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1 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Mohan, Kadiri; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Raman, S. 2011. Spread and economics of micro-irrigation in India: evidence from nine states. Economic and Political Weekly, 46(26-27):81-86.
Irrigation management ; Irrigation methods ; Drip irrigation ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Farm size ; Government agencies ; Farmers ; Income / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044000)
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The adoption of micro-irrigation projects has resulted in water saving, yield and income enhancement at the farm level. However, the overall impression is that they are capital-intensive and suited to large farms. In this context, a study was undertaken in nine states, mainly to examine the actual area covered compared to the potential area and to understand the adoption level of mias well as to analyse the cost and returns under different farm categories. The results indicated that only about 9% of the mi potential is covered in the country. Key uggestions include reduction in capital cost of the system, provision of technical support for operation after installation, relaxation of farm size limitation in providing subsidies and the establishment of a single state level agency for implementation of the programme.
2 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Giordano, Mark; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Ranganathan, C. R. 2012. The stabilization value of groundwater: evidence from Indian tank irrigation systems. Hydrogeology Journal, 20(5): 933-941. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-011-0793-3]
Groundwater management ; Economic stabilization ; Surface water ; Groundwater recharge ; Water budget ; Irrigation systems ; Tank irrigation ; Mathematical models ; Water supply ; Electricity supplies ; Prices / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044534)
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Groundwater is now a major source of agricultural water supply in many parts of the world. The value of groundwater as a new source of supply is well known. However, its additional buffering or stabilization value is less appreciated and even less analysed. Knowledge on groundwater’s stabilization value is advanced by developing and estimating an empirical model using the case of tank irrigation systems in Tamil Nadu, India. Unlike previous work, the model uses cross-sectional rather than time-series data. The results show that for the case-study region, the stabilization function added approximately 15% to supply value. Scenarios with surface water and electricity price were incorporated in the model. Increased surface-water supply and electricity price caused reduction in groundwater use but the percent of stabilization value of groundwater increased. The findings are used both to suggest improvements in tank irrigation systems and to further contextualize knowledge of groundwater’s stabilization value.
3 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Ranganathan, C. R.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Nagothu, U. S. 2011. A hybrid model to quantify the impact of climate change on agriculture in Godavari Basin, India. Energy and Environment Research, 1(1):32-52. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5539/eer.v1n1p32]
Climate change ; Models ; Agriculture ; River basins ; Water use ; Yields ; Crop production ; Rice ; Maize ; Groundnuts ; Income / India / Godavari River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044674)
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/eer/article/view/13968/9664
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044674.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044674.pdf
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A hybrid model incorporating the econometric and programming models was developed to quantify the impact of climate change on agriculture in Godavari basin, India. The Just and Pope production function was used to estimate the mean yield of crops and the variance associated with the mean yield and using the estimated yield, the multiple goal programming model was used to optimize the land and water use under mid and end century climate change scenarios. The results indicated that rice production will reduce during mid and end-century periods by 16% and 36% respectively and by incorporating the water and labour saving technologies in the crop production, the reduction in rice production will be eliminated during mid-century and it will be only 19% during end-century period. The overall water saving will be about 20% due to the adoption of these echnologies. Technology up-scaling programs are suggested. Areas for future research are also indicated.
4 Deelstra, J.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Rai, R. K.; Nagothu, U. S. 2012. Water use efficiency testing and improvement in the Godavari River Basin. [India]. In Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Palanisami, Kuppannan (Eds.). Water and climate change: an integrated approach to address adaptation challenges. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.105-122.
Water use efficiency ; River basins ; Freshwater ; Irrigation water ; Water lifting ; Pumping ; Crop production ; Evapotranspiration / India / Medak District / Chinna Ghanapur Village / Godavari River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044765)
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5 Stalnacke, P.; Tesfai, M.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy. 2012. Water quality trends in the Manjeera River, Godavari Basin. [India]. In Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Palanisami, Kuppannan (Eds.). Water and climate change: an integrated approach to address adaptation challenges. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.123-142.
