%20the%20Ganges%20Coastal%20Zone%20Book_Low%20Version.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047191.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047191.pdf
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8 Rahman, M. C.; Miah, T. H.; Rashid, M. H. 2015. Effects of controlling saline water intrusion in an empoldered area of Bangladesh. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.89-96.
Salt water intrusion ; Reclaimed land ; Agricultural production ; Farming systems ; Rice ; Productivity ; Ricefield aquaculture ; Prawns and shrimps ; Livestock production ; Vegetables ; Farmers ; Coastal area ; Drinking water ; Environmental effects ; Social aspects / Bangladesh / Dacope / Tildanga / Pankhali
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047197)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/66389/Revitalizing%20the%20Ganges%20Coastal%20Zone%20Book_Low%20Version.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047197.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047197.pdf
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9 Mondal, M. K.; Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Rahman, M. N.; Islam, M. K. 2015. Community water management and cropping system synchronization: the keys to unlocking the production potential of the polder ecosystems in Bangladesh. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.119-130.
Water management ; Community involvement ; Cropping systems ; Reclaimed land ; Ecosystems ; Watersheds ; Salinity ; Rivers ; Drainage ; Sluices ; Crop management ; Rice ; Maize ; Helianthus annuus ; Wheat ; Farmers ; Rain ; Coastal area / Bangladesh / Khulna / Batiaghata / Kismatfultola
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047198)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/66389/Revitalizing%20the%20Ganges%20Coastal%20Zone%20Book_Low%20Version.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047198.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047198.pdf
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10 Chandna, P. K.; Nelson, A.; Khan, M. Z. H.; Hossain, M. M.; Rana, M. S.; Mondal, M.; Mohanty, S.; Humphrey, L.; Rashid, F.; Tuong, T. P. 2015. Targeting improved cropping systems in the coastal zone of Bangladesh: a decision tree approach for mapping recommendation domains. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.522-541.
Cropping systems ; Agricultural development ; Coastal area ; Spatial distribution ; Analysis ; Mapping ; Land use ; High yielding varieties ; Rice ; Seasonal cropping ; Transplanting ; Water management ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Soil salinity ; Brackish water ; Aquaculture ; Shrimp culture ; Reclaimed land / Bangladesh / Barisal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047211)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/66389/Revitalizing%20the%20Ganges%20Coastal%20Zone%20Book_Low%20Version.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047211.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047211.pdf
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11 Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, J. M.; Schwarz, A.; McDougall, C.; Attwood, S.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Clayton, T. 2015. Research in development: learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. Penang, Malaysia: CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. 96p. (CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems Working Paper: AAS-2015-16)
Development theory ; Agricultural research ; Less favoured areas ; Partnerships ; Gender ; Equity ; Women's participation ; Men ; Households ; Aquatic environment ; Ownership ; Community involvement ; Stakeholders ; Empowerment ; Floodplains ; Reclaimed land ; Farmers ; Fish culture ; Participatory approaches ; Social aspects ; Ecology ; Resource management ; Capacity building ; Case studies / Zambia / Bangladesh / Solomon Islands / Philippines / Cambodia / Barotse / Malaita / Visayas-Mindanao / Tonle Sap
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047452)
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12 Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Saikia, Panchali; Maitra, Shourav. 2020. Community water management and agricultural extension services: effects, impacts and perceptions in the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 48p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 8) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2020.202]
Agricultural research for development ; Learning ; Water management in lowland ; Water management in upland ; Community management ; Participatory approaches ; Agricultural extension ; Coastal zones ; Agricultural development ; Agricultural practices ; Technology ; Cropping patterns ; Seasonal cropping ; Agricultural production ; Crop yield ; Profitability ; Markets ; Farm inputs ; Diversification ; High yielding varieties ; Rice ; Fertilizer application ; Farmers’ attitudes ; Hired labour ; Family labour ; Reclaimed land ; Submergence ; Waterlogging ; Salinity ; Drainage ; Siltation ; Water governance ; Infrastructure ; Maintenance ; Irrigation canals ; Economic analysis ; Benefit-cost ratio ; Climate change ; Research projects ; Villages ; Households / Bangladesh / Fultola / Basurabad / Bhennabunia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049571)
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The coastal region of Bangladesh is prone to natural disasters and these events are expected to worsen as a result of climate change. Combined with anthropogenic factors, these events challenge livelihood opportunities, especially crop production. Waterlogging, tidal activity and the lack of proper drainage facilities are major constraints to agricultural production in these areas.
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) tested, at pilot scale, the combination of innovative agricultural technologies with improved water management to overcome these challenges.
