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1 Lundqvist, J.; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Molden, David; Berndes, G.; Berntell, A.; Falkenmark, M.; Holmen, H.; Karlberg, L.; Lannerstad, M.. 2008. Saving water: from field to fork: curbing losses and wastage in the food chain. Draft for CDS, May 2008. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Goteborg, Sweden: Chalmers University; Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). 36p. (SIWI Paper 13)
Food production ; Food supply ; Food consumption ; Water conservation ; Water requirements ; Climate change ; Water scarcity ; Bioenergy ; Developing countries ; Developed countries ; Rainfed farming ; Irrigated farming
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041461)
http://www.siwi.org/documents/Resources/Papers/Paper_13_Field_to_Fork.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H041461.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H041461.pdf
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This report and the Side Event at CSD 16, May 5–16, 2008, are following up reports that have been prepared for two previous CSD meetings, “Water – More Nutrition per Drop” (2004*) and “Let it Reign: The New Water Paradigm for Global Food Security” (2005**). The topics addressed in the previous reports, and also in this report, are the links between water, food and development, which are high on the agenda for Swedish international development collaboration. This report highlights the magnitude of losses and wastage in the food chain, i.e. from field to fork. It is shown that a reduction of losses and wastage would save water and facilitate the achievement of multiple development objectives.
2 Lannerstad, M.; Molden, David. 2009. Adaptive water resource management in the South Indian Lower Bhavani Project Command Area. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 30p. (IWMI Research Report 129) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.128]
Irrigation programs ; Water resource management ; River basins ; Water scarcity ; Irrigation canals ; Reservoirs ; Crop management ; Case studies ; History ; Rice ; Irrigated farming ; Groundwater ; Supplemental irrigation / India / Tamil Nadu / Lower Bhavani Project / Cauvery River Basin / Bhavani River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G635 LAN Record No: H042208)
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This report explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) based on a detailed field study in the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A five-step framework is used to analyze the extent to which AWM is practiced and how it could be improved. The analysis shows that the LBP system has increasingly fulfilled the criteria of a complex adaptive system over the years. The main uncertainty factor, rainfall variability, has been considered in a stepwise way during the system change cycles and has been included in the LBP system design. The study shows that in spite of contending with an imperfect irrigation system design and intense competition for water resources, water resource managers and farmers are able to adapt and continue to reap benefits from a productive agricultural system.
3 Lannerstad, M.; Molden, David. 2009. Pumped out: basin closure and farmer adaptations in the Bhavani Basin in southern India. In Molle, Francois; Wester, P. (Eds.). River basin trajectories: societies, environments and development. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.238-262. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 8)
River basins ; Groundwater irrigation ; Wells ; Pumping ; Energy consumption ; Surface irrigation ; Water lifting ; Environmental effects ; Water use ; Farmers ; History / India / Southern India / Tamil Nadu / Cauvery Basin / Bhavani Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9462 G000 MOL Record No: H042382)
4 Molle, Francois; Venot, Jean-Philippe; Lannerstad, M.; Hoogesteger, J. 2010. Villains or heroes?: farmers’ adjustments to water scarcity. Irrigation and Drainage, 59(4):419-431. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.500]
Water scarcity ; Drought ; Farmers ; Conjunctive use ; River basins ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation efficiency / Thailand / China / India / Jordan / Iran / Chao Phraya River Basin / Zhanghe Irrigation System / Bhavani River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Jordan Valley / Zayandeh Rud River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H042656)
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Although farmers are often seen as wasting water and getting a disproportionate share of water, irrigation is losing out in the competition for water with other sectors. In cases of drought, water restrictions are overwhelmingly imposed on irrigation while other activities and domestic supply are only affected in cases of very severe shortage. All over the world, farmers have been responding to the challenge posed by both short- and long-term declining water allocations in many creative ways, but these responses have often been overlooked by policy makers. This paper examines how farmers have adapted to water scarcity in six different river basins of Asia and the Middle East. It inventories the different types of adjustments observed and shows not only their effectiveness in offsetting the drop in supply but also their costs to farmers and to the environment and their contribution to basin closure. The conclusion calls for a better recognition of the efforts made by the irrigation sector to respond to water challenges and of its implications in terms of reduced scope for efficiency gains in the irrigation sector.
