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1 Banik, A. 1994. Farm size, factor productivity and returns to scale under different types of water management. Economic and Political Weekly, December 31:A175-A182.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3759 Record No: H016340)
2 Gajja, B. L.; Sharma, V. P.; Joshi, P. K. 1994. Productivity variation and land irrigability class in Kakrapar Canal Command Area in Gujarat State. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 49(4):609-616.
Irrigable land ; Irrigation canals ; Irrigation programs ; Land productivity ; Crop production / India / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3840 Record No: H016616)
3 Keli, T.; Yushan, L. 1998. Experiment researches on soil and water conservation of small watersheds in China. In Bhushan, L. S.; Abrol, I. P.; Rao, M. S. R. M. (Eds.), Soil and water conservation: Challenges and opportunities - Volume 2. New Delhi, India: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. pp.787-795.
Watersheds ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Land use ; Land development ; Land productivity ; Erosion / China
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.4 G000 BHU Record No: H022730)
4 Kotb, T. H. S.; Ogino, Y.; Watanabe, T.; Nakagiri, T. 1999. Performance assessment of the irrigated agriculture in Egypt. In ICID, 17th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Granada, Spain, 1999: Water for Agriculture in the Next Millennium - Transactions, Vol.1C, Q.48, Poster Session: Irrigation under conditions of water scarcity: Q.48.1: Management of irrigation systems and strategies to optimize the use of irrigation water. New Delhi, India: ICID. pp.101-115.
Irrigated farming ; Salinity ; Water reuse ; Land use ; Land productivity ; Performance evaluation ; Performance indexes / Egypt
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: ICID 631.7 G000 ICI Record No: H025152)
5 Kikuchi, M. 1975. Irrigation and rice technology in agricultural development: A comparative history of Taiwan, Korea and the Philippines. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Hokkaido. xiv, 203p.
Agricultural development ; Agricultural production ; Production costs ; Rice ; History ; Land productivity ; Labor ; Irrigation ; Investment ; Cost benefit analysis / Taiwan / Korea Republic / Philippines
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: D 631.7.2 G800 KIK Record No: H026427)
6 Dongol, K. 2001. Evaluation of rehabilitation assistance in farmer managed irrigation systems: Case studies of the Middle Mountain Region, Nepal. In Gautam, U.; Rana, S. (Eds.), Challenges to farmer managed irrigation systems: Proceedings of International Seminar on Challenges to Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems, held on 28 and 29 March 2000, Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal: FMIS Promotion Trust. pp.192-211.
Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Rehabilitation ; Farmers' associations ; Crop yield ; Land productivity ; Social aspects ; Water user associations ; Cost benefit analysis ; Performance evaluation ; Case studies / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.2 G570 GAU Record No: H027858)
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7 Park, J. K. 2003. Induced institutional change in the development of Korean farm irrigation system. In ICID Asian Regional Workshop, Sustainable Development of Water Resources and Management and Operation of Participatory Irrigation Organizations, November 10-12, 2003, The Grand Hotel, Taipei. Vol.1. Taipei, Taiwan: ICID. pp.1-20.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: ICID 631.7.2 G570 ICI Record No: H033332)
8 Brown, L. R. 2003. Plan B - Rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble. New York, NY, USA: W. W. Norton & Co. xiv, 285p.
