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1 Venot, Jean-Philippe; Ratna Reddy, V.; Umapathy, D. 2010. Coping with drought in irrigated South India: farmers’ adjustments in Nagarjuna Sagar. Agricultural Water Management, 97(10):1434-1442. [doi: https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.04.009]
Water availability ; Water allocation ; Water shortage ; Adaptability ; Strategies ; Farmers attitudes ; Farming systems ; Irrigation systems ; Surface irrigation / India / Andhra Pradesh / Nagarjuna Sagar Irrigation Project / Krishna River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043173)
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Continuous upstream water development in the South Indian Krishna Basin has resulted in declining water availability downstream. Upstream water use is not adjusted to reflect rainfall fluctuations, and downstream farmers of the Nagarjuna Sagar irrigation project in the state of Andhra Pradesh are increasingly vulnerable to water supply shocks. Understanding the adaptive capacity of irrigated command areas to fluctuating water conditions is critical. This paper documents the wide range of adjustments adopted by managers and farmers in Nagarjuna Sagar during a period of fluctuating water availability (2000–2007). Primary and secondary data indicate managerial adjustments such as rotational and timely water supplies to meet critical water demands of standing crops. Farmers responded to changing conditions through: (a) crop diversification, (b) shifting calendars, (c) conjunctive use, (d) suspending cultivation, (e) sale of livestock, (f) out-migration, and (g) tampering with the irrigation system. Adaptive strategies are more diverse in the tail-end than in the head-end of the canal network and local adjustments are often uncoordinated and may degrade the resource base. A better understanding of the practices induced by changes in water availability is needed to refine current water allocation and management in large surface irrigation projects. Crop diversification, deficit irrigation in low-flow years, and conjunctive use are some of the practices to be promoted in a conducive agricultural environment.
2 Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD). 2010. 11th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27-29 October 2010. IWRM for national and regional integration: where science, policy and practice meet: water and society. Harare, Zimbabwe: Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD). 416p.
Water governance ; Watercourses ; River basins ; Food security ; Gender ; Livestock ; Public health ; Poverty ; Water rights ; Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Adaptability ; Water quality ; Irrigation schemes ; Wetlands / Africa / Zambia / Nicaragua / Vietnam / Tanzania / Zimbabwe / South Africa / Ghana / Botswana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043401)
http://www.waternetonline.ihe.nl/11thSymposium/WaterandSocietyFullPapers2010.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043401.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043401.pdf
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3 McCartney, Matthew. 2010. Planning agricultural water storage for climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature and Faune, 25(1):35-40.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043542)
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Rainfall variability is a key constraint to agricultural production, livelihoods and economic growth in many developing countries. This is likely to be exacerbated in many places as rainfall variability increases (even where the total amount of rain increases) as a result of climate change. Changes in rainfall will also increase variability in groundwater recharge and river flow, thus affecting all water sources. Water storage, in its various forms, provides a mechanism for dealing with variability which, if planned and managed correctly, increases water security, agricultural productivity and adaptive capacity. As such, water storage can make an important contribution to safeguarding livelihoods and reducing rural poverty. However, ill-conceived water storage is a waste of financial resources and, rather than mitigate, may aggravate negative climate change impacts. Systems that combine complementary storage options are likely to be more adaptable and sustainable than those based on a single storage type. More systematic planning and management is required to avoid the mistakes of the past and to ensure more effective and suitable storage systems for the future.
4 Blokland, M. W.; Alaerts, G. J.; Kaspersma, J. M.; Hare, M. (Eds.) 2009. Capacity development for improved water management. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. 382p.
Capacity building ; Training ; Knowledge management ; Water resource management ; Adaptability ; Learning ; Participatory management ; Community involvement ; Gender ; Equity / Colombia / Indonesia / Iran / Africa / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.61 G000 BLO Record No: H043640)
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This book starts with an introduction and overview of progress and challenges in knowledge and capacity development in the water sector. The next part presents tools and techniques that are being used in knowledge and capacity development in response to the prevailing challenges in the water sector, and a review of experience with capacity change in other sectors. In the third part a number of cases are presented that cover knowledge and capacity development experiences in the water resources and water services sectors. This part also presents experiences on water education for children and on developing gender equity. The fourth part provides experiences with the monitoring and evaluation of knowledge and capacity building.
5 Wright, H.; Kristjanson, P.; Bhatta, Gopal Datt. 2012. Understanding adaptive capacity: sustainable livelihoods and food security in coastal Bangladesh. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 29p. (CCAFS Working Paper No. 32)
Food security ; Adaptability ; Climate change ; Living standards ; Education ; Households ; Indicators ; Land ownership ; Land tenure ; Income ; Gender ; Labor ; Agricultural practices ; Agricultural production ; Coastal area / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045837)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/24794/CCAFS_WP_32.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045837.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045837.pdf
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This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. We examine the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and farming practice changes. These households are coping with huge demographic, economic, and environmental changes. The results suggest that the least food secure households are also the least adaptive, and are making few, if any changes, in their agricultural practices. They have relatively few assets, and are producing and selling fewer types of agricultural products than more food secure households. The importance of diversification as a strategy to deal with change is evident - households making more farming practice changes are more diversified in terms of the number of different agricultural outputs produced and sold. Market-related factors are more frequently given as reasons for changes in practices than climate related factors. We also see a strong relationship between education and adaptability. Households with more educated members are likelier to be introducing new agricultural practices. The often unrecognized, but important role that women play in agricultural production and livelihood strategies in Bangladesh is also evident. This rich dataset (freely available at: www.ccafs.cgiar.org/resources/baseline-surveys) provides insights into the relationship between household food security and the agricultural livelihood changes being made by rural households in southern Bangladesh. The analysis provides relatively rare empirical evidence supporting the use of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) as a conceptual approach for understanding household food security as well as adaptation of agriculture to climate change. This information is critical and timely for ongoing dialogues on appropriate ‘climate-resilient’ strategies and policies for increasing the adaptive capacity of households under climate change, and enhancing food security at both household and national levels.
6 Dickens, Chris; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Ndhlovu, Brown. 2019. Mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 23p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.212]
Sustainable Development Goals ; Mainstreaming ; Developing countries ; UN ; Development indicators ; Multi-stakeholder processes ; Public-private cooperation ; Partnerships ; Awareness raising ; Economic development ; Development policies ; National planning ; Government agencies ; Institutions ; Governance ; Financing ; Budgeting ; Monitoring ; Impact assessment ; Accountability ; Adaptability ; Risk assessment ; Strategies / Southern Africa / South Africa / Botswana / Malawi / Namibia / Eswatini / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049245)
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The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promises to achieve change in almost every aspect of life on Earth. Encompassing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, the Agenda marks the first time in history when all nations have agreed on how to chart their future. The SDGs are not just a global reporting exercise, however, but rather involve a global program that embraces country-led efforts. Guided by the ideas contained in the 2030 Agenda, each nation must seek to become more prosperous and sustainable, while contributing to the global effort at the same time. If all the countries achieve this, we will have a sustainable planet and a secure future for all.
This document offers guidance on how developing countries can adapt the SDGs to their own contexts and priorities. It indicates important areas for developing countries to consider when creating their own program to achieve the SDGs, and provides examples of success to demonstrate concrete possibilities for progress.
This document offers guidance on how developing countries can adapt the SDGs to their own contexts and priorities. It indicates important areas for developing countries to consider when creating their own program to achieve the SDGs, and provides examples of success to demonstrate concrete possibilities for progress.
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