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1 Malla, S. K.; Shrestha, S. K.; Sainju, M. M. 2001. Nepal’s water vision and the GBM basin framework. In Ahmad, Q. K.; Biswas, A. K.; Rangachari, R.; Sainju, M. M. (Eds.). Ganges – Brahmaputra – Meghna region: a framework for sustainable development. Dhaka, Bangladesh: The University Press Limited. pp.143-200.
Water availability ; Water use ; Legislation ; Cost recovery ; Food security ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Water power / Nepal / Gandaki / Karnali / Kosi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9162 G570 AHM Record No: H040937)
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2 Kafle, K.; Krah, K.; Songsermsawas, T. 2018. High Value Agriculture Project in Hill and Mountain Areas (HVAP): impact assessment report. Federal democratic republic of Nepal. Rome, Italy: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 64p.
Agricultural development ; Project evaluation ; Impact assessment ; Food security ; Poverty ; Agricultural production ; Livestock ; Markets ; Supply chain ; Producer organizations ; Household income ; Assets ; Food consumption ; Farmers ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Decision making ; Resilience ; Indicators ; Highlands / Nepal / Karnali
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049285)
https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/41096781/NP_HVAP_IA+report.pdf/ddef40a6-c0c9-6778-1434-96156b9104c5
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049285.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049285.pdf
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3 Dhaubanjar, Sanita; Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Bharati, Luna. 2020. Climate futures for western Nepal based on regional climate models in the CORDEX-SA [Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment for South Asia]. International Journal of Climatology, 40(4):2201-2225. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6327]
Climate change ; Forecasting ; Models ; Water resources ; Impact assessment ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Uncertainty ; Risk assessment ; Meteorological stations ; Decision support ; Mountains / South Asia / Nepal / Karnali
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049417)
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With the objective to provide a basis for regional climate models (RCMs) selection and ensemble generation for climate impact assessments, we perform the first ever analysis of climate projections for Western Nepal from 19 RCMs in the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment for South Asia (CORDEX-SA). Using the climate futures (CF) framework, projected changes in annual total precipitation and average minimum/maximum temperature from the RCMs are classified into 18 CF matrices for two representative concentration pathways (RCPs: 4.5/8.5), three future time frames (2021–2045/2046–2070/2071–2095), three geographic regions (mountains/hills/plains) and three representative CF (low-risk/consensus/ high-risk). Ten plausible CF scenario ensembles were identified to assess future water availability in Karnali basin, the headwaters of the Ganges. Comparison of projections for the three regions with literature shows that spatial disaggregation possible using RCMs is important, as local values are often higher with higher variability than values for South Asia. Characterization of future climate using raw and bias-corrected data shows that RCM projections vary most between mountain and Tarai plains with increasing divergence for higher future and RCPs. Warmer temperatures, prolonged monsoon and sporadic rain events even in drier months are likely across all regions. Highest fluctuations in precipitation are projected for the hills and plains while highest changes in temperature are projected for the mountains. Trends in change in annual average discharge for the scenarios vary across the basin with both precipitation and temperature change influencing the hydrological cycle. CF matrices provide an accessible and simplified basis to systematically generate application-specific plausible climate scenario ensembles from all available RCMs for a rigorous impact assessment.
4 Kafle, Kashi; Songsermsawas, T.; Winters, P. 2021. Impacts of agricultural value chain development in a mountainous region: evidence from Nepal. Rome, Italy: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 33p. (IFAD Research Series 65)
Agricultural value chains ; Farm income ; Small scale systems ; Smallholders ; Market access ; Household income ; Food security ; Dietary diversity ; Resilience ; Rural poverty ; Commodities ; Agricultural prices ; Price indices ; Food insecurity ; Livestock ; Highlands ; Villages ; Minority groups ; Women ; Econometric models / Nepal / Karnali / Achham / Dailekh / Jajarkot / Jumla / Kalikot / Salyan / Surkhet
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050432)
https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/42926104/research_65.pdf/74dee600-7e5e-98ea-944d-d5d10bbc0eae?t=1620738318823
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050432.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050432.pdf
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This analysis investigates the potential mechanism and the practical significance of the impacts of agricultural value chain development in a geographically challenging rural area of a developing country. We use data from a carefully designed primary survey administered in the hill and mountainous region in Western Nepal. Using the inverse probability weighted regression adjustment method, we show that linking small-scale producers with regional and local traders can help increase agricultural income. We unpack the potential mechanism of the impact pathway and show that the increase in agricultural income is a consequence of higher agricultural revenues, owing to a higher volume of sales at lower prices. We argue that value chain intervention in rural areas, where land is not fully exploited, can lead to acreage expansion or crop switching, which eventually results in higher supply at lower output prices. The positive impact on household income is practically significant in that it translated into improved food security, dietary diversity and household resilience. These findings are robust to various specifications. Targeted value chain interventions that strengthen and stabilize small-scale producers’ access to markets can contribute to rural poverty reduction via an increase in agricultural income.
5 Rajouria, A.; Wallace, T.; Joshi, Deepa; Raut, M. 2022. Functionality of rural community water supply systems and collective action: a case of Guras Rural Municipality, Karnali Province. Nepal Public Policy Review, 2:317-338. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/nppr.v2i1.48684]
Water supply ; Collective action ; Rural communities ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water user groups ; Gender ; Social inclusion ; Women ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Drinking water ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Policies / Nepal / Karnali / Dailekh / Guras Rural Municipality
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051437)
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Ensuring the long-term functionality of community-managed rural water supply systems has been a persistent development challenge. It is well established that the technicalities of keeping the systems going are impacted by complex political, social, financial, and institutional challenges. While the shift to federal, three-tiered governance allocates concurrent responsibility for drinking water management to the local government with federal and provincial governments, water and sanitation user groups continue to shoulder the management of local supply systems voluntarily. All three levels have jurisdiction over water-related services resulting in confusion of roles. This study focuses on the local level, where community management of water and sanitation decentralisation is the key approach in this complex tangle of diverse institutions with different actors managing and governing water. User Groups and their Committees in the Guras Rural Municipality of Dailekh district, Karnali province, in West Nepal, provided the case study, which was analysed using Ostrom's well-recognised Eight Principles for Sustainable Governance of Common-Pool Resources. The community-based model, established formally through the Water Resource Act 1992 (2049 BS), is critically analysed in light of the changing socioeconomic context through the intervening years. The results highlight the need for stronger collaboration between the rural municipality and users to achieve good water supplies and the risks of losing access and voice in water management for women and marginalised people when inactive user groups are replaced by private or group interests taking control of the water access.
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