Water management ; Water quality ; Sampling ; Monitoring ; River basins ; laboratory techniques ; Statistical analysis ; Time series analysis / India / Godavari River Basin / Manjeera River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044766)
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6 Barton, D. N.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Tirupathaiah, K. 2012. Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change. In Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Palanisami, Kuppannan (Eds.). Water and climate change: an integrated approach to address adaptation challenges. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.143-168.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Farm management ; Risk management ; Weather ; Indicators ; Crop insurance ; River basins ; Rain ; Forecasting ; Surveys ; Irrigation systems ; Models ; Farmers / India / Andhra Pradesh / Chinnanganpur Village / Machavaram Village
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044767)
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7 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Nagothu, U. S.; Ranganathan, C. R.; Barton, D. N. 2012. Vulnerability assessment, impacts of climate change on agricultural production in the Godavari River Basin, India. In Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Palanisami, Kuppannan (Eds.). Water and climate change: an integrated approach to address adaptation challenges. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.169-193.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Agricultural production ; River basins ; Assessment ; Indicators ; Models ; Regression analysis ; Rice ; Maize / India / Godavari River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044768)
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8 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Ranganathan, C. R.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Nagothu, U. S. 2012. Impact of climate change on agriculture and optimum land and water use planning: evidence from the Sri Ram Sagar Project, Godavari Basin. [India]. In Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Palanisami, Kuppannan (Eds.). Water and climate change: an integrated approach to address adaptation challenges. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.194-237.
Climate change ; Temperature ; Rain ; Precipitation ; Land use ; Planning ; Water management ; Water use ; River basins ; Agriculture ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Rice ; Maize ; Groundnuts ; Income ; Models / India / Andhra Pradesh / Godavari River Basin / Sri Ram Sagar Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044769)
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9 Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Nagothu, U. S.; Tirupathaiah, K. 2012. The Godavari River Basin, India: challenges in assessment, use and management of water resources across river basins. In Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Palanisami, Kuppannan (Eds.). Water and climate change: an integrated approach to address adaptation challenges. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.39-58.
River basins ; Water management ; Water resources development ; Water use ; Assessment ; Rain ; Land use ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Irrigated sites ; Irrigation programs ; Water policy ; Climate change ; Hydrology ; Models / India / Andhra Pradesh / Godavari River Basin / Manjeera Sub-Basin / Dowleswaram Barrage / Nizam Sagar Project / Sri Ram Sagar Project / Kaddam Project / Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme / Singur Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044789)
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10 Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Reddy, K. G.; Reddy, M. D.; Ramesh, Vidya. 2012. Micro-irrigation: economics and outreach in Andhra Pradesh [India]. In Palanisami, Kuppannan; Raman, S.; Mohan, Kadiri (Eds.). Micro-irrigation: economics and outreach. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.55-72.
Irrigation methods ; Microirrigation ; Drip irrigation ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Guidelines ; Irrigated sites ; Irrigation practices ; Economic aspects ; Costs ; Water resources ; Groundwater ; Wells ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Water use efficiency ; Rain ; Cropping patterns ; Crop production / India / Andhra Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044866)
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11 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Mohan, Kadiri; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Raman, S. 2012. Spread and economics of micro-irrigation in India: evidences from different states. In Palanisami, Kuppannan; Raman, S.; Mohan, Kadiri (Eds.). Micro-irrigation: economics and outreach. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.258-266.
Irrigation systems ; Microirrigation ; Economic aspects ; Costs ; Farm size ; Irrigated sites ; Farmers / India / Andhra Pradesh / Tamil Nadu / Kerala / Karnataka / Maharashtra / Orissa / Punjab / Rajasthan / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044877)
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12 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Kumar, D. S.; Challamuthu, S.; Chandrasekaran, B.; Ranganathan, C. R.; Giordano, Mark. 2012. Do investments in water management research pay?: an analysis of water management research in India. Water Policy, 14(4):594-612. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2012.123]
Water management ; Research ; Investment ; Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Adaptation ; Models ; Costs ; Drip irrigation ; Water conservation ; Rice / India / Tamil Nadu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044951)
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Even though there has been increasing development of water management technologies over the years, the adoption rate by the farmers is comparatively small ranging from only 15–20%. Hence it is timely to look at the return to water management research investment to fine tune investment in future research. A detailed study was done using the data from Tamil Nadu State, India. The successful technologies yielded a moderate return ranging from 11–20%. With higher adoption levels of the water management technologies, the rate of return will be higher. Strategies to boost technology transfer and upkeep should be given importance in water management programmes.
13 Sekhar, N. U.; Gosain, A. K.; Barton, D. N.; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Tirupathaiah, K.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Stalnacke, P.; Deelstra, J.; Gupta, S. (Eds.) 2012. Climate change and impacts on water resources: guidelines for adaptation in India. Policy manual, Climawater Project. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Aas, Norway: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk); Delhi, India: Indian Institute of Technology; Hyderabad, India: Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute (WALAMTARI). 14p.
