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1 Koyama, O. (Ed.) 2005. Development of sustainable production and utilization of major food resources in China. Tsukuba, Japan: JIRCAS. iii, 138p. (JIRCAS working report no.42)
Food production ; Food policy ; Food supply ; Sustainable agriculture ; Fisheries ; Crop production ; Rice ; Pests ; Soyabeans ; Feed crops / China
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G592 KOY Record No: H037604)
2 Stenhouse, J.; Kijne, Jacob. 2006. Prospects for productive use of saline water in West Asia and North Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat. 41p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 011) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.382]
Water quality ; Salinity ; Soil salinity ; Irrigated farming ; Crop production ; Feed crops ; Fodder ; Poverty ; Public policy / West Asia / North Africa / Egypt / Jordan / Syria / Tunisia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G229 STE Record No: H038967)
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3 Sousa, V.; Pereira, L. S. 1998. Spatial distribution of irrigation water requirements using geostatistical analysis. In Pereira, L. S.; Gowing, J. W. (Eds.). Water and the environment: Innovation issues in irrigation and drainage: Selected papers of the 1st Inter-Regional Conference “Environment-Water: Innovative Issues in Irrigation and Drainage,” Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 1998. London, UK: E & FN Spon. pp.300-307.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.1 G000 PER Record No: H039041)
4 Qadir, Manzoor; Tubeileh, A.; Akhtar, J.; Larbi, A.; Minhas, P. S.; Khan, M. A. 2008. Productivity enhancement of salt-affected environments through crop diversification. Land Degradation and Development, 19:429-453.
Soil salinity ; Sodic soils ; Water quality ; Salinity ; Irrigation water ; Biofuels ; Bioenergy ; Agroforestry ; Crops ; Diversification ; Feed crops ; Fruit trees
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5 Nellemann, C.; MacDevette, M.; Manders, T.; Eickhout, B.; Svihus, B.; Prins, A. G.; Kaltenborn, B. P. (Eds.) 2009. The environmental food crisis: the environment’s role in averting future food crises: a UNEP rapid assessment. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP. 101p.
Food security ; Food supply ; Population growth ; Income ; Fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Meat production ; Grazing ; Feed crops ; Cereals ; Environmental degradation ; Biofuels ; Land degradation ; Urbanization ; Climate change ; Water scarcity ; Ecosystems
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041901)
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6 Singh, O. P.; Kumar, M. Dinesh. 2009. Impact of dairy farming on agricultural water productivity and irrigation water use. In Kumar, M. Dinesh; Amarasinghe, Upali A. (Eds.). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 4: water productivity improvements in Indian agriculture: potentials, constraints and prospects. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.85-98.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H042638)
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7 Amarasinghe, Upali; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2010. Agriculture diversification for sustainable groundwater use: a case study in the Moga District of Punjab, India. In Rao, M. S.; Khobragade, S.; Kumar, B.; Singh, R. D. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Availability and Management in Punjab (WAMIP-2010), Chandigarh, India, 13-15 December 2010. Roorkee, India: National Institute of Hydrology. pp.157-171.
Groundwater depletion ; Assessment ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water use ; Agricultural production ; Diversification ; Rice ; Wheat ; Feed crops ; Milk production ; Water footprint ; Case studies / India / Punjab / Moga District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043430)
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This paper assesses water depletion of agricultural production in the Moga district of the State of Punjab. It particularly focuses on growth in agricultural production and stress on water resources induced by groundwater irrigation.Rice, wheat and forage crops comprise more than 99% of the annual cropped area in Moga. Groundwater contribution to the total annual consumptive water use (CWU) - 94% of 1,461 million m3 - is so large that groundwater embedded in the production surpluses of rice, wheat and milk alone exceeds the estimated groundwater recharge in the District.The groundwater CWU in rice production is 1.7 to 2 times higher than those of milk and wheat, and financial value of the output of rice-wheat-milk production system is 10 and 27% lower than that of the milk-wheat and milk-only production systems respectively. thus, the intensification of dairy production with a calculated reduction in rice area and increase in green fodder area is the most expedient way of reducing water depletion. It can not only bring the groundwater depletion to sustainable limits, but also increase the value of total agriculture production, while producing a surplus of rice for export. The optimum combination is to change annual cropping pattern of rice, wheat and fodder crops to 62, 90 and 42% of the net irrigated area from the present level of about 90, 90 and 20% respectively, and double the lactating dairy animals to 8 per 6 ha of land.
8 Pearson, R.; Bauder, T.; Hansen, N.; Pritchett, J. 2008. Production management with reduced irrigation water supplies. Colorado Water Newsletter, 28(2):24-26.
Production controls ; Irrigation water ; Water supply ; Precipitation ; Crop yield ; Maize ; Cover plants ; Forage ; Feed crops ; Sorghum
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044753)
http://wsnet.colostate.edu/cwis31/ColoradoWater/Images/Newsletters/2008/CW_25_2.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044753.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044753.pdf
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9 Kojima, M.; Klytchnikova, I. 2008. Biofuels: big potential for some...but big risks too. Development Outreach, 10(3):13-15.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044758)
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10 Descheemaeker, K.; Bunting, S. W.; Bindraban, P.; Muthuri, C.; Molden, D.; Beveridge, M.; van Brakel, Martin; Herrero, M.; Clement, Floriane; Boelee, Eline; Jarvis, D. I. 2013. Increasing water productivity in Agriculture. In Boelee, Eline. (Ed.). Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.104-123. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10)
Water productivity ; Water management ; Water use efficiency ; Agricultural production ; Agroforestry ; Livestock ; Feed crops ; Aquaculture ; Technology ; Policy
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046126)
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11 Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Muthuwatta, Lal; Khan, Z. H. 2014. Water for food in Bangladesh: outlook to 2030. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 32p. (IWMI Research Report 158) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.213]
Water supply ; Water demand ; Water productivity ; Groundwater ; Food supply ; Food consumption ; Rice ; Irrigated land ; Nutrients ; Animal products ; Feed crops ; Sustainability ; Forecasting / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046592)
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This research study shows that ‘business-as-usual’ scenarios will have substantial production surpluses of rice, which dominates water use patterns in the country at present. However, the surpluses come at a considerable environmental cost, due to high levels of groundwater depletion. Bangladesh can mitigate potential groundwater crises by limiting rice production to meet the requirements of self-sufficiency. Increases in water productivity of both Aman (wet season) and Boro (dry season) rice production can help too. A carefully designed deficit irrigation regime for Boro rice can also increase transpiration, yield, water productivity and production, and reduce the pressure on scarce groundwater resources.
12 Getnet, Kindie; Haileslasseie, Amare; Dessalegne, Y.; Hagos, Fitsum; Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria. 2016. On the profitability of irrigated fodder production: comparative evidence from smallholders in Koga irrigation scheme, Ethiopia. Animal Production Science, 57(9):1962-1974. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/AN15651]
Irrigation schemes ; Irrigated farming ; Farm income ; Profitability ; Investment ; Smallholders ; Stochastic processes ; Livestock ; Risk management ; Grasslands ; Chloris gayana ; Crop production ; Feed crops ; Onions ; Tomatoes ; Wheat ; Barley / Ethiopia / Koga Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047709)
Irrigated fodder production can be vitalised as a useful strategy to sustainably intensify subsistence livestock production owned and managed by smallholders and to diversify farm income through linkages to commercial livestock systems. However, uncertainty about the production and market environment of such a non-traditional commodity can be a major hindrance against commercialisation and scaling out of irrigated fodder production. This makes ex-ante analysis of profit portfolio and its determinants necessary in order to improve farmers’ investment and risk management decisions. Using a stochastic approach to farm profit analysis to account for business uncertainty, this paper simulated and compared the level and distribution of profit that smallholders in Koga irrigation scheme (Ethiopia) can generate from irrigated Rhodes grass seed and from traditional irrigated crops. The finding shows the absolute and comparative profitability of irrigated Rhodes grass seed. Though 0.19 times less profitable than irrigated onion, irrigated Rhodes grass seed is 4 times, 1.27 times, and 1.25 times more profitable than irrigated barley, irrigated wheat, and irrigated tomato, respectively. Profit from the commodity is robust to adverse business conditions such as yield reduction, cost increase, and price reduction, assuring optimism about positive financial returns from investments to expand production. Long-term business viability can be improved and farm income further stabilised through interventions targeted at fodder agronomy to enhance crop yield and at value chain development to improve market linkages and output price.
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