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1 Shah, Tushaar. 2019. Canal irrigation performance and impacts: applying contingency theory to irrigation management in India. In Joy, K. J.; Janakarajan, S. (Eds). India’s water futures: emergent ideas and pathways. New York: Routledge. pp.149-177.
Irrigation canals ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation investment ; Tube well irrigation ; Political aspects ; Bureaucracy ; Infrastructure ; Farmers ; Participatory management ; Water rates ; Crop management ; Groundwater development ; River basins / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049144)
2 Saruchera, D.; Lautze, Jonathan. 2019. Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 45p. (IWMI Working Paper 189) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.209]
Small scale systems ; Reservoirs ; Rehabilitation ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation investment ; Reinvestment ; Cost benefit analysis ; Water availability ; Water storage ; Water institutions ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water users ; Dams ; Sedimentation ; Infrastructure ; Performance indexes ; Food security ; Living standards ; Household income ; Public health ; Environmental sustainability ; Land use ; Impact assessment ; Nongovernmental organizations ; State intervention ; Financing ; Funding ; Socioeconomic development ; Rural communities ; Entrepreneurship ; Gender ; Women’s participation ; Empowerment ; Livestock ; Case studies / Africa / Zambia / Nteme Reservoir / Keemba Reservoir / Chuuka Reservoir / Makoye Reservoir / Bodela/Siyafakwenda Reservoir / Mboole Reservoir / Chifusa Reservoir / Chuundwe Reservoir / Milangu Reservoir / Mulabalaba Reservoir
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049244)
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Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security, entrepreneurial activities and climate resilience. Challenges associated with the implementation of investments in small reservoirs include appropriate site selection, weak institutions, insufficient maintenance and sedimentation. The findings from this study suggest that the benefits of small reservoirs may be tapped more efficiently by rehabilitating old sites rather than building new infrastructure. However, the findings also point to broader lessons on the need to change the way of doing business, i.e., to adopt a long-term, more holistic approach (or model) to the construction and maintenance of small reservoirs that matches the degree of the challenge associated with sustainably tapping the benefits of the water that they store.
3 Borgomeo, Edoardo; Santos, N. 2019. Towards a new generation of policies and investments in agricultural water in the Arab region: fertile ground for innovation. Background paper prepared for the high level meeting on agricultural water policies and investments. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 124p.
Agricultural sector ; Water management ; Water policy ; Agricultural policies ; Irrigation investment ; Funding ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Agricultural development ; Food policies ; Food security ; Water security ; Water supply ; Water scarcity ; Water governance ; Water productivity ; Water user associations ; Water resources ; Groundwater ; Climate change ; Wastewater ; Water reuse ; Innovation ; Technology ; Solar energy ; Public-private partnerships ; Economic value ; Social protection ; Gender ; Farmers ; Case studies / Arab Region / Algeria / Bahrain / Comoros / Djibouti / Egypt / Iraq / Jordan / Kuwait / Lebanon / Libya / Mauritania / Morocco / Oman / Qatar / Saudi Arabia / Somalia / Sudan / Syrian Arab Republic / Tunisia / United Arab Emirates / West Bank and Gaza / Yemen
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049659)
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The Arab region needs a new generation of policies and investments in agricultural water. Agricultural water management has always posed challenges and opportunities in the Arab world. However, unprecedented and accelerating drivers such as climate change, population growth, and land degradation make agricultural water management a more urgent priority than ever before. In addition, as part of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, Arab countries have committed to work towards an ambitious set of development targets, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unless the right policies and investments are put in place, it will be difficult to achieve the SDGs, including ending hunger and providing clean water and sanitation for all.
This paper is part of an ongoing collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Water Management Institute to foster dialogue on agricultural water policies and investments in the context of the FAO led Regional Water Scarcity initiative. The purpose of the paper is to frame the key challenges and opportunities in the sector – including emerging innovations in digital agriculture, water accounting, water supply and wastewater reuse – and to lay out broad strategic directions for action.
This paper is part of an ongoing collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Water Management Institute to foster dialogue on agricultural water policies and investments in the context of the FAO led Regional Water Scarcity initiative. The purpose of the paper is to frame the key challenges and opportunities in the sector – including emerging innovations in digital agriculture, water accounting, water supply and wastewater reuse – and to lay out broad strategic directions for action.
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