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1 Mukherji, A.; Verma, S.; Rath, P. 2003. Agrarian transformation among tribals: from migrants to farmer irrigators. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 8/2003. 5p.
Farmers attitudes ; Tribal peoples ; Irrigated farming ; Cropping systems ; Rainfed farming ; Migrant labor ; Wage rates / India / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G635 MUK Record No: H031802)
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Research highlight based on a paper titled Impact of participatory irrigation management on tribals in South Gujarat
2 Jha, S. K.; Mishra, S.; Sinha, B.; Alatalo, J. M.; Pandey, R. 2017. Rural development program in tribal region: a protocol for adaptation and addressing climate change vulnerability. Journal of Rural Studies, 51:151-157. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.02.013]
Climate change adaptation ; Rural development ; Development programmes ; Resilience ; Tribal peoples ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Poverty ; Indicators ; Irrigation ; Water availability ; Agriculture ; Diversification ; State intervention ; Case studies / India / Madhya Pradesh / Dhar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048085)
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Tribal peoples globally are among the most vulnerable groups to climate change and variability. This is due to a combination of their relative poverty and their dependence on agriculture and natural support systems (NSS). Hence programmes that simultaneously help to reduce poverty and vulnerability to climate change are needed. The Indian Government has launched the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), an incentive-based programme addressing vulnerability to poverty, climate change and NSS by integrating natural systems (water, land, soil) and human systems (employment opportunities). Here we show that the vulnerability related to climate variability, agriculture, water and household economic conditions has decreased significantly due to MGNREGA interventions. Specifically, water availability, diversification of agriculture, crop yield and income have all increased. Besides the decreased vulnerability to climate change due to better access to water, the intervention has also increased employment opportunities and daily wage levels have almost doubled, thus improving the economic status of tribal peoples. These changes have led to improved living conditions, facilitating better adaptation to both natural and economic stresses. This case study illustrates the potential of well-designed government programmes to contribute to sustainable development through improving adaptive capacity and by combating poverty and vulnerability to climate change among marginalised people.
3 Yang, Y. C. E; Son, K.; Hung, F.; Tidwell, V. 2020. Impact of climate change on adaptive management decisions in the face of water scarcity. Journal of Hydrology, 588:125015. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125015]
Climate change ; Water scarcity ; Water management ; River basins ; Stream flow ; Water use ; Water rights ; Tribal peoples ; Drought ; Farmers ; Decision making ; Irrigated land ; Precipitation ; Models ; Uncertainty / USA / Upper Colorado River Basin / Navajo Reservoir / Lake Powell / San Juan River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049905)
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Reoccurring drought through the early 2000s has caused a serious water scarcity issue in the Colorado River Basin. Previous modeling studies have focused on the impact of climate change without considering the adaptive behaviors of farmers and under-utilized Indian water rights. In this paper, we use a coupled agent-based water resource model (ABM) to investigate how the adaptive decisions of farmers can affect water resource management under both climate change impacts and fully utilized Indian water right conditions. We used five General Circulation Model projections with RCP8.5 scenarios for the study. The results of farm-level decision-making showed different responses in irrigated areas that were changing due to climate change impact. While winter precipitation changes might partially explain the behavior changes, no specific pattern could be concluded based on their location. Also, farmers’ responses about annual water diversion showed more significant inter-year variation compared to irrigated areas. Basin-level metrics showed that climate change impacts will generally worsen water scarcity issues as measured in Navajo Reservoir storage, flow to Lake Powell, and instream flow requirement. But these basin-level water scarcity metrics cannot reflect individual farm-level impacts under climate change, which is why modeling the bottom-up management actions is necessary. When the under-utilized Indian water rights are fully used, it is more likely to trigger the shortage sharing agreement due to the higher tribal water depletion. Evaluation of model uncertainty and a more realistic setup for adaptive actions under drought contingency plans are suggested for future research.
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