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1 Bhatt, Yogesh; Bossio, Deborah; Enfors, E.; Gordon, L.; Kongo, V.; Kosgei, J. R.; Makurira, H.; Masuki, K.; Mul, M.; Tumbo, S. D. 2006. Smallholder system innovations in integrated watershed management (SSI): strategies of water for food and environmental security in drought-prone tropical and subtropical agro-ecosystems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 59p. (IWMI Working Paper 109; SSI Working Paper 1) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.294]
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3 Subramaniam, A. R. 1983. Agro-ecological zones of India. Archives for Meteorology, Geophysics, and Bioclimatology, Series B, 32:329-333.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7936 Record No: H040303)
4 McAleer, M.; Jakeman, A. (Eds.) 1993. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Proceedings, Volume 4, The University of Western Australia, 6-10 December 1993. Perth, Australia: University of Western Australia. 1353-1867.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 003.3 G000 MCA Record No: H040381)
International Congress organised by Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia (MSSA), Inc., International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS), International Society for Ecological Modelling, and The International Environmetrics Society.
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6 Shiferaw, B.; Freeman, H. A.; Navrud, S. 2005. Valuation methods and approaches for addressing natural resource management impacts. In Shiferaw, B.; Freeman, H. A.; Swinton, S. M. (Eds.). Natural resources management in agriculture: methods for assessing economic and environmental impacts. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.19-51.
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7 Wani, S. P.; Singh, P.; Dwivedi, R. S.; Navalgund, R. R.; Ramakrishna, A. 2005. Biophysical indicators of agro-ecosystem services and methods for monitoring the impacts of NRM technologies at different scales. In Shiferaw, B.; Freeman, H. A.; Swinton, S. M. (Eds.). Natural resources management in agriculture: methods for assessing economic and environmental impacts. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.97-124.
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8 Davidson, P. J. A. (Comp.) 2006. The biodiversity of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve: 2005 status review. Report of the UNDP/GEF-funded Tonle Sap Conservation Project. 76p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.95 G700 DAV Record No: H041283)
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This report presents a summary of the methodology and results and a comprehensive global assessment of the world’s agricultural ecology. The national-level information with global coverage enables knowledge-based decisions for sustainable agricultural development. The Agro-ecological Zones approach is a GIS-based modeling framework that combines land evaluation methods with socioeconomic and multiple-criteria analysis to evaluate spatial and dynamic aspects of agriculture. The results of the Global AEZ assessment are estimated by grid cell and aggregated to national, regional, and global levels. They include identification of areas with specific climate, soil, and terrain constraints to crop production; estimation of the extent and productivity of rain-fed and irrigated cultivable land and potential for expansion; quantification of cultivation potential of land currently in forest ecosystems; and impacts of climate change on food production, geographical shifts of cultivable land, and implications for food security.
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11 Gordon, L. J.; Enfors, E. I. 2008. Land degradation, ecosystem services and resilience of smallholder farmers in Makanya Catchment, Tanzania. In Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim (Eds.). Conserving land, protecting water. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water & Food. pp.33-50. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 6)
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The agro-ecosystems of semi-arid and dry sub-humid SSA are inherently dynamic. At this point in time they are also experiencing a series of complex social–ecological changes that make their future even more uncertain. To ensure that development investments made today in the small-scale farming systems that dominate these regions make sense also in a long-term perspective they should benefit the local communities over a range of potential futures. We applied a participatory scenario planning approach to a smallholder farming community in semi-arid Tanzania, exploring four alternative development trajectories for the area, to increase the robustness of current investments in small-scale water system technologies. We found that water system technologies will be important across a number of possible futures, but that the most relevant target of these innovations, e.g., staple- versus cash-crop production, or individual- versus community-managed systems, differs. We argue that building capacity for experimentation among farmers is key to upgrading their farming systems, as this will generate benefits over a range of alternative futures. Furthermore, we found it to be essential across a range of scenarios to analyze the system-level impact of proposed interventions for successful investments in water system technologies. We conclude that although the method presents some challenges, participatory scenario planning is a useful tool for integrating research and development projects in the larger context, asit increases the understanding of events and processes that may either challenge the project or provide opportunities for it.
13 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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14 Nagabhatla, Nidhi; Saimone, F.; Juizo, D.; Masiyandima, Mutsa. 2008. Seasonality dynamics for investigating wetland agriculture nexus and its ecosystems service values in Chibuto, Mozambique. In 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, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). 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. pp.41-45.
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15 Chartres, Colin. 2007. Climate change adaptation for agriculture and agro-ecosystems: the critical role of water. Viewpoints. Environment Matters, 2007 (Climate change and adaptation):6-7.
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16 2007. Environment Matters. Special issue on climate change and adaptation. Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank. 64p.
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17 Barron, J. (Ed.) 2009. Rainwater harvesting: a lifeline for human well-being. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP Division of Environmental Policy Implementation; Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute. 69p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042282)
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18 Cortesi, L.; Prasad, E.; Abhiyan, M. P. 2009. Rainwater harvesting for management of watershed ecosystems. In Barron, J. (Ed.). Rainwater harvesting: a lifeline for human well-being. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP Division of Environmental Policy Implementation; Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute. pp.14-22.
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19 Sharma, Bharat R. 2009. Rainwater harvesting in the management of agro-ecosystems. In Barron, J. (Ed.). Rainwater harvesting: a lifeline for human well-being. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP Division of Environmental Policy Implementation; Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute. pp.23-33.
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Paddy fields in north-eastern Thailand are heterogeneous agro-ecosystems that can be described as mosaics of paddy rice plots, dykes and termitemounds. The aim of this study was to determine if this heterogeneity influences soil macrofauna biodiversity. While biodiversity did not vary as a result of different rice management practices (direct seeding and transplanting), dykes and mounds were vital to the maintenance of soil macrofauna biodiversity. Diversity and density were higher in termite mounds and field dykes, compared to rice plots, especially during the rainy season. Consequently, termitemounds and dykes can be considered to be biodiversity hotspots that behave as refuges for other soilmacrofauna during the rainy and dry seasons, providing protection against flooding and dryness. The importance of these patches of biological activity in terms of ecosystem functioning and services are discussed.
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