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(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G730 SHA Record No: H027088)
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These notes present the impressions gathered by a team of Indian and Pakistani economists on contemporary issues in irrigation management in these two countries. The authors suggest that the two countries can learn important lessons by comparing notes on several issues: [a] what would work best in ensuring equitable access to irrigation - physical rehabilitation being tried out in Pakistan Punjab with the help of the army under the military rule offers interesting possibilities in terms of scale and impact as does the Andhra Pradesh model of irrigation reform, [b] the experience in both countries so far defies the uncritically accepted premise that under farmer-management, irrigation systems will be more equitable, [c] why farmers in Pakistan Punjab have to use 16-20 horsepower (hp) diesel engines to pump groundwater from 25-40 feet while north Indian farmers have been doing the same with 5 hp engines—if it is because of compulsion of habit, appropriate policies can save Pakistan substantial diesel fuel per year, [d] India needs to ask why diesel engines in Lahore cost only 40-50 percent of the retail price they command in Lucknow or Ludhiana—we suggest allowing free imports of Chinese pumps will do away with the need for pump subsidies that keep diesel engines over-priced in India, [e] both Pakistan and India need to pay serious attention to promoting simple pump modifications that can increase fuel efficiency of their pumps by 40-70 percent, [f] India and Pakistan need to compare notes on their rich experience of electricity pricing policies to achieve viability of electricity supply to farmers and to achieve important goals of groundwater management and policy.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.8 G000 BHA Record No: H029639)
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(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G000 WEL Record No: H030388)
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4 Abayawardena, Sarath; Hussain, Intizar; Boelee, Eline. 2002. Water, health and poverty linkages: A case study from Sri Lanka. Paper presented at the ADB Regional Consultation Workshop on Water and Poverty, Dhaka, 22-26 September 2002; Also published in Hussain, Intizar; Giordano, Mark (Eds.) 2004, Water and poverty linkages: Case studies from Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - Project report 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.77-91. 17p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G744 ABA Record No: H031924)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G178 WEL c2 Record No: H041559)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G730 ASH Record No: H033468)
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water for Future, World Water Day, 22 March 2003
7 Hussain, Intizar. 2004. Have low irrigation service charges disadvantaged the poor? Paper presented at the Second ADB’s Water Week, Manila, Philippines, 26-30 January 2004. 29p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G570 HUS Record No: H033989)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H034483)
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9 Hussain, Intizar; Giordano, Mark. (Eds.) 2004. Water and poverty linkages: case studies from Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Project report 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 108p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 HUS Record No: H034914)
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The case studies reported here highlight important concepts and information on the linkages between water and poverty that may not be available elsewhere. The overall objective of the studies is to draw generic lessons and identify interventions that can help policy makers, planners and other stakeholders to develop actions that are effective in water resources management for the poor. All case studies focus on poor in South Asia, but all with differing geographic contexts or thematic focci. The first two papers are based on field surveys supplemented by literature reviews. The first focusses on the impact of water on poverty in a mountainous region in Nepal, while the second focusses on the impact of drought on water availability, and hence poverty, in a district in Pakistan's Baluchistan province. The final two papers both took Sri Lanka as their area of study. The first Sri Lanka paper explores the linkages between water, health and poverty and presents a conceptual framework which was used to analyze the results of previous studies. Sri Lanka's dry zone is the geographic focus of the second paper, which focusses primarily on the linkages between irrigation and poverty.
10 Appell, V.; Baluch, M. S.; Hussain, Intizar. 2004. Pro-poor water harvesting systems in drought-prone areas: a case study of the Karez system in Baluchistan, Pakistan. In Hussain, Intizar; Giordano, Mark (Eds.), Water and poverty linkages: case studies from Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - Project report 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.51-75.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 HUS Record No: H034916)
11 Hussain, Intizar; Perera, L. R. 2004. Improving agricultural productivity for poverty alleviation through integrated service provision with public-private sector partnerships: examples and issues. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 26p. (IWMI Working Paper 066) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.194]
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G000 HUS Record No: H035040)
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Enduring low agricultural productivity is one of the major causes of rural poverty in South Asia. Based on a review of recent empirical studies, this paper focuses on three key questions: (1) why is agricultural productivity low in the region?; (2) what are the key constraints and opportunities for enhancing agricultural productivity; and (3) what are the effective mechanisms to improve access to key productivity enhancing technologies, factors and services. Two major points raised in the paper are: (a) improved management of land and water is important for increasing productivity, but equally important is farmers' access to non land and water-related inputs and services, which through their complementary relationships with water, increase the productivity and value of water. Even if most of the constraints related to land and water are removed through improved management, the resulting gains in productivity may not be sufficient-in the presence of constraints related to other factors and services-to have any significant impacts on poverty. Therefore, in order to generate any major increases in productivity, farmers' improved access to non land and water-related factors and services is also important; (b) access to these factors and services can be improved by providing them in an integrated manner with public-private sector partnerships. Based on examples of various models, initiatives and practices from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, China, Sub-Saharan Mrica and other countries, the study suggests a framework for integrated services provision in the agriculture sector, and raises key research issues and questions to be explored.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H035580)
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13 Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar. (Eds.) 2004. Poverty reduction through improved agricultural water management: proceedings of the Workshop on Pro-poor Intervention Strategies in Irrigated Agriculture in Asia, Islamabad, Pakistan, 23-24 April 2003. Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). xxvii, 292p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G730 JEH Record No: H035789)
14 Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar; Ashfaq, Muhammad; Mudasser, Muhammad. 2004. Poverty across districts in irrigated Punjab, Pakistan. In Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar (Eds.). Poverty reduction through improved agricultural water management. Proceedings of the Workshop on Pro-poor Intervention Strategies in Irrigated Agriculture in Asia, Islamabad, Pakistan, 23-24 April 2003. Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.31-45.
Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G730 JEH Record No: H033299)
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15 Hussain, Intizar. 2004. Pro-poor interventions strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: realities, issues, and options with guidelines. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). xxix, 270p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 HUS Record No: H036146)
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IWMI-ADB Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G635 HUS Record No: H036147)
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17 Ahmad, Q. K.; Karim, Zahurul; Haq, Azharul; Quasem, Abdul; Hussain, Intizar; Rahman, K.; Chakravorty, N.; Ali, Noajesh; Akhter, Rowshan; Hasan, Zubair; Younus, A. F.; Hossain, Afzal; Karim, M. A.; Siddiqui, S. M. H.; Ahmed, Khoshbu. 2004. Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: issues and options: Bangladesh. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 162p. (IWMI Country Report Bangladesh) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.0043]
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G584 HUS Record No: H036149)
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(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G592 HUS Record No: H036150)
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IWMI-ADB Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G662 HUS Record No: H036151)
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IWMI-ADB Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 HUS Record No: H036152)
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IWMI-ADB Project
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