Ecology ; Environmental degradation ; Water shortage ; Erosion ; Desertification ; Crops ; Climate ; Poverty ; Population growth ; Irrigation water ; Productivity ; Water harvesting ; Land productivity ; Energy ; Food security
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 363.7 G000 BRO Record No: H035200)
9 Namara, Regassa. 2005. Synthesis of Sub-Saharan Africa case study reports. In van Koppen, Barbara; Namara, Regassa; Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina. Reducing poverty through investments in agricultural water management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.20-66. (IWMI Working Paper 101)
Poverty ; Water resource management ; Investment ; Irrigation programs ; Land productivity ; Farm income ; Constraints ; Labor ; Manual pumps ; Food security ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Madagascar / Tanzania / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G110 VAN Record No: H038103)
10 Imbulana, K. A. U. S.; Merrey, D. J. 1995. Impact of management interventions on the performance of five irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) xiv, 76p. (IIMI Working Paper 035) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2013.034]
Irrigation programs ; Performance evaluation ; Irrigation management ; Intervention ; Irrigation systems ; Monitoring ; Performance indexes ; History ; Farmers associations ; Farmer participation ; Farmer-agency interactions ; Communication ; Organizations ; Water potential ; Rice ; Crop yield ; Water supply ; Land productivity ; Rain ; Data collection / Sri Lanka / Dewahuwa / Mapakada / Parakrama Samudra / Rajangane / Ridiyagama
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.8 G744 IMB Record No: H017609)
This working paper is the outcome of a data collection process initiated under the advice of Dr. Shigeo Yashima of the International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). The objective of this data collection process was to make a preliminary assessment of irrigation performance in Sri Lanka using irrigation systems with different backgrounds to identify areas for further research.
11 Shiferaw, B. A.; Reddy, V. R.; Wani, S. P.; Nageswara Rao, G. D. 2003. Watershed management and farmer conservation investments in the semi-arid tropics of India: analysis of determinants of resource use decisions and land productivity benefits. Patancheru, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). 24p. (ICRISAT Socioeconomics and Policy Working Paper Series 16)
Watershed management ; Farmers ; Investment ; Villages ; Cropping systems ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Land productivity ; Family labor / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 SHI Record No: H038335)
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12 Derib, S. D.; Descheemaeker, Katrien; Haileslassie, A.; Amede, Tilahun; Tischbein, B. 2010. Water productivity as affected by water management in a small-scale irrigation scheme in the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the Annual Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (Tropentag) Conference on World Food System - a contribution from Europe, Thematic scientific session on water management, Zurich, Switzerland, 14 -16 September 2010. 1p.
Water productivity ; Irrigation systems ; Water use ; Irrigated farming ; Land productivity ; Plant production / Ethiopia / Blue Nile basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043611)
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13 Karimi, Poolad; Molden, David; Bastiaanssen, W. 2011. Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data. In ICID. 21st Congress on Irrigation and Drainage: Water Productivity towards Food Security, Tehran, Iran, 15-23 October 2011. New Delhi, India: ICID. pp.137-148. (ICID Transaction No. 30-A)
Crops ; Water productivity ; Mapping ; River basins ; Remote sensing ; Data ; Land productivity ; Land use ; Land cover ; Evapotranspiration ; Farming systems ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Pricing ; Economic aspects / Africa / Ethiopia / Egypt / Sudan / Burundi / Rwanda / Tanzania / Eritrea / Kenya / Zaire / Uganda / Nile River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044424)
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Remote sensed imagery in combination with secondary agricultural statistic was used to map crop water productivity (WP) in the Nile River Basin. Land productivity and crop tandardized gross value production (SGVP) were calculated at administrative level using the agricultural census data. Actual evapotranspiration (Eta) generated from remote sensing was used to assess crops consumptive water use. WP was then calculated by dividing SGVP by Eta in the cropped areas. Results show land productivity has a huge variation across the basin. SGVP per hectare in the basin varies from 20 $/ha to 1833 $/ha. Likewise SGVP, water productivity in the basin is highly variable. It ranges from 0.01 $/m3 to 0.2 $/m3. Observed patterns in the water productivity indicate that WP differences in the Nile basin are highly related to crop yield, which varies in different regions and also in irrigated and rainfed systems. Similarly, overall low WP is because of low yields, chiefly rainfed agriculture. This indicates that there is scope for enhancing WP in the Nile Basin through expanding irrigated agriculture and generally increasing yield.
14 Karimi, Poolad; Molden, David; Notenbaert, A.; Peden D. 2012. Nile Basin farming systems and productivity. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Molden, David; Peden D. (Eds.). The Nile River Basin: water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods. Abingdon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.133-153.
