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1 Pandit, K. N.; Shukla, A. K.; Gajurel, K. P.; Shivakoti, G. P. 1993. Irrigation resources of East Chitwan and their hydrologic and institutional interlinkages: Results from an inventory study. In Tingsanchali, T. (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmentally Sound Water Resources Utilization, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-11 November 1993. Vol.2. Bangkok, Thailand: AIT. pp.IV-42-51.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 TIN Record No: H015838)
2 Shukla, A.; Gajurel, K.; Shivakoti, G. 1994. Use of inventory methods for policy inputs: Experience from irrigation resource inventory of East Chitwan. In Sowerwine, J.; Shivakoti, G.; Pradhan, U.; Shukla, A.; Ostrom, E. (Eds.), From farmers' fields to data fields and back: A Synthesis of Participatory Information Systems for Irrigation and Other Resources: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Nepal, 21-26 March 1993. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IIMI; Rampur, Nepal: IAAS. pp.94-116.
Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; Water use ; Water allocation ; Data collection / Nepal / Chitwan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G726 SOW Record No: H016270)
3 Shrestha, S. G. 2004. Irrigation system performance indicators in relation to farm livelihoods in Chitwan, Nepal. Dissertation submitted to the Asian Institute of Technology, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Thailand, for the Degree of Doctor of Technical Science. xviii, 244p.
Irrigation systems ; Performance indexes ; Irrigation management ; Social participation ; Productivity ; Water use efficiency ; Financing ; Research methods ; Poverty ; Labor ; Wages ; Households ; Social aspects ; Income ; Economic aspects ; Water user associations ; Water policy ; Irrigation water ; Legislation ; Agricultural development ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Governance ; Water allocation ; Irrigation canals ; Crop production ; Land use ; Flood water ; Drought ; Models ; Plant diseases ; Pests ; Regression analysis / Nepal / Chitwan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G726 SHE Record No: H035041)
4 Rotberg, F.; Swain, A. (Eds.) 2007. Natural resources security in South Asia: Nepal's water. Stockholm, Sweden: Institute for Security and Development Policy. 173p.
Water security ; Rivers ; Treaties ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Political aspects ; Conflict ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Institutions / Nepal / Mahakali River / Chitwan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044439)
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This book looks at issues of water security in Nepal. It explores the incidence and causes of hydro-conflict or strife over water in the Himalayan country, assesses the performance of Nepal's irrigation sector and evaluates different governance frameworks for water management, focusing in particular on the benefits of farmer managed irrigation systems. The book also analyzes the failure to implement the 1997 Mahakali River Treaty between India and Nepal a decade after its entry into force.
5 Liebrand, J. 2014. Masculinities among irrigation engineers and water professionals in Nepal. [PhD thesis]. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University. 506p.
Irrigation development ; Irrigation projects ; Irrigation engineering ; Engineers ; Gender relations ; Men ; Women ; Professional education ; Professional associations ; Bureaucracy ; Governance ; State intervention ; Government departments ; Water resources ; Farmers ; Policy ; Socioeconomic environment ; Households ; Social aspects ; Case studies / Nepal / India / Kathmandu / Chitwan / Terai Plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: D 333.913 G726 LIE Record No: H046866)
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6 Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Shrestha, Dibesh; Adhikari, M.; Shakya, S. 2020. Streamflow alterations, attributions, and implications in extended East Rapti Watershed, central-southern Nepal. Sustainability, 12(9):3829. (Special issue: Implications of Climate Change for Ecosystems and Society) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093829]
Watersheds ; Stream flow ; Climate change ; Anthropogenic factors ; Rainfall patterns ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Population density ; Social aspects ; Environmental effects ; Groundwater extraction ; Meteorological stations ; River basins ; Runoff ; Hydrological factors ; Aquatic ecology ; Food security ; Land use change ; Land cover change / Nepal / East Rapti Watershed / Chitwan / Makwanpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049715)
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Streamflow alteration and subsequent change in long-term average, seasonality, and extremes (e.g., floods and droughts) may affect water security, which is a major concern in many watersheds across the globe. Both climatic and anthropogenic activities may contribute to such changes. Therefore, this study assesses: (i) Streamflow and precipitation trends to identify streamflow alterations in the Extended East Rapti (EER) watershed in central-southern Nepal; (ii) relationship of the alterations to climatic and anthropogenic sources; and (iii) implications of streamflow changes to the socio-environmental system. The trends in streamflow were analyzed for pre-and post-1990 periods considering the abrupt shift in temperature trend in 1990. Results showed a general decreasing trends in discharge post-1990 in the EER watershed. Human activities have significantly contributed in altering streamflow in the EER. Human-induced streamflow alterations have affected the water availability, food security, river health, aquatic biodiversity, and groundwater abstraction in the EER watershed.
