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1 Singh, M.; Cherchali, S. A. 1995. Vegetation change detection and GIS input into ground water modeling - An integrated approach. In Oman. Ministry of Water Resources, The Sultanate of Oman International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Countries, Muscat, Oman, 12-16 March 1995. Volume 2: Nizwa/Bahla Sessions, display papers. Muscat, Oman: The Ministry. pp.592-598.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G728 OMA Record No: H016737)
2 Singh, M.. 1998. Low-cost irrigation from water-powered wheel. International Agricultural Development, 18(2):20.
Water wheels ; Water lifting ; Irrigation water ; Pumps ; Pumping ; Villages / India / Uttar Pradesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H022239)
3 Singh, M.; Munda, G. C. 1998. Economic assessment of selected resource management techniques in marginal upland agriculture: Case studies of India. Bogor, Indonesia: CGPRT Centre. v.p. (CGPRT Centre working paper series 32)
Sustainable agriculture ; Economic evaluation ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Data collection ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Resource management ; Soil conservation ; Constraints ; Cost benefit analysis ; Case studies ; Water use ; Water quality ; Salinity ; Climate ; Land use / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G635 SIN Record No: H024167)
4 Singh, M.. 1998. Part I: Use of saline-sodic water in arid and semiarid sub-tropical India. In Singh, M.; Munda, G. C., Economic assessment of selected resource management techniques in marginal upland agriculture: Case studies of India. Bogor, Indonesia: CGPRT Centre. xix, 38p.
Sustainable agriculture ; Economic evaluation ; Water use ; Water quality ; Salinity ; Crop production ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Crop yield ; Soil conservation ; Constraints ; Agricultural credit / India / Uttar Pradesh / Karanpur Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G635 SIN Record No: H024168)
5 Singh, M.. 1999. Economic assessment of selected management practices for efficient use of saline-sodic water in arid and semiarid subtropical India. Bogor, Indonesia: CGPRT Centre. In Kim, M. J.; Stoltz, D. R. (Eds.), Economic assessment of selected resource management techniques in marginal upland agriculture: Integrated report and proceedings of a workshop held in Seoul, Korea, May 20-22, 1998. pp.31-39.
Economic evaluation ; Water use efficiency ; Water quality ; Salinity ; Case studies ; Villages ; Irrigated farming ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Millets / India / Uttar Pradesh / Mathura District / Karanpur Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G000 KIM Record No: H024171)
6 Indu, R.; Singh, M.. 1999. Groundwater socio-ecology in North Gujarat: two field-based analyses. Anand, India: Policy School. 38p. (Policy School Working Paper 9)
Groundwater management ; Farmers' attitudes ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water market ; Water rates ; Tube wells ; Villages ; Cooperatives ; Institution building / India / North Gujarat / Mehsana District / Banaskantha District / Patan District / Manund
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 5132 Record No: H024276)
7 Shah, T.; Alam, M.; Kumar, M. D.; Nagar, R. K.; Singh, M.. 2000. Pedaling out of poverty: social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 36p. (IWMI Research Report 045) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.054]
Irrigation management ; Technology transfer ; Manual pumps ; Water lifting ; Low lift pumps ; Aquifers ; Poverty ; Irrigated farming ; Social impact ; Income ; Marketing ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Pricing / South Asia / India / Bangladesh / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G570 SHA Record No: H027051)
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An assessment of the social impact of treadle pump technology for manual irrigation in eastern India, the Nepal Terai, and Bangladesh, South Asia's so-called "poverty square." Treadle pump technology can be a powerful tool for poverty reduction in this region. It "self-selects" the poor, and puts to productive use the region's vast surplus family labor. It is claimed that the treadle pump could raise the annual net household income by US$100, on the average.
8 Shah, T.; Alam, M.; Kumar, M. D.; Nagar, R. K.; Singh, M.. 2000. Pedal pump and the poor: Social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia. Paper presented at the Workshop on Poverty, Gender and Water in South Asia, Ahmedabad, India, Organised by IWMI, Colombo, and Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, 10-11 August 2000. 38p.
Manual pumps ; Irrigated farming ; Cropping systems ; Vegetables ; Potatoes ; Rice ; Poverty ; Social impact ; Income ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Gender / South Asia / India / Nepal / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 SHA Record No: H027607)
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9 Singh, M.. 1997. Mangal turbine (water wheel) - An example of people's innovation. Patent no.177190 dated 13.11.97. World's unique low-cost and efficient fuel-less Mangal water wheel turbine pump-cum-P.T.O. machine. pp.185-187.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5698 Record No: H027817)
10 Singh, M.; Bhattacharya, A. K.; Nair, T. V. R.; Singh, A. K. 2002. Nitrogen loss through subsurface drainage effluent in coastal rice field from India. Agricultural Water Management, 52(3):249-260.
Nitrogen ; Subsurface drainage ; Effluents ; Water quality ; Groundwater ; Water table ; Irrigation water ; Rice ; Paddy fields ; Soil salinity ; Experiments / India / Andhra Pradesh / Endakuduru Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H029519)
11 Singh, M.; Bhattacharya, A. K.; Singh, A. K.; Singh, A. 2002. Application of SALTMOD in coastal clay soil in India. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 16(3):213-231.