5 Rockstrom, J.; Lannerstad, M.; Falkenmark, M. 2007. Assessing the water challenge of a new green revolution in developing countries. PNAS, 104(15):6253-6260.
Water resource management ; Water use ; Water productivity ; Irrigation water ; Food security ; Developing countries
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043481)
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This article analyzes the water implications in 92 developing countries of first attaining the 2015 hunger target of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and then feeding a growing population on an acceptable standard diet. The water requirements in terms of vapor flows are quantified, potential water sources are identified, and impacts on agricultural land expansion and water tradeoffs with ecosystems are analyzed. This article quantifies the relative contribution from infiltrated rainwater/green water in rainfed agriculture, and liquid water/blue water from irrigation, and how far water productivity (WP) gains can go in reducing the pressure on freshwater resources. Under current WP levels, another 2,200 km3yr1 of vapor flow is deemed necessary to halve hunger by 2015 and 5,200 km3yr1 in 2050 to alleviate hunger. A nonlinear relationship between vapor flow and yield growth, particularly in lowyielding savanna agro-ecosystems, indicates a high potential for WP increase. Such WP gains may reduce additional water needs in agriculture, with 16% in 2015 and 45% by 2050. Despite an optimistic outlook on irrigation development, most of the additional water will originate from rain-fed production. Yield growth, increasing consumptive use on existing rain-fed cropland, and fodder from grazing lands may reduce the additional rain-fed water use further by 43–47% until 2030. To meet remaining water needs, a cropland expansion of 0.8% yr1, i.e., a similar rate as over the past 50 years (0.65% yr1), seems unavoidable if food production is to occur in proximity to local markets.
6 Lannerstad, M.. 2002. Consumptive water use feeds the world and makes rivers run dry. MSc thesis. Stockholm, Sweden: Royal Institute of Technology. 73p. (TRITA-LWR Master Thesis 02-13)
Rivers ; River basin management ; Water depletion ; Water use ; Water accounting ; Food production ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Population growth ; Freshwater ; Plant water relations / South Asia / Colorado River / Ebro River / Nile River / Amu Darya River / Syr Darya River / Aral Sea / Indus River / Ganges River / Yellow River / Huang He River / Murray Darling River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.483 G000 LAN Record No: H043897)
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7 Rockstrom, J.; Axberg, G. N.; Falkenmark, M.; Lannerstad, M.; Rosemarin, A.; Caldwell, I.; Arvidson, A.; Nordstrom, M. 2005. Sustainable pathways to attain the millennium development goals: assessing the key role of water, energy and sanitation. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). 104p.
Water requirements ; Water productivity ; Freshwater ; Hunger ; Food production ; Environmental effects ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Sanitation ; Households ; Population growth ; Economic aspects ; Financing ; Excreta ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Energy
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.6 G000 ROC Record No: H044232)
http://sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Water-sanitation/sustainable_pathways_mdg.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044232.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044232.pdf
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8 Ran, Y.; Lannerstad, M.; Barron, Jennie; Fraval, S.; Paul, B.; Notenbaert, A.; Mugatha, S.; Herrero, M. 2015. A review of environmental impact assessment frameworks for livestock production systems. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). 56p. (SEI Project Report 2015-03)
Environmental impact assessment ; Indicators ; Livestock production ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; Energy consumption ; Biodiversity ; Land use ; Soil organic matter ; Nutrients ; Farmers ; Waste management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046998)
http://sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Air-land-water-resources/CLEANED/sei-pr-2015-03-ran-cleaned-1411l.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046998.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046998.pdf
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