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1 Shelton, N. 2003. Azerbaijan: