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1 Winther, S.; Ahlers, R. 1996. Challenging the conventional development approach: challenging conventional gender ideas?: gender and participation in natural resource management - a case in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 46p.
Natural resources management ; Gender ; Analysis ; Women in development ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Farmers' associations ; Natural resources ; Resource management ; Watersheds ; Case studies / Sri Lanka / Huruluwewa / Ellawewa / Galenbindunuwewa / Hinguruwewa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 305.4 G744 WIN Record No: H021760)
2 International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 1997. Cascade reports with specific recommendations for minor tanks. [Report on the project] Identification of Hydrologically Endowed Small Tanks for Rehabilitation and Agrowell Development Potential in the Cascades of Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 82p.
Rehabilitation ; Tank irrigation ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Padawiya / Kebithigollewa / Medawachchiya / Nuwaragam Palatha / Maha Wilachchiya / Mihintale / Rambewa / Kahatagasdigiliya / Horowpathana / Galenbindunuwewa / Thirappane / Palugaswewa / Palagala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.7 G744 IIM Record No: H021245)
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3 International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 1997. Cascade reports with specific recommendations for micro tanks. [Report on the project] Identification of Hydrologically Endowed Small Tanks for Rehabilitation and Agrowell Development Potential in the Cascades of Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 240p.
Rehabilitation ; Tank irrigation ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Padawiya / Kebithigollewa / Medawachchiya / Nuwaragam Palatha / Maha Wilachchiya / Rajanganaya / Mihintale / Rambewa / Kahatagasdigiliya / Horowpathana / Galenbindunuwewa / Thirappane / Palugaswewa / Palagala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.7 G744 IIM Record No: H021247)
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4 International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 1997. Map coordinates of tanks in selected cascades. Volume IV. [Report on the project] Identification of Hydrologically Endowed Small Tanks for Rehabilitation and Agrowell Development Potential in the Cascades of Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 63p.
Rehabilitation ; Tanks ; Maps ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Padawiya / Kebithigollewa / Medawachchiya / Nuwaragam Palatha / Maha Wilachchiya / Rajanganaya / Mihintale / Rambewa / Kahatagasdigiliya / Horowpathana / Galenbindunuwewa / Thirappane / Palugaswewa / Palagala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.7 G744 IIM Record No: H021251)
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5 Senaratne, A. 1997. Ground water study maps of 50 cascades. Volume III. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) Report on the project "Identification of Hydrologically Endowed Small Tanks for Rehabilitation and Agrowell Development Potential in the Cascades of Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka" 22p.
Hydrology ; Geology ; Tanks ; Maps ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Padawiya / Kebithigollewa / Medawachchiya / Nuwaragam Palatha / Maha Wilachchiya / Rajanganaya / Mihintale / Rambewa / Kahatagasdigiliya / Horowpathana / Galenbindunuwewa / Thirappane / Palugaswewa / Palagala
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.7 G744 IIM Record No: H021252)
6 International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 1997. Cascade reports with specific recommendations for medium tanks. [Report on the project] Identification of Hydrologically Endowed Small Tanks for Rehabilitation and Agrowell Development Potential in the Cascades of Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 44p.
Rehabilitation ; Tank irrigation ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Kebithigollewa / Medawachchiya / Nuwaragam Palatha / Maha Wilachchiya / Mihintale / Rambewa / Kahatagasdigiliya / Horowpathana / Galenbindunuwewa / Thirappane / Palugaswewa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.7 G744 IIM Record No: H021246)
7 International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 1997. Cascade reports with specific recommendations - Volume II: Master report - Tanks in priority order of endowment. [Report on the project] Identification of Hydrologically Endowed Small Tanks for Rehabilitation and Agrowell Development Potential in the Cascades of Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 304p.
