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1 Neupane, N.; Amjath Babu, T. S.; Nuppenau, E.-A. 2010. Modelling the bargaining on scarce water resources in the Trans-Himalayan region of Nepal. Paper presented at the Annual Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (Tropentag) Conference on World Food System - a contribution from Europe, Thematic scientific session on Water management, Zurich, Switzerland, 14 -16 September 2010. 6p. (published online)
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2 Amjath-Babu, T. S.; Krupnik, T. J.; Kaechele, H.; Aravindakshan, S.; Sietz, D. 2016. Transitioning to groundwater irrigated intensified agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: an indicator based assessment. Agricultural Water Management, 168:125-135. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2016.01.016]
Groundwater irrigation ; Farming systems ; Transitional farming ; Intensive farming ; Indicators ; Principal component analysis ; Agricultural development ; Sustainable agriculture ; Population growth ; Market access ; Economic impact ; Social aspects ; Food security / Africa South of Sahara / Burkina Faso / Ghana / Malawi / Ethiopia / Nigeria / Zambia / Namibia / Cameroon / Zimbabwe / Kenya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047631)
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Growing populations, changing market conditions, and the food security risks posed by rainfed cropping and climate change collectively indicate that Sub-Saharan African nations could benefit from transforming agricultural production to more intensive yet resilient and sustainable systems. Although highly underutilized, emerging evidence indicates that groundwater may be more widely available than previously thought, highlighting its potential role in facilitating such a transformation. Nevertheless, the possibility for such a transition is conditioned by number of complex factors. We therefore construct a transition index that integrates data considering groundwater and energy availability and cost, market access, infrastructural needs, farm conditions and natural resource stocks, labor availability, climate, population density, as well as economic and political framework variables, using a principal component analysis based methodology. Using the consequent multi-dimensional transition index and constituent intermediate indices, we provide an assessment of groundwater irrigation potential discussed in consideration of Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zambia, Namibia, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe. Our results, though preliminary, provide a methodology for conducting such an integrated assessment, while deriving a holistic set of policy options considering the transition towards appropriate use of groundwater for agricultural development.
3 Manjunatha, A.V.; Speelman, S.; Aravindakshan, S.; Amjath Babu, T. S.; Mal, P. 2016. Impact of informal groundwater markets on efficiency of irrigated farms in India: a bootstrap data envelopment analysis approach. Irrigation Science, 34(1):41-52. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-015-0485-1]
Groundwater ; Water market ; Irrigated farming ; Water rates ; Pricing ; Irrigation efficiency ; Economic aspects ; Technological changes ; Regression analysis ; Models ; Farmers ; Socioeconomic environment / India / Karnataka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047686)
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In recent years, the proliferation of private well irrigation systems in South Asia, especially in the hard rock areas of India, has stimulated the growth of informal groundwater markets. These markets allow water-buying farmers, who are unable to invest in wells, to benefit from irrigation while enhancing the economic benefits of water-selling farmers. In this way, they have a positive impact on farm income. On the other hand, they are believed to have contributed to the problem of overexploitation of groundwater aquifers. This study examines the role of groundwater markets in determining the efficiency of irrigated farms. Technical, allocative and economic efficiency of groundwater-irrigated farms is determined, using a bootstrapped data envelopment analysis, and the determinants of the efficiency are explored using a bootstrapped truncated regression. For this purpose, data were collected from three different groups of groundwater-irrigated farmers: (i) a control group of 30 farmers who are neither selling nor buying groundwater; (ii) a group of 30 water-selling farmers; and (iii) a group of 30 water-buying farmers. The results demonstrate that there is substantial technical, allocative and economic inefficiency in the irrigated production due to overuse of inputs and that this inefficiency is higher among the control group farmers followed by water sellers and water buyers. Also in the second-stage regression, participation in the water markets is revealed as an important factor positively affecting efficiency scores. This shows that it is relevant for the government to make appropriate institutional policy interventions to capitalize on the benefits associated with the water markets, while at the same time, ensuring that the negative external effects are avoided.
4 Ferrer, A. J.; Yen, B. T.; Kura, Y.; Minh, N. D.; Pavelic, Paul; Amjath-Babu, T. S.; Sebastian, L. 2018. Analyzing farm household strategies for food security and climate resilience: the case of climate-smart villages of Southeast Asia. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 31p. (CCAFS Working Paper 248)
Food security ; Climate change ; Resilience ; Farmers ; Household income ; Strategies ; Living standards ; Indicators ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Villages ; Agricultural production ; Intensification ; Extensification ; Diversification ; Commercialization ; Land use ; Irrigation canals ; Gender ; Migration ; Assets ; Case studies / South East Asia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Cambodia / Vietnam / Ekxang / Rohal Suong / Tra Hat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049238)
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This paper develops a conceptual framework with an indicator-based approach to assess Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) and applies it to case study sites in Lao PDR (Ekxang CSV), Cambodia (Rohal Suong CSV), and Vietnam (Tra Hat CSV) in Southeast Asia. The intensification, extensification, diversification, commercialization, alteration of practices, use of common lands, migration strategies that can augment climate resilience, farm income, assets, and food security are assessed based on a composite index of the strategies and key outcome variables. The study demonstrates a method that can be applied widely for assessing climate-smart agriculture strategies and finding possible entry points for climate-smart interventions. The influence of gender in resource control and livelihood strategies is also discussed. It is also evident that the climate-smart interventions can augment different livelihood strategies of farmers and enhance the developmental and climate resilience outcomes. There is a need to prioritize the possible interventions in each case and implement them with the help of donor agencies, local institutions, and government offices.
5 Paparrizos, S.; Kumar, U.; Amjath-Babu, T. S.; Ludwig, F. 2021. Are farmers willing to pay for participatory climate information services? Insights from a case study in peri-urban Khulna, Bangladesh. Climate Services, 23:100241. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100241]
Farmers ; Willingness to pay ; Climate change ; Information services ; Participatory approaches ; Peri-urban agriculture ; Smallholders ; Resilience ; Valuation ; Decision making ; Communities ; Agricultural extension ; Households ; Case studies / Bangladesh / Khulna
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050754)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880721000297/pdfft?md5=eef7e0da5266ec867be5028a1d33705d&pid=1-s2.0-S2405880721000297-main.pdf
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Among technological adaptation options, climate information services (CIS) offers high potential as a means to offset climate change impacts and build resilience in farming areas of developing countries. This study explores the potential of CIS, by investigating the case of participatory CIS development in the Lower Ganges Delta of Bangladesh. Specifically, we examined the value farmers attached to a co-developed CIS as decision support tool and the price farmers were willing to pay for CIS subscriptions. Based on a hypothetical market for CIS, we used contingent valuation with a double-bounded dichotomous choice format to determine farmers willingness to pay (WTP) for CIS. Two samples were included: an experiment group of farmers exposed to and trained in CIS use for farm decision-making and a control group of farmers without prior exposure to CIS. More than 90% of farmers in the experiment group expressed willingness to pay for CIS, compared to 75% of the control group. The annual subscription fees farmers were willing to pay ranged from 970.92 taka (US $11.45) to 1387.20 taka ($16.36). WTP was greater among farmers who had participated in CIS co-development. The main factors influencing farmers’ willingness to pay were CIS cost and prior exposure and training to CIS. Given that Bangladesh has more than 16.5 million farm households, these findings suggest huge market potential for CIS. Based on the high potential of participatory CIS, governmental institutions, the private sector and social entrepreneurs are called upon to develop CIS for smallholders, to unlock smallholders’ agriculture potential.
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