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1 Thapa, B.; Joshi, L.; Sherpa, S. L.; Karki, I. B.; Kusle, R. K.; Jha, Y. N.; Mainali, M. P. 1990. A community scheme to encourage private tree planting by farmers in the hills of Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal: Pakhribas Agricultural Centre. iv, 32p. (Pakhribas Agricultural Centre technical paper 134)
Community forestry ; Farmer participation ; Social participation ; Plant propagation ; Land use ; Mountains ; Farming systems ; Subsistence farming ; Fuelwood ; Fodder ; Livestock ; Villages ; Case studies / Nepal / Salle Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4889 Record No: H022642)
2 Scott, C. A.; Crootof, A. B.; Thapa, B.; Shrestha, R. K. 2016. The water-energy-food nexus in the Ganges Basin: challenges and opportunities. In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.138-153. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Water resources ; Energy generation ; Water power ; Food security ; Groundwater ; Irrigation programs ; Electricity generation ; Electricity supplies ; Waste water treatment plants ; Institutions ; Financing ; Urban areas ; River basins ; Case studies / Nepal / India / Ganges River Basin / Kathmandu Valley / Gangetic Plains / Andhikhola Hydropower Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047842)
3 Merrey, D. J.; Hussain, A.; Tamang, D. D.; Thapa, B.; Prakash, A. 2018. Evolving high altitude livelihoods and climate change: a study from Rasuwa District, Nepal. Food Security, 10(4):1055-1071. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0827-y]
Climate change adaptation ; Living standards ; Mountain farming ; Altitude ; Water resources ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Food security ; Agricultural production ; Livestock ; Socioeconomic environment ; Villages / Nepal / Rasuwa / Gatlang / Goljung / Chilime / Thuman / Grey
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048937)
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048937.pdf
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This study examined local people’s perception of climate change and its impacts on their livelihoods, and identified key opportunities and threats arising in four Village Development Committees in the high mountains of Rasuwa District, Nepal. The local people are still heavily dependent on agriculture and livestock for their food security and livelihoods, despite the involvement of a significant proportion of households in non-agricultural income-generating activities, such as tourist services and labour work in other areas (outmigration). In agriculture, farmers mainly cultivate traditional food crops such as millets, buckwheat, local beans, and barley. They also cultivate rice, potato, and vegetables. Agriculture is mainly rainfed with a few exceptions of micro-irrigation systems fed by springs and snow-melt water. The impacts of climate change are mixed to date: changes in patterns of snowfall and snowmelt, rainfall, and temperatures are having both positive and negative impacts. Households are adapting to this changing climate through changes in their cropping patterns, integration of livestock with agriculture, and adoption of non-farm income activities. There are also new opportunities coming up at the study sites such as new markets for vegetables, traditional crops, and livestock.
4 Scott, C. A.; Albrecht, T. R.; De Grenade, R.; Zuniga-Teran, A.; Varady, R. G.; Thapa, B.. 2018. Water security and the pursuit of food, energy, and earth systems resilience. Water International, 43(8):1055-1074. (Special issue: The Global Water Security Challenge). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1534564]
Water security ; Food security ; Energy sources ; Nexus ; Water resources ; Water supply ; Resource management ; Environmental effects ; Earth ; Resilience
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049059)
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This article addresses the emergence and interrelation of food, energy, and water security in terms of resource use and the ensuing societal and environmental outcomes. For decades, food security and energy security have been well-accepted, operational concepts. Water security is the latest entrant, yet the implications of water insecurity for food, energy and earth systems resilience have not been adequately considered. This article examines how and why this is so – particularly with growing water scarcity and insecurity that may compete with energy and food security – and emphasizes the critical need to link water-energy-food nexus approaches to earth systems resilience.
5 Thapa, B.; Rahman, T. 2020. Multi-level determinants of crop choice to water stress in smallholder irrigation system of Central Nepal. Climate and Development, 13p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2020.1840962]
Smallholders ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Water stress ; Crops ; Farmers' attitudes ; Adaptation ; Rice ; Land ownership ; Decision making ; Socioeconomic environment ; Infrastructure ; Policies ; Households ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Models / Nepal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050139)
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Change in crop choice is a common adaptation strategy for global change. However, its drivers are not well understood. We investigate the multilevel determinants of smallholders’ crop choice in irrigated agriculture of Central Nepal. We build upon previous studies and consider four levels of determinants: households, irrigation systems, local and regional market systems, and climatic conditions. Using primary survey data of 316 farmers from 9 farmer-managed irrigation systems in the Trishuli-Narayani sub-basin of Central Nepal, among other results, we document that smallholder farmers are likely to choose rice during the monsoon season if they are experienced and farm in the irrigation systems fed by large rivers. Water stress affects the crop choice mainly in two ways. In irrigation systems fed by large rivers, farmers located towards the tail-end of the canal are less likely to plant rice due to water stress. Farmers living in the irrigation systems that are fed by small and medium-size rivers are more likely to choose less water-demanding crops. Market integration is also a key determinant of crop choice. We discuss the implications of our findings for climate-resilient adaptation strategies in Central Nepal.
6 Bai, Y.-I.; Fu, C.; Thapa, B.; Rana, R. B.; Zhang, L.-X. 2022. Effects of conservation measures on crop diversity and their implications for climate-resilient livelihoods: the case of Rupa Lake Watershed in Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science, 19(4):945-957. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-020-6426-3]
Agrobiodiversity ; Diversification ; Climate change ; Resilience ; Livelihoods ; Watersheds ; Cash crops ; Grain crops ; Vegetables ; Households ; Farmland / Nepal / Gandaki / Kaski / Rupa Lake Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051119)
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051119.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051119.pdf
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Agrobiodiversity conservation is vital for achieving sustainability, but empirical studies on the effects of different practices or measures on crop diversity are rare. This study aims to estimate the effects of raising conservation awareness (RCA), building diversity blocks (BDB), and their combination on crop diversity among 240 randomly selected households surrounding the Rupa Lake Watershed in Nepal. Based on descriptive analysis and multiple regression models, the results indicate that the two single measures had no significant effect on the numbers of crop species and varieties grown by households in 2018. However, the combination of RCA and BDB had a significantly positive effect on the number of crop varieties, especially for grain and vegetable crops. Considering that these crops are essential in the daily lives of local people, the results indicate that a strategy that combines both awareness raising and on-farm conservation measures can generate higher crop diversity and better serve the climate-resilient livelihoods of people in mountainous areas.
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