Simulation models ; Clay soils ; Soil salinity ; Subsurface drainage ; Drainage ; Water quality ; Water table ; Water management ; Measurement ; Irrigated farming ; Rice / India / Andhra Pradesh / Krishna District / Endakuduru Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H030911)
12 Singh, M.; Gilliver, B.; Rao, M. R. 1988. Stability of genotypes in intercropping. Biometrics, 44:561-570.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6225 Record No: H032181)
13 Singh, M.; Malhotra, R. S.; Ceccarelli, S.; Sarker, A.; Grando, S.; Erskine, W. 2003. Spatial variability models to improve dryland field trials. Exploratory Agriculture, 39:151-160.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6709 Record No: H033934)
14 Shah, Tushaar; Singh, M.. 2011. Accelerated programmes: what can the water sector learn from the power sector? Economic and Political Weekly, 46(21):25-29.
Irrigation management ; Irrigation programs ; Electrical energy ; Governmental organizations ; Government policy / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043872)
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The Government of India’s 15-year old Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme has come under much-deserved criticism for all-round non-performance. The AIBP needs to be taken back to the drawing board and redesigned, based on the Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme, which encourages and supports states to undertake management reform, promote accountability, restructure incentives and improve all-round performance of power utilities. This will accelerate irrigation benefits more than simply funding more dams and canals as the AIBP has done all along.
15 Shah, Tushaar; Singh, M.. 2012. Indian accelerated sectoral development programs: what can water sector learn from power sector? IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 13. 7p.
Water management ; Irrigation projects ; Development projects ; Energy sources ; Electricity supplies / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045274)
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16 Qadir, Manzoor; Quillerou, E.; Nangia, V.; Murtaza, G.; Singh, M.; Thomas, R. J.; Drechsel, Pay; Noble, Andrew D. 2014. Economics of salt-induced land degradation and restoration. Natural Resources Forum, 38:282-295. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12054]
Land degradation ; Land reclamation ; Land reform ; Soil salinity ; Economic aspects ; Costs ; Irrigated land ; Crop yield
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046675)
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Food security concerns and the scarcity of new productive land have put productivity enhancement of degraded lands back on the political agenda. In such a context, salt-affected lands are a valuable resource that cannot be neglected nor easily abandoned even with their lower crop yields, especially in areas where significant investments have already been made in irrigation and drainage infrastructure. A review of previous studies shows a very limited number of highly variable estimates of the costs of salt-induced land degradation combined with methodological and contextual differences. Simple extrapolation suggests that the global annual cost of salt-induced land degradation in irrigated areas could be US$ 27.3 billion because of lost crop production. We present selected case studies that highlight the potential for economic and environmental benefits of taking action to remediate salt-affected lands. The findings indicate that it can be cost-effective to invest in sustainable land management in countries confronting salt-induced land degradation. Such investments in effective remediation of salt-affected lands should form part of a broader strategy for food security and be defined in national action plans. This broader strategy is required to ensure the identification and effective removal of barriers to the adoption of sustainable land management, such as perverse subsidies. Whereas reversing salt-induced land degradation would require several years, interim salinity management strategies could provide a pathway for effective remediation and further showcase the importance of reversing land degradation and the rewards of investing in sustainable land management.
17 Singh, M.; Sinha, R. 2021. Hydrogeomorphic indicators of wetland health inferred from multi-temporal remote sensing data for a new Ramsar site (Kaabar Tal), India. Ecological Indicators, 127:107739. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107739]
Wetlands ; Environmental health ; Remote sensing ; Hydrology ; Indicators ; Vegetation ; Floodplains ; Ecosystems ; Water quality ; Farmland ; Landsat ; Geographical information systems / India / Bihar / Ganga Plains / Kaabar Tal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050413)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21004040/pdfft?md5=f0f93511bd743bd17eaf06689fd03933&pid=1-s2.0-S1470160X21004040-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050413.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050413.pdf
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Wetlands form an important and dynamic ecosystem, and therefore, need continuous monitoring. We have developed a framework to assess the status of wetland health based on hydrogeomorphic characteristics and vegetation dynamics and have implemented it on a newly designated Ramsar site, Kaabar Tal, a large floodplain wetland in Ganga Plains, eastern India. The study has attempted to integrate the hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological concepts and tools to develop the protocols for a hydrogeomorphic assessment of wetland health. We have used multi-temporal Landsat imageries to define several health indicators based on water-spread area, geomorphology, and vegetation and have integrated them to compute wetland health index (WHI) scores. These health indicators correspond to a range of spatial scales – landscape (wetland) scale, ecosystem (sub-wetland) scale, and local (pixel) scale and individually represent different hydrogeomorphic and ecological functions as well as dynamics of a wetland. We have also presented four different wetland health scenarios based on dominating health indicator and two integrated scenarios representing the best and the worst WHI scores in all four scenarios. Our results show that the Kaabar Tal is in a degraded state and the degree of degradation varies spatially within the wetland. Agriculture is the prime factor for its degradation, augmented by decreasing rainfall and anthropogenic drainage reorganization. Based on our data analysis, we have suggested several recommendations to restore the health of this wetland. The framework presented in this work has a potential to understand the relationship between hydrodynamics and ecological functions in wetland systems in different hydro-climatic settings.
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