River basins ; Farming systems ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Agricultural production ; Crops ; Water productivity ; Economic aspects ; Rain water harvesting ; Land productivity ; Fisheries ; Aquaculture / Africa / Sudan / Egypt / Gezira Scheme / Nile River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H045315)
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15 Dukhovny, V.; Sokolov, V.; Manthrithilake, Herath; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Anarbekov, Oyture; Mirzaev, N.; Pinkhasov, M.; Alimjanov, A.; Mukhamedjanov, Sh; Nerozin, S.; Galustyan, A.; Khorst, M.; Stulina, G.; Ziganshina, D.; Masumov, R.; Kadyrov, A.; Umarov, P.; Begimov, I.; Khegay, V.; Tuchin, A.; Zherelyeva, S.; Roshenko, E. 2009. Integrated water resources management: putting good theory into real practice - Central Asian experience. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific and Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC); Tashkent, Uzbekistan: GWP Caucasus and Central Asia (GWP CACENA). 381p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Hydrology ; Water users ; Water use ; Monitoring ; Water conservation ; Water demand ; Water allocation ; Water distribution systems ; Information systems ; Water governance ; Water productivity ; Water saving ; Land productivity ; Indicators ; International waters ; Irrigation systems ; Water user associations ; Drainage ; Farmers ; Extension activities ; Social mobility ; Crop yields ; Valley ; Legislation ; Water policy ; Economic aspects ; Capacity building ; Climate change / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045575)
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16 Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S. 2012. Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.359-375.
Foreign investment ; Water availability ; Water productivity ; Land resources ; Land productivity ; Households ; Farms ; Irrigation water ; Technology ; Agricultural production ; River basins / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045688)
17 Alauddin, M.; Sharma, Bharat R. 2013. Inter-district rice water productivity differences in Bangladesh: an empirical exploration and implications. Ecological Economics, 93:210-218. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.015]
Water productivity ; Crops ; Rice ; Intensification ; Indicators ; Technology ; Groundwater irrigation ; Irrigated sites ; Land productivity ; Drought ; Salinity ; Policy ; Factor analysis / Bangladesh
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While the bulk of research on crop water productivity (WP) focuses on static cross-section analysis, this research provides a spatio-temporal perspective. It estimates rice crop WP for 21 Bangladesh districts for 37 years; exploresWP variations among districts; and investigates causality involving WP, intensification and technological variables; and groundwater irrigation and depth. It breaks new grounds by probing these significant but unexplored issues.Technological diffusion was the key factor explaining inter-district WP differences. The impact of agricultural intensification on rabi (dry season) and kharif (wet season) crop WPs was positive and negative respectively. Dummy variables typifying policy transition negatively impacted on WPs for both kharif and overall crops. While rabi and kharif rice WPs grew with time, overall crop WP recorded the strongest growth. Rabi and overall WPs were lower in salinity- and drought-prone districts covering 33% of Bangladesh's net cropped area (NCA). In 90% of Bangladesh's NCA districts, technological diffusion caused WP. Causality existed between groundwater irrigation and depth in 60% NCA. Despite significant potential to increaseWP, increasing dependence on groundwater appears unsustainable. Widespread diffusion of HYVs in the kharif season, and development of salinity and drought-tolerant rice varieties could go a long way in sustaining rice WP.
18 Abro, Z. A.; Alemu, B. A.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2014. Policies for agricultural productivity growth and poverty reduction in rural Ethiopia. World Development, 59:461-474. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.033]
Agricultural production ; Productivity ; Economic growth ; Poverty ; Rural areas ; Households ; Drought ; Land productivity ; Farmers ; Labor ; Policy making ; Markets / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046367)
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Increasing the productivity of smallholder agriculture holds the key to poverty reduction. The empirical literature is limited to ascertain the linkages and the implications for policy uptake in Ethiopia. We examine the impact of growth in agricultural productivity on household poverty dynamics in rural Ethiopia using a panel data set (1994–2009). Findings suggest that government policies aimed at reducing poverty should adopt a growth plus approach—designing policy interventions to support agricultural productivity growth, plus to protect assets and enhance market access for rural households in the country.
19 Sharma, Bharat; Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Cai, Xueliang; Scott, C. A. 2013. Water resources, water productivity, and poverty in the Indus-Ganges River Basin. In Vieira da Silva, R. C.; Tucci, C. E. M.; Scott, C. A. Water and climate modeling in large basins. Porto Alegre, Brazil: Brazilian Water Resource Association (ABRH). pp.93-116.