This report assesses this intervention by observing the effects, measuring the short-term impacts and understanding the perceptions. The results highlight the need to integrate the interventions into the local context, and acknowledge that institutions and markets need to mature to harness the benefits from innovations. It also underlines the potential of multi-scale interventions combining plot-level and farmer-led innovations, community management and rehabilitation of large schemes.
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) tested, at pilot scale, the combination of innovative agricultural technologies with improved water management to overcome these challenges.
This report assesses this intervention by observing the effects, measuring the short-term impacts and understanding the perceptions. The results highlight the need to integrate the interventions into the local context, and acknowledge that institutions and markets need to mature to harness the benefits from innovations. It also underlines the potential of multi-scale interventions combining plot-level and farmer-led innovations, community management and rehabilitation of large schemes.
13 Kulsum, U.; Timmermans, J.; Haasnoot, M.; Khan, M. S. A.; Thissen, W. 2021. Why uncertainty in community livelihood adaptation is important for adaptive delta management: a case study in polders of Southwest Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Policy, 119:54-65. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.01.004]
Deltas ; Water management ; Livelihoods ; Adaptation ; Local communities ; Uncertainty ; Reclaimed land ; Waterlogging ; Drainage ; Farmers ; Salinity ; Environmental factors ; Policies ; Strategies ; Case studies / Bangladesh / Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050336)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901121000125/pdfft?md5=4274b244f14e00889d77377398a38c78&pid=1-s2.0-S1462901121000125-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050336.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050336.pdf
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To deal with large uncertainties about future climate and socio-economic developments, planners in deltas are adopting an integrative and adaptive planning approach referred to as Adaptive Delta Management (ADM). Bangladesh has used the ADM approach for the development of its adaptive plan; Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100). The success of policy strategies in an adaptive delta plan critically depends on a specific adaptation of livelihoods of local communities (Community Livelihood Adaptation; CLA), especially in an agriculture-oriented society like Bangladesh. For example, while triple rice cropping might be evaluated as a robust strategy in all futures considered, its success eventually depends on whether farmers’ will actually make that choice, which is deeply uncertain. In this paper, we use literature review, insights from interviews and field observations to examine how the uncertainty in CLA impacts (adaptive) delta management. We study two historical cases of livelihood adaptation of farmer communities confronted with salinization and waterlogging in the polders of southwest Bangladesh since the 1960s. We conclude that historically the uncertainty about CLA in polders has been ignored in the development of policy plans, leading to the failure of anticipated policy outcomes. We recommend planners in Bangladesh and other deltas worldwide to take account of CLA as uncertainty when developing long-term adaptive plans.
14 Jampani, Mahesh; Matheswaran, Karthikeyan. 2023. Hydrological characterization and social dynamics of polders in the Bengal Delta [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2023 (AGU23), San Francisco, CA, USA and Online, 11-15 December 2023. 2p.
Floodplains ; Reclaimed land ; Livelihoods ; Agricultural production ; Sedimentation ; Geomorphology ; Waterlogging ; Water availability / Bangladesh / Bengal Delta / Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052357)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1450505
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052357.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052357.pdf
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Polders in the floodplains of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh play a critical role in supporting intensive agricultural production and the livelihoods of around eight million people. Polderization is promoted to reduce environmental vulnerabilities against flood inundation, coastal erosion, and salinity intrusion. These land areas are low-lying islands consisting mainly of alluvial sediment deposits, and almost half (~1.2 million ha) of the coastal zone in the region is polderized. Agriculture is the primary reason for the polderization of the region, where paddy rice is the major irrigated crop. Around 139 polders in Bangladesh spread across the Gangetic-Brahmaputra delta region, and they altered the delicate balance between human activity and the floodplains' natural hydrological process, resulting in numerous evolving problems. These include the geomorphological evolution of the river channels and flood plains, water logging and drainage congestion within the polder system, sea-level rise, tidal surges, and salinity intrusion. Coastal and inland salinity is a significant problem in these polders, often influencing crop yields and further agricultural productivity and freshwater availability. We explicitly look at two polders to evaluate the distinct socio-hydrological characteristics of these systems. We used several secondary data sources and literature (grey and scientific) to evaluate the hydrological characteristics, groundwater heterogeneity and social dynamics to understand and evaluate the underlying mechanisms and intrinsic links between systems that influence water balance, saline water intrusion, and crop production. The initial results highlight the complex dynamics of the polder system, often influenced by water availability, irrigated water use, seasonality, and, above all, stakeholders' perceptions. Overall, this work provides an improved understanding of the biophysical dynamics and social linkages and sets the basis for implementing a larger detailed socio-hydrological framework.
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