Rehabilitation ; Tank irrigation ; Farmer participation ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Padawiya / Kebithigollewa / Medawachchiya / Nuwaragam Palatha / Maha Wilachchiya / Rajanganaya / Mihintale / Rambewa / Kahatagasdigiliya / Horowpathana / Galenbindunuwewa / Thirappane / Palugaswewa / Palagala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.7 G744 IIM Record No: H021249)
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8 Aheeyar, Mohamed; Samarakoon, Kalani; de Silva, Sanjiv. 2021. Bundled weather index insurance pilot for drought-affected areas in Sri Lanka: reaching marginal farmers. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 35p. (IWMI Working Paper 201) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.233]
Weather index insurance ; Crop insurance ; Drought ; Pilot projects ; Farmers organizations ; Advisory services ; Awareness-raising ; Arid zones ; Climate change ; Crop losses ; Compensation ; Risk transfer ; Disaster risk reduction ; Resilience ; Decision making ; Insurance premiums ; Cost benefit analysis ; Equity ; Stakeholders ; Partnerships ; Gender ; Women ; Smallholders ; Landlessness ; Communities ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Mobile phones ; Models / Sri Lanka / North Central Province / Galenbindunuwewa / Dunumadalawa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H050840)
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Drought is an almost annual phenomenon in Sri Lanka, occurring at varying degrees of severity and affecting many parts of the country. These droughts cause significant damage to agriculture and other economic and social activities. This paper assesses the effectiveness of satellite-based weather Index insurance (WII) bundled with real-time climate and agronomic advisory services provided to farmers’ mobile phones. The aim is to enhance the drought resilience of diverse groups of farmers by providing solutions and strategies to extend bundled insurance products to more people and address equity issues.
In this pilot, an insurance product was introduced to farmers in a village in the North Central Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. WII products are seen as a part of the solution to reducing farmers’ risk to climate change. However, in many places, the structure of insurance schemes in the agriculture sector has failed to reach small-scale and marginal farmers who are most in need of risk transfer mechanisms. Based on a farmer survey, we extracted lessons from implementing a bundled insurance scheme as a pilot project to explore the utility of farmer organizations as an entry point for engaging different farmer groups and ensuring they can understand the WII insurance products and can make informed choices.
The survey results show that efforts made at the outset to understand contextual issues and challenges contributed to an effective product design and rollout approach. The rollout was more effective due in part to a partnership with an established local organization while adopting an aggregator model. Covid-19 mobility restrictions prevented full implementation of the rollout.
Index insurance bundled with mobile weather and agronomic advisories increased farmer resilience and reached diverse groups. Farmers emphasized that being able to assess the costs and benefits based on understanding how key elements of the product work is key to their future engagement with such products, which highlights the importance of investing in awareness raising through a blend of print, verbal and visual tools that make complex products understandable to stakeholders with low levels of literacy.
In this pilot, an insurance product was introduced to farmers in a village in the North Central Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. WII products are seen as a part of the solution to reducing farmers’ risk to climate change. However, in many places, the structure of insurance schemes in the agriculture sector has failed to reach small-scale and marginal farmers who are most in need of risk transfer mechanisms. Based on a farmer survey, we extracted lessons from implementing a bundled insurance scheme as a pilot project to explore the utility of farmer organizations as an entry point for engaging different farmer groups and ensuring they can understand the WII insurance products and can make informed choices.
The survey results show that efforts made at the outset to understand contextual issues and challenges contributed to an effective product design and rollout approach. The rollout was more effective due in part to a partnership with an established local organization while adopting an aggregator model. Covid-19 mobility restrictions prevented full implementation of the rollout.
Index insurance bundled with mobile weather and agronomic advisories increased farmer resilience and reached diverse groups. Farmers emphasized that being able to assess the costs and benefits based on understanding how key elements of the product work is key to their future engagement with such products, which highlights the importance of investing in awareness raising through a blend of print, verbal and visual tools that make complex products understandable to stakeholders with low levels of literacy.