Water resources ; Water productivity ; Land productivity ; Rural areas ; Poverty ; River basins ; Climate change ; Food security ; Water use ; Agriculture ; Irrigation ; Crop yield ; Groundwater ; Socioeconomic environment / Pakistan / India / Nepal / Bangladesh / Indus River basin / Ganges River basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046464)
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The Indus and Ganges river basins (collectively called the Indus-Ganges Basin) in South Asia covers 2.20 million km2 and is inhabited by a population of more than a billion people, many living in poverty with livelihoods based on waterdependent agriculture. The northwestern Indus basin is highly developed and over-abstracted with only about 10 % net river discharge; whereas in the eastern Ganges basin 37 % of the total precipitation discharges into the Bay of Bengal. The upper reaches of the basin are in the high Himalayas and seriously influenced by the melting of snow and glaciers and impending climate change. The average land and water productivity for the predominant rice-wheat cropping system is low with only about 5 per cent of the basin in the northwest (a regional “bright-spot”) having high productivity that is central to South Asia’s food security. This region is, however, now at risk of groundwater over-exploitation, aggravated mainly by energy and food policies. Access to water resources is relatively low in large areas and critical irrigation water requirements remain unmet due to inadequate access to the resource, high energy prices for water pumping, transboundary nature of the basin, and lack of an organized basin development plan. There is a strong linkage between poverty and low water productivity. Reduction of pervasive rural poverty in the basin can be accelerated by providing access to water to help achieve improvement in productivity, diversification and other pro-poor livelihoods. Based on the hydrological, agricultural and socio-economic variations in the two basins, as summarized in this chapter, the development frameworks and policies need to be regionally differentiated. Pathways to alleviate poverty might include improving agricultural productivity through optimal use of the available water resources, out-scaling bright-spot management practices to other parts of the basin, improved access to groundwater through affordable energy and cooperative tubewells for the smallholders, and policy and investment tools leading to land consolidation, rural infrastructure improvement, and market development.
20 Matchaya, Greenwell; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Chilonda, Pius. 2014. Agricultural sector performance in Malawi. Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 14(2):141-156.
Agricultural sector ; Performance indexes ; Poverty ; Income ; Investment ; Cereal products ; Livestock products ; Malnutrition ; Land productivity ; Labour productivity / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046733)
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This paper charts the performance of the agriculture sector in Malawi for the period 2000 – 2013 (with particular attention paid to the last three to four years of the said period). In the quest to attain this aim the paper empirically focuses on the significance of mapping the performance of the sector in the form of trends against the baseline sectoral performance targets enlisted in the ASWAP, CAADP Framework and SADC RISDP. The consistent and concerted efforts by the Government of Malawi and development partners to meet the ASWAP, CAADP framework and SADC RISDP targets have resulted in the country making commendable economic growth and poverty alleviation. The country has been able to attain the 6% agricultural growth target despite the questionable quality of public expenditure. It is also interesting to note that changes in the agriculture sector appear to have had influence on incomes, poverty and malnourishment. The trend analysis led to the following findings; the growth in agricultural GDP and the annual GDP growth of the country surpassed the CAADP target of 6% annual growth and this culminated to an increase in production (cereal and livestock production) and productivity (land productivity) despite the fact that the country has not met the irrigation and fertiliser used targets. This increase in production and productivity may be earnestly attributed substantially public invested in the agriculture sector to meet the CAADP 10% target of the total budget to agriculture. However, this increase in agricultural GDP annual growth has not had a significant bearing on the country’s battle to offset poverty; the country’s GHI is still serious and the proportion of the population below the minimum dietary energy consumption is still high (23% on average) whilst the MDG I target stands at 20%. The major deduction from these findings is that there is a need for more concerted efforts in Malawi to refine agricultural growth investments; this can be carried out efficiently by developing a National Agriculture Plan (NAP) which will be a single policy tool that will guide investment and implementation of priorities in the sector.
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