7 Nijhawan, A.; Howard, G.; Poudel, M.; Pregnolato, M.; Lo, Y. T. E.; Ghimire, A.; Baidya, M.; Geremew, A.; Flint, A.; Mulugeta, Y. 2022. Assessing the climate resilience of community-managed water supplies in Ethiopia and Nepal. Water, 14(8):1293. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14081293]
Climate change ; Resilience ; Water supply ; Community management ; Adaptation ; Indicators ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Drinking water ; Risk ; Institutions ; Infrastructure ; Rural areas / Ethiopia / Nepal / Kersa / Haramaya / Chitwan / Kaski
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051116)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/8/1293/pdf?version=1650035968
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051116.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051116.pdf
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Understanding the resilience of water supplies to climate change is becoming an urgent priority to ensure health targets are met. Addressing systemic issues and building the resilience of community-managed supplies, which serve millions of people in rural LMIC settings, will be critical to improve access to safe drinking water. The How Tough is WASH (HTIW) framework to assess resilience was applied to community-managed water supplies in Ethiopia and Nepal to assess the effectiveness of this framework in field conditions. The resilience of these water supplies was measured along six domains—the environment, infrastructure, management, institutional support, community governance and supply chains—that can affect how they respond to climate change effects. We found that the HTIW framework provided an objective measure of resilience and could be used to rank water supplies in order of priority for action. We also found that systemic issues could be identified. The tools and methods used in the framework were easy to deploy by field research teams. The water supplies studied in Ethiopia and Nepal had low to moderate resilience to climate change. Service management and institutional support were weak in both countries. The data from Ethiopia and Nepal suggests that many water supplies in rural and small-town communities are unlikely to be resilient to future climate change without increased investment and support. The use of simple frameworks such as HTIW will be important in supporting decisions around such investments by identifying priority communities and actions.
8 Regmi, H. P.; Upendram, S.; Cho, S.-H.; Clark, C. D. 2022. Examining complementary relationships among climate change adaptation practices of rice producers in Chitwan, Nepal. Climate and Development, 22p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2107980]
Climate change adaptation ; Rice ; Farmers ; Agricultural extension ; Training ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Institutions ; Government agencies ; Risk ; Households ; Models / Nepal / Chitwan / Patihani / Jagatpur / Sharadanagar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051451)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17565529.2022.2107980
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051451.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051451.pdf
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This study examines how the complementary relationships among multiple climate change adaptation strategies (improved varieties, irrigation practices and direct-seeded rice, referred to as ‘DSR’) are influenced by access to Extension services, training related to farming practices and weather-related information (referred to as ‘institutional factors’). This study hypothesizes the influence of institutional factors and the resulting effects on their joint adoption using survey data collected from 359 rice producers in Chitwan district of Nepal in 2019. The results indicate: (1) adoption of all the three climate change adaptation practices are complementary to each other; (2) all three institutional factors enhance the likelihood of the adoption of variety, access to Extension and training enhances the likelihood of the adoption of improved irrigation, and information enhances the likelihood of the adoption of DSR and (3) access to Extension and training enhance the complementarities among all three pairs of adaptation practices (variety and irrigation; variety and DSR and irrigation and DSR), while information enhances the complementarity between variety and DSR only. The impact of complementary relationships among multiple climate change adaptation strategies influenced by the institutional factors is particularly valuable for policy makers and government agencies to allocate and prioritize resources.