Climate change ; Water resources ; Water use efficiency ; Water quality ; Guidelines ; Policy ; River basins ; Models / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045632)
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14 Nagothu, U. S.; Xenarios, S.; Rafoss, T.; Geethalakshmi, V.; Lakshmanan, A.; Annamalai, H.; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Balaji, N. 2013. Sustaining rice production in a changing climate: testing climate uncertainties and validating selected adaptation measures. Policy manual, Climarice II Project. Aas, Norway: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk); Honolulu, Hawai: International Pacific Research Center (IPRC); Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Chennai, India: Indian Institute of Technology; Coimbatore, India: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) 12p.
Rice ; Climate change ; Rain ; River basins ; Simulation models ; Gender ; Soil fertility ; Biofertilizers ; Policy / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045635)
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15 Sauterleute, J.; Skarbovik, E.; Bakken, T. H.; Egeland, H.; Harby, A.; Stalnacke, P.; Sekhar, N. U.; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Gosain, K. 2012. Application of the building block methodology to the Sri Ram Sagar Project: report of the workshop held in Hyderabad, India, September 2011. Trondheim, Norway: SINTEF Energy Research. 44p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Climate change ; Stakeholders ; River basins ; Research projects ; Case studies ; Cropping patterns ; Water power ; Environmental flows ; Irrigation canals ; Water storage ; Tanks ; Dams ; Water user associations / India / Sri Ram Sagar Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045814)
16 Bakken, T. H.; Skarbovik, E.; Gosain, A. K.; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Sauterleute, J.; Egeland, Helene; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Sekhar, N. U.; Harby, A.; Tirupataiah, T.; Stalnacke, P. 2013. Water allocation with use of the Building Block Methodology (BBM) in the Godavari Basin, India. Journal of Sustainable Development, 6(8):93-107.
Water resources ; Water allocation ; Drinking water ; Water demand ; Water yield ; River basins ; Climate change ; Water storage ; Reservoirs ; Research projects ; Water user associations ; Rain ; Hydrology ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Political aspects / India / Godavari Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046136)
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Access to sufficient quantities of water of acceptable quality is a basic need for human beings and a pre-requisite to sustain and develop human welfare. In cases of limited availability, the allocation of water between different sectors can result in conflicts of interests. In this study, a modified version of the Building Block Methodology (BBM) was demonstrated for allocation of waters between different sectors. The methodology is a workshop-based tool for assessing water allocation between competing sectors that requires extensive stakeholder involvement. The tool was demonstrated for allocation of water in the Sri Ram Sagar water reservoir in the Godavari Basin, Andhra Pradesh, India. In this multipurpose reservoir, water is used for irrigation, drinking water supply and hydropower production. Possible water allocation regimes were developed under present hydrological conditions (normal and dry years) and under future climate change, characterized by more rain in the rainy season, more frequent droughts in the dry season and accelerated siltation of the reservoir, thus reducing the storage capacity. The feedback from the stakeholders (mainly water managers representing the various sectors) showed that the modified version of the BBM was a practical and useful tool in water allocation, which means that it may be a viable tool for application also elsewhere.
17 Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Reddy, K. G.; Ashok, B.; Nagothu, U. S.; Xenarios, S.; Tirupataiah, K. 2013. An insight on farmers' willingness to pay for insurance premium in South India: hindrances and challenges. In Gommes, R.; Kayitakire, F. (Eds.). The challenges of index-based insurance for food security in developing countries: proceedings of a technical workshop organised by the EC [European Union] Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), 2-3 May 2012. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. pp.137-145.
Agricultural production ; Insurance ; Farmers ; Weather ; Crops ; River basins / South India / Andhra Pradesh / Krishna River Basin / Nagarjuna Sagar Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046139)
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18 Ranganathan, C. R.; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Baulraj, A. 2010. Mainstreaming the adaptations and reducing the vulnerability of the poor due to climate change. Tokyo, Japan: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). 29p. (ADBI Working Paper Series No. 333)
Climate change ; Poverty ; Adaptation ; Rural areas ; Developing countries ; Agricultural production ; Living standards ; Income ; Case studies ; Institutions ; Policy ; Water storage ; Economic aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046141)
http://www.adbi.org/files/2011.12.19.wp333.adaptations.reducing.vulnerability.poor.climate.change.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046141.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046141.pdf
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Many rural poor people in developing countries depend on agriculture and are highly influenced by climatic change. Hence, sustainable livelihood approaches are used at both policy and project level to initiate new poverty reduction activities and modify existing activities to improve livelihood incomes. Practices relevant to climate change adaptation around the world are wideranging and include development of technology, management, infrastructure, livestock, groundwater, and knowledge. Both structural interventions (such as building flood embankments, dikes, or seawalls or enhancing the natural setting or landscape) and nonstructural interventions (policies, knowledge development, awareness, methods and operating practices, including participatory mechanisms) have helped to reduce the impact of climate change. Further, market-based instruments such as credits and crop insurance were also developed to help poor households in many developing countries to cope with the uncertainties. The uptake of such adaptation practices is lagging, however, but informal institutions are playing a key role as they rely on enforcement methods and are not supported by the government. Mainstreaming adaptation and enhancing adaptive capacity could be increased by encouraging partnerships between informal processes and formal interventions to facilitate adaptation by the poor. The cost of adaptation is also significantly higher in developing countries. Nonetheless, more attention is needed in addressing future climate scenarios through agricultural research and development, irrigation development, infrastructure, and improved irrigation efficiency.
