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1 Assaf, K. 2009. Managing Palestine's water budget: providing for present and future needs. In Lipchin, C.; Sandler, D.; Cushman, E. (Eds.). The Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin: cooperation amid conflict. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.89-109. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - C: Environmental Security)
Water budget ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Water consumption ; Water distribution ; Legal aspects / Palestine / Israel / West bank / Gaza Strip
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9162 G698 LIP Record No: H044178)
2 Xenarios, Stefanos; Amarasinghe, Upali; Sharma, Bharat R. 2011. Economic implications of agricultural water use in eastern India. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 3(4):371-391. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19390459.2011.613633]
Economic situation ; Agricultural production ; Water use ; Water consumption ; Canal irrigation ; Water rates ; Water costs ; Assessment ; Case studies ; Pumping / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044452)
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The irrigation services are often state-subsidized in agrarian economies for the enhancement of agricultural productivity while they also target poverty alleviation. The agriculture-dependent states of India offer representative examples of undervalued irrigation services mainly sourced by canal networks. However, canal irrigation is nowadays lagging behind private groundwater initiatives but with significant costs which question the concept of low water pricing in agriculture. This paper assesses irrigation water costs in representative backward clusters of Bihar state in eastern India while the effects on different landholding groups are analysed. The results indicate that marginal landholders heavily rely on purchased water from unofficial markets while they pay the highest amount for irrigation. This is due to limited access in the canal network, possession of inefficient pumping systems and cultivation of crops with a high demand for water. However, acute policy reforms could drastically decrease water costs and improve agricultural productivity.
3 Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Shah, Tushaar; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2012. Water-milk nexus in India: a path to a sustainable water future? International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 10(1):93-108. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2012.620336]
Milk production ; Water use ; Water consumption ; Crop production ; Diversification ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water productivity ; Sustainable agriculture / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044513)
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This paper examines the nexus between milk production and water use in India. The nexus is examined in the context of extended consumptive water use (CWU) of milk production beyond drinking water. It includes the real CWU (evapotranspiration (ETa) that occurs during the production of green fodder and feed grains) and the virtual CWU (ETa embedded in by-products for animal feed). The real CWU appears as large as that of sugarcane, and the real and virtual CWU combined is as large as that of rice. However, milk production generates more value than the outputs of rice and sugarcane combined. Sustainable water use and agricultural growth in major milk-producing areas require a drastic reduction in groundwater CWU, which, at present, exceeds natural recharge. It is suggested that diversifying to a mix of milk and high-value (but low water consuming) crops can reduce groundwater CWU while ensuring higher total output.
4 Ahmad, M. D.; Giordano, Mark. 2012. The Karkheh River Basin: the food basket of Iran under pressure. In Fisher, M.; Cook, Simon (Eds.). Water, food and poverty in river basins: defining the limits. London, UK: Routledge. pp.59-81.
River basins ; Water resources ; Water productivity ; Food security ; Farmers ; Poverty ; Crop production ; Yields ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Water use ; Water consumption ; Evapotranspiration ; Precipitation ; Flow discharge ; Economic aspects ; Institutions ; Policy / Iran / Karkheh River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044839)
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5 Cai, Xueliang; Molden, David; Mainuddin, M.; Sharma, Bharat; Ahmad, M. D.; Karimi, Poolad. 2012. Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins. In Fisher, M.; Cook, Simon (Eds.). Water, food and poverty in river basins: defining the limits. London, UK: Routledge. pp.280-300.
Water management ; Water productivity ; Water consumption ; Water use ; River basins ; Crop production ; Food security ; Assessment ; Sustainable development ; Socioeconomic development ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Climate change ; Evapotranspiration ; Irrigation / China / Southeast Asia / South Asia / Iran / Africa / Yellow River Basin / Mekong River Basin / Indus River Basin / Ganges River Basin / Karkheh River Basin / Nile River Basin / Limpopo River Basin / Niger River Basin / Volta River Basin / Andes River Basins
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044848)
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6 Bossio, D.; Erkossa, Teklu; Dile, Y.; McCartney, Matthew; Killiches, F.; Hoff, H. 2012. Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia’s agricultural sector. Water Alternatives, 5(2):223-242.
Agricultural sector ; Foreign investment ; Water resources ; Water use ; Water requirements ; Water consumption ; Land acquisitions ; Land leases ; Agreements ; River basins / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044916)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol5/v5issue2/167-a5-2-3/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044916.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044916.pdf
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Ethiopia is often highlighted as a country in which a lot of foreign land acquisition is occurring. The extent to which these investments also constitute significant acquisitions of water is the subject of this paper. It is apparent that water availability is a strong driver of the recent surge of investments in agricultural land globally, and in general the investments occur in countries with significant 'untapped' water resources. Ethiopia is no exception. We propose that the perception of unused and abundant water resources, as captured in dominant narratives, that drives and justifies both foreign and domestic investments, fails to reflect the more complex reality on the ground. Based on new collections of lease information and crop modelling, we estimate the potential additional water use associated with foreign investments at various scales. As a consequence of data limitations our analyses provide only crude estimates of consumptive water use and indicate a wide range of possible water consumption depending on exactly how foreign direct investment (FDI) development scenarios unfold. However, they do suggest that if all planned FDI schemes are implemented and expanded in the near future, additional water consumption is likely to be comparable with existing water use in non-FDI irrigation schemes, and a non-trivial proportion of the country’s water resources will be effectively utilised by foreign entities. Hence, additional water use as well as local water scarcity ought to be strong considerations in regulating or pricing land leases. If new investments are to increase local food and water security without compromising local and downstream water availability they should be designed to improve often very low agricultural water productivity, and to safeguard access of local populations to water.