9 Suhardiman, Diana; Raut, Manita; Pradhan, P.; Meinzen-Dick, R. 2023. Irrigation systems management in Nepal: women’s strategies in response to migration-induced challenges. Water Alternatives, 16(1):244-264.
Irrigation systems ; Irrigation management ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Strategies ; Migration ; Water user associations ; Institutions ; Canals ; Maintenance / Nepal / Chitwan / Dhading / Janakalyan / Kalleritar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051576)
https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol16/v16issue1/687-a16-1-4/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051576.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051576.pdf
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Large-scale male outmigration has placed new pressures on both men and women, especially regarding labour division in farm households and involvement in Water Users Associations (WUAs). This paper illustrates how the interplay between existing gender norms, male migration, remittances, and alternative sources of male labour influence women’s agency and WUA decision-making processes in Nepal. Despite official quotas aimed at promoting women’s participation in WUAs, some women prefer to monetise membership contributions rather than actively engage with the organisation. Others pursue strategic interests through changing WUA rules and, in the process, bringing about an adjustment of cultural norms. Women’s agency is derived not only from their knowledge of irrigation systems features and their ability to manage them; it is also related to their ability to learn new organisational skills and to apply them in the WUA context to negotiate and mobilise rules and resources. Women (re)shape their WUA involvement in conjunction with their farming strategies, their view of the WUA’s functionality, and whether they perceive the involvement as either an opportunity for productive engagement or as merely an increase in their already heavy workload.
10 Tomasella, J.; Martins, M. A.; Shrestha, Nirman. 2023. An open-source tool for improving on-farm yield forecasting systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1084728. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1084728]
Yield forecasting ; Crop forecasting ; Soil fertility ; Irrigation management ; Yield gap ; Crop modelling ; Optimization ; On-farm research ; Wheat ; Maize ; Soil water content ; Water productivity ; Biomass ; Canopy ; Climate change ; Assessment ; Computer software / Tunisia / Nepal / Brazil / Tunis / Chitwan / Araripina
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052083)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1084728/pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052083.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052083.pdf
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Introduction: The increased frequency of extreme climate events, many of them of rapid onset, observed in many world regions, demands the development of a crop forecasting system for hazard preparedness based on both intraseasonal and extended climate prediction. This paper presents a Fortran version of the Crop Productivity Model AquaCrop that assesses climate and soil fertility effects on yield gap, which is crucial in crop forecasting systems
Methods: Firstly, the Fortran version model - AQF outputs were compared to the latest version of AquaCrop v 6.1. The computational performance of both versions was then compared using a 100-year hypothetical experiment. Then, field experiments combining fertility and water stress on productivity were used to assess AQF model simulation. Finally, we demonstrated the applicability of this software in a crop operational forecast system.
Results: Results revealed that the Fortran version showed statistically similar results to the original version (r 2 > 0.93 and RMSEn < 11%, except in one experiment) and better computational efficiency. Field data indicated that AQF simulations are in close agreement with observation.
Conclusions: AQF offers a version of the AquaCrop developed for time-consuming applications, such as crop forecast systems and climate change simulations over large areas and explores mitigation and adaptation actions in the face of adverse effects of future climate change.
Methods: Firstly, the Fortran version model - AQF outputs were compared to the latest version of AquaCrop v 6.1. The computational performance of both versions was then compared using a 100-year hypothetical experiment. Then, field experiments combining fertility and water stress on productivity were used to assess AQF model simulation. Finally, we demonstrated the applicability of this software in a crop operational forecast system.
Results: Results revealed that the Fortran version showed statistically similar results to the original version (r 2 > 0.93 and RMSEn < 11%, except in one experiment) and better computational efficiency. Field data indicated that AQF simulations are in close agreement with observation.
Conclusions: AQF offers a version of the AquaCrop developed for time-consuming applications, such as crop forecast systems and climate change simulations over large areas and explores mitigation and adaptation actions in the face of adverse effects of future climate change.
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