19 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Ranganathan, C. R.; Nagothu, U. S.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy. 2014. Climate change and agriculture in India: studies from selected river basins. New Delhi, India: Routledge. 339p.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Agricultural production ; Crops ; Rice ; Cropping patterns ; River basins ; Technology ; Costs ; Financing ; Water management ; Water availability ; Water use ; Water saving ; Water User Associations ; Socioeconomic environment ; Impact assessment ; Income ; Supplemental irrigation ; Wells ; Models ; Land use ; Seasonality ; Indicators / India / Godavari River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Cauvery River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G635 KUP Record No: H046228)
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20 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Ranganathan, C. R.; Sekhar, N. U. 2015. Farm-level cost of adaptation and expected cost of uncertainty associated with climate change impacts in major river basins in India. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 7(1):76-96. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-04-2013-0059]
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Technology assessment ; Farmers ; Economic analysis ; Cost analysis ; Farm income ; Uncertainty ; River basins ; Crop production ; Rice ; Rain ; Irrigation / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046884)
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Purpose – Researchers and policymakers are figuring out the adaptation technologies to cope with the changing climate. Adaptation strategies for crop production followed by the farmers at selected study locations had ranged from 6-30 per cent only, and this was mainly due to lack of awareness about the actual cost associated with adaptation and non-adaptation of these strategies.
Design/methodology/approach – Hence, this study aims to address the cost of adaptation for rice using joint probability distribution of rainfall and crop prices.
Findings – Cost of adaptation varied from INR2,389 to 4,395/ha for System of Rice Intensification (SRI); INR646 to 1,121/ha for alternate wetting and drying (AWD) and INR8,144 to 8,677/ha for well irrigation (WI), whereas expected cost for not using these technologies has ranged from INR6,976 to 9,172/ha for SRI; INR4,123 7,764/ha for AWD and INR10,825 to 17,270/ha for WI. Hence, promotion of the adaptation technologies itself will minimize the income losses to the farmers.
Research limitations/implications – Even though, there are many ways for farmers (other than technology), to adapt to climate change (such as out-migration to cities, selling farm assets, focus on children’s education, etc.), this report, given the framework of the major research study undertaken, addresses only farm-level adaptation of the technologies to enhance farm income.
Originality/value – Public–private partnership in providing the technologies at cheaper costs, capacity building in handling the technologies and creating awareness about the technologies to minimize the expected cost of adaptation are suggested to improve the adoption level.
Design/methodology/approach – Hence, this study aims to address the cost of adaptation for rice using joint probability distribution of rainfall and crop prices.
Findings – Cost of adaptation varied from INR2,389 to 4,395/ha for System of Rice Intensification (SRI); INR646 to 1,121/ha for alternate wetting and drying (AWD) and INR8,144 to 8,677/ha for well irrigation (WI), whereas expected cost for not using these technologies has ranged from INR6,976 to 9,172/ha for SRI; INR4,123 7,764/ha for AWD and INR10,825 to 17,270/ha for WI. Hence, promotion of the adaptation technologies itself will minimize the income losses to the farmers.
Research limitations/implications – Even though, there are many ways for farmers (other than technology), to adapt to climate change (such as out-migration to cities, selling farm assets, focus on children’s education, etc.), this report, given the framework of the major research study undertaken, addresses only farm-level adaptation of the technologies to enhance farm income.
Originality/value – Public–private partnership in providing the technologies at cheaper costs, capacity building in handling the technologies and creating awareness about the technologies to minimize the expected cost of adaptation are suggested to improve the adoption level.
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