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(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H018549)
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2 Humphreys, E.; Robinson, D. 2003. Increasing water productivity in irrigated rice systems in Australia: Institutions and policies. In Mew, T. W.; Brar, D. S.; Peng, S.; Dawe, D.; Hardy, B. (Eds.), Rice science: Innovations and impact for livelihood. Manila, Philippines: IRRI. pp.885-900.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 633.18 G000 MEW Record No: H035032)
3 Humphreys, E.; Meisner, C.; Gupta, R. K.; Timsina, J.; Beecher, H. G.; Lu, T. Y.; Singh, Y.; Gill, M. A.; Masih, Ilyas; Guo, Z. J.; Thompson, J. A. 2004. Water saving in rice-wheat systems. Paper presented at the 4th International Crop Science Congress on New directions for a diverse planet, Brisbane, Australia, 26 September-1 October 2004. 28p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G570 MEI Record No: H035782)
4 Bouman, B.; Barker, R.; Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Atlin, G.; Bennett, J.; Dawe, D.; Dittert, K.; Dobermann, A.; Facon, T.; Fujimoto, N.; Gupta, R.; Haefele, S.; Hosen, Y.; Ismail, A.; Johnson, D.; Johnson, S.; Khan, S.; Shan, L.; Masih, Ilyas; Matsuno, Y.; Pandey, S.; Peng, S.; Muthukumarisami, T.; Wassman, R. 2007. Rice: feeding the billions. In Molden, David (Ed.). Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.515-549.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040206)
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5 Humphreys, E.; Masih, Ilyas; Kukal, S. S.; Turral, Hugh; Sikka, A. 2007. Increasing field-scale water productivity of rice-wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Basin. In Aggarwal, P. K.; Ladha, J. K.; Singh, R. K.; Devakumar, C.; Hardy, B. (Eds.). Science, technology, and trade for peace and prosperity. Proceedings of the 26th International Rice Research Conference, 9-12 October 2006, New Delhi, India. Los BaƱos (Philippines) and New Delhi (India): International Rice Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. New Delhi, India: Macmillan India Ltd. pp.321-341.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G635 HUM Record No: H040738)
6 Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S.; Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, Vidal; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.) 2008. Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.1. Keynotes; Cross-cutting topics. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 183p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041767)
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7 Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, Francis; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S.; Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.) 2008. Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.2. Increasing rainwater productivity; Multi-purpose water systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 297p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041790)
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8 Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, Francis; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S.; Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.) 2008. Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 217p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041791)
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9 Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, Francis; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S.; Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.) 2008. Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.4. Project posters by phase 1 projects of the Challenge Program on Water and Food. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 40p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041792)
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10 Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S. (Eds.) 2009. Increasing the productivity and sustainability of rainfed cropping systems of poor smallholder farmers: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, International Workshop on Rainfed Cropping Systems, Tamale, Ghana, 22-25 September 2008. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 311p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631 G000 HUM Record No: H042437)
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11 Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Gomez-Macpherson, H.; Tabo, R.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Bediako, J. 2009. Increasing the productivity and sustainability of rainfed cropping systems of poor, smallholder farmers: overview of recent findings from the Challenge Program on Water and Food. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S. (Eds.). Increasing the productivity and sustainability of rainfed cropping systems of poor smallholder farmers: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, International Workshop on Rainfed Cropping Systems, Tamale, Ghana, 22-25 September 2008. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.1-21.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631 G000 HUM Record No: H042438)
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The majority of the worldās rural poor people depend on rainfed crop and livestock systems for their food and livelihoods. However, the productivity of these systems is often low, leading to hunger and poverty, and land and water degradation often prevail. As this review of the findings of many CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food and other projects shows, there are many well-known technical options to enable better use of rainwater and nutrients by crops. These include the use of improved varieties, improved fertilizer and agronomic management, in-field water harvesting, conservation agriculture, and supplementary irrigation from ground and surface water sources. For maximum benefit, integrated crop, nutrient, soil and water management is essential. However crop yield response to these technologies is variable, depending on site, cultural practices and seasonal conditions, affecting adoption by farmers. The challenges to achieving widespread adoption of the improved technologies include identifying the optimal or ābest betā technologies for local situations, taking into account the local agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions, plus institutional and policy factors at local to national levels. Systematic approaches, with detailed process monitoring, combined with the use of crop simulation models, are needed to develop generic guidelines to match technologies to agro-ecological conditions, together with analyses of risk in terms of productivity and profitability. The improved technologies must be used by very large numbers of poor farm families if they are to make a substantial difference to rural food security and quality of livelihoods. However, widespread uptake of technologies also requires good understanding of farmersā socio-economic conditions and perceptions, and the presence of enabling policies and institutional arrangements. These include investment in dissemination strategies, improvements in access to micro-credit and input and product markets, fertilizer subsidies, and investment in infrastructure such as roads. Widespread adoption of technologies to increase land and water productivity of rainfed cropping systems will affect patterns and quality of runoff to surface water bodies, and deep drainage to groundwater systems, with possible consequences for downstream water users, including surface and groundwater dependent ecosystems. Therefore a focus on integrated land and water resources management is important, and this must be done across scales, from groups of small fields to communities, to sub-catchments and catchments, and ultimately to whole river basins. Unfortunately, this has not been adequately addressed.