7 de Stefano, L.; Llamas, M. R. (Eds.) 2013. Water, agriculture and the environment in Spain: can we square the circle? London, UK: CRC Press - Balkema. 316p.
Water management ; Public participation ; Water security ; Water use ; Water consumption ; Water footprint ; Water allocation ; Water rights ; Water availability ; Water accounting ; Virtual water ; Desalination ; Evapotranspiration ; Groundwater management ; Resource depletion ; Ecosystems ; Reservoirs ; Government policy ; Food security ; Institutions ; Land management ; Climate change ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigated farming ; Tomatoes ; Olive oil ; Farmers ; Livestock ; Environmental effects / Spain / Guadalquivir River Basin / Guadiana River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G919 DES Record No: H045809)
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8 Muthuwatta, Lal; Rientjes, T. H. M.; Bos, M. G. 2013. Strategies to increase wheat production in the water scarce Karkheh River Basin, Iran. Agricultural Water Management, 124:1-10. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2013.03.013]
Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Wheat ; River basins ; Water productivity ; Water consumption ; Evapotranspiration ; Remote sensing ; Satellite surveys ; Rangelands ; Land use ; Land suitability / Iran / Karkheh River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H045834)
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Two strategies are assessed to increase wheat production in the water-scarce Karkheh River Basin (KRB) in Iran to meet targets by the year 2025. The strategies proposed are (a) to increase yields in the current irrigated and rainfed wheat areas and (b) to increase the area under rainfed wheat through land conversion. Crop water consumption, based on satellite remote sensing and crop yield data, was used to estimate crop water productivity (CWP) in irrigated and rainfed wheat areas in five sub-basins. CWP for wheat ranges from 0.5–1.63 kg m-3 in irrigated areas to 0.37–0.62 kg m-3 in rainfed areas. Conditions indicating water-stress in wheat areas were assessed by relative evapotranspiration (ETa/ETp) and showed that water-stress only had a minimal effect for about 154,000 ha of irrigated wheat (57%). Land suitability analysis showed that about 71,000 ha of rangelands can be converted into rainfed wheat areas without harming the current water balance in the basin. Statistical analyses showed that more than 70% of the variation in irrigated and rainfed wheat yield at plot level can be explained by water, fertilizer and seed rates. This suggests that wheat production can be increased by improving inputs other than water. Results from this study indicate that it is possible to meet approximately 85% of the wheat production targets in the year 2025 when strategies are combined.
9 Karajeh, F.; Ryan, J.; Studer, C. (Eds.) 2002. On-farm soil and water management in Central Asia: proceedings of an international workshop, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 17-19 May 1999. Aleppo, Syria: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA); Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SANIIRI).: 164p.
Water management ; Water use efficiency ; Water consumption ; Water harvesting ; Rain ; Runoff ; Soil resources ; Soil management ; Soil degradation ; Soil organic matte ; Socioeconomic environment ; Irrigation systems ; Supplemental irrigation ; Irrigated farming ; Agricultural development ; On farm research ; Land use ; Mapping ; Models / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G770 KAR Record No: H045945)
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10 Porkka, M.; Kummu, M.; Siebert, S.; Florke, M. 2013. The role of virtual water flows in physical water scarcity: the case of Central Asia. In Stucki, V.; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, M. M.; Varis, O. (Eds.). Water and security in Central Asia: solving a Rubik's Cube. London, UK: Routledge. pp.59-80. (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance)
Virtual water ; Flow discharge ; Water scarcity ; Population ; Case studies ; River basins ; Water consumption ; Indicators / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046075)
11 Mekong River Commission (MRC). 2003. Water used for agriculture in Lower Mekong Basin: basin development plan. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Mekong River Commission (MRC). 57p.
Agricultural production ; Water use ; Water consumption ; Water quality ; River basins ; Crop production ; Agricultural development ; Public policy ; Rice ; Seasonality ; Soils ; Fertilizers ; Pesticides ; Irrigation water / Laos / Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam / Lower Mekong Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8143 Record No: H046171)
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12 Switzerland. Nestle. 2007. The Nestle water management report. Vevey, Switzerland: Nestle. 42p.
Water management ; Indicators ; Water consumption ; Agriculture ; Food production ; Wastewater treatment ; Drinking water ; Risks ; Consumers ; Beverage industry ; Manufacturing ; Bottled products ; Business management ; Stakeholders ; Nutrition ; Public health ; Social aspects ; Rural areas
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046221)
http://www.nestle.com/asset-library/documents/reports/csv reports/water/water_management_report_2006_english.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046221.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046221.pdf
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