9 Aheeyar, Mohamed; Amarasinghe, Upali; Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga. 2023. Factors affecting willingness to adopt climate insurance among smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka. Climate Risk Management, 42:100575. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100575]
Weather index insurance ; Willingness to pay ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Crop insurance ; Agricultural insurance ; Climate change ; Drought ; Natural disasters ; Vulnerability ; Resilience ; Risk transfer ; Risk management ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Households ; Socioeconomic aspects / Sri Lanka / North Central Province / Anuradhapura / Galenbindunuwewa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052411)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096323001018/pdfft?md5=93cee7b9bb8baaad811ae19ab6f2e4b7&pid=1-s2.0-S2212096323001018-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052411.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052411.pdf
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Drought is an almost annual phenomenon affecting many parts of Sri Lanka, causing huge damage to agriculture and losses to the broader economy in general and farmers in particular. Climate change threatens to exacerbate these risks. Risk transfer mechanisms, such as crop insurance schemes, may help buffer farmers against these hazards and has gained attention as an adaptation response to become an important element in agricultural risk management. Despite the numerous efforts over several decades to popularize crop insurance as a risk transfer tool in the country under heavy subsidies, farmers’ voluntary enrollment in crop insurance has been very low. Therefore, understanding the farmers’ behaviors and attitudes towards crop insurance and the potential of such programs in emerging climate-induced vulnerabilities is critical to enhancing the welfare of the farming community. This paper assesses the factors that influence willingness to enroll for crop insurance among farmers in irrigated and rainfed farming system in the drought-prone North Central Province of Sri Lanka using a logistic regression model. The study sample consisted of 149 irrigated farmers and 51 rainfed farmers selected randomly. Regression results show that farmer’s age, agriculture as the primary source of income, irrigation as the source of water, and availability of supplementary water source are significantly related to willingness to pay (WTP) for insurance. The overall results indicate the role of household socioeconomic factors and their contextualized risk perceptions shape the adoption decision of crop insurance. The findings of the paper contribute to that end through primary data from a rainfed and irrigated areas in the province. Although the present research was carried out in a limited area, the study area is dominated by the traditional nature of agricultural practices by smallholder farmers in a drought exposed environment, the findings of the study should apply to the rest of the dry zone areas in the country. The results on factors affecting farmers’ willingness to purchase crop insurance assist the practitioners and policymakers to draft the guidelines and strategies for more inclusive interventions for agriculture risk management and building farmer resilience.
10 Alahacoon, Niranga; Amarnath, Giriraj; Gnanatheepan, W. 2023. Development of an Anticipatory Action Plan for drought hazard in Sri Lanka. Report of the development of an Anticipatory Action Plan for Drought Hazard in Galenbindunuwewa Divisional Secretariat Areas, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 6 June 2023. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience. 32p.
Drought ; Weather hazards ; Action plans ; Vulnerability ; Disaster risk reduction ; Mitigation ; Community involvement ; Risk assessment / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Galenbindunuwewa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052500)
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This report underscores the escalating threat of climate disasters to global populations, emphasizing the heightened vulnerability of Sri Lanka, an island nation susceptible to diverse climate-related hazards. With floods, landslides, droughts, cyclones, and other extreme events on the rise due to climate change, the inevitability of future disasters looms large. Urgent proactive measures are imperative to address this pressing issue, as the population is ill-prepared to handle severe consequences without comprehensive and anticipatory strategies. The report stresses the need for leveraging existing forecasting capacities into actionable responsibilities and fostering a proactive response to safeguard communities from adverse effects. Anticipatory action emerges as a crucial approach within comprehensive disaster risk management, particularly suited for Sri Lanka. The report highlights the importance of transitioning predictive capabilities into actionable responsibilities, emphasizing the commitment to act upon warnings to safeguard all segments of the population. The Sri Lanka Anticipatory Action for Disaster Mitigation activities, conducted in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and World Vision Lanka (WVL), seeks to set a model for effective disaster mitigation strategies. The report focuses on the Galenbindunuweva Divisional Secretariat areas in the Anuradhapura district, identified as the most vulnerable to drought, and outlines the objectives, processes, and tools involved in the development of Anticipatory Action Protocols. Anticipatory action emerges as a crucial approach within comprehensive disaster risk management, particularly suited for Sri Lanka. The report highlights the importance of transitioning predictive capabilities into actionable responsibilities, emphasizing the commitment to act upon warnings to safeguard all segments of the population. The Sri Lanka Anticipatory Action for Disaster Mitigation activities, conducted in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and World Vision Lanka (WVL), seeks to set a model for effective disaster mitigation strategies. The report focuses on the Galenbindunuweva Divisional Secretariat areas in the Anuradhapura district, identified as the most vulnerable to drought, and outlines the objectives, processes, and tools involved in the development of Anticipatory Action Protocols. The report details the process of Anticipatory Action Plan development, emphasizing community engagement through community risk assessments, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. It underscores the importance of empowering communities, reducing the impact of potential hazards through timely responses, and encouraging innovative approaches to disaster preparedness and response. The development process involves a comprehensive approach, ensuring a participatory and holistic development of Anticipatory Action Protocols. The report also provides a summary of recommendations derived from field visits, including the introduction of a National Anticipatory Action Framework, establishment of Technical Advisory Committees, stakeholder capacity development, and improvements in early warning dissemination. The report concludes with an Early Action Protocol overview, detailing the overall objective, target areas, beneficiaries, triggers, and next steps for implementation.
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