Based on the findings of this review, five key recommendations are proposed to further progress the adaptation and adoption of improved technologies to improve food security and livelihoods of poor, rural smallholders. These are:
Recommendation 1 ā systematic evaluations of water harvesting
and conservation agriculture technologies, integrated with crop and nutrient management, and with good monitoring of crop and soil water dynamics to develop generic process understanding
Recommendation 2 ā use of crop simulation modeling to inform the systematic evaluation in recommendation 1; this will also require significant investment in good data sets for model calibration and evaluation
Recommendation 3 ā development and application of models and other approaches for assessing the impacts of widescale adoption of improved crop/water management technologies in farmersā fields at a range of scales from micro-catchment to basins
Recommendation 4 ā longer term trials with the warrantage (inventory credit) system to assess its sustainability and impacts, and factors leading to successful implementation
Recommendation 5 ā significant investment in understanding farmersā conditions and perceptions, and in the development of institutions and policies that enable widespread uptake of improved technologies by farmers, and that promote integrated land and water resources management. This should include policies that enable the tremendous potential for fertilizer to greatly increase production in Sub-Saharan Africa.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046498)
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13 Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.) 2015. 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). 600p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047106)
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14 Burman, D.; Mahanta, K. K.; Sarangi, S. K.; Mandal, S.; Maji, B.; Mandal, U. K.; Bandyopadhyay, B. K.; Humphreys, E.; Sharma, D. K. 2015. Effect of groundwater use on groundwater salinity, piezometric level and boro rice yield in the Sundarbans of West Bengal. 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.61-67.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047194)
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15 Sarangi, S. K.; Burman, D.; Mandal, S.; Maji, B.; Tuong, T. P.; Humphreys, E.; Bandyopadhyay, B. K.; Sharma, D. K. 2015. Reducing irrigation water requirement of dry season rice (boro) in coastal areas using timely seeding and short duration varieties. 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.68-79.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047195)
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16 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.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047198)
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17 Rahman, M. A.; Sarker, M. R. A.; Sharma, N.; Mondal, M. K.; Islam, M. R.; Gregorio, G. B.; Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P. 2015. Challenges and opportunities for aman rice cultivation in ghers used for brackish water shrimp production. 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.333-341.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047208)
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18 Saha, N. K.; Mondal, M. K.; Humphreys, E.; Bhattacharya, J.; Rashid, M. H.; Paul, P. C.; Ritu, S. P. 2015. Triple rice in a year: is it a feasible option for the low salinity areas of the coastal zone 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.421-435.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047209)
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19 Mondal, M. K.; Paul, P. L. C.; Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Ritu, S. P.; Rashid, M. A. 2015. Opportunities for cropping system intensification in the coastal zone 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.449-476.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047210)
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(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048708)
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The abundant praise awarded for the development of the urban water services sector in Burkina Faso stands in stark contrast with the development of the rural water services sector. This article examines the funding of water infrastructure in four small villages in Burkina Faso. The article finds that public funding for water infrastructure for these municipalities is largely nonexistent. First of all, central government makes very little funding available for rural areas. Funding that is made available is then also prioritized for regions that already are relatively well covered. Secondly, the municipalities themselves also prioritize other sectors over the water sector for the investment of locally generated revenue. As a result, these municipalities rely on donor funding for developing water supply in their villages. This dependence not only leaves these municipalities vulnerable to shifts in donor funding but can also lead to inequalities as some municipalities are better at attracting donor funds than others. Some small towns are thus confronted with a double bias. First an urban bias in which the majority of public finance goes to urban centres. Second, by a donor-bias in which some towns are favoured for project implementation due to favourable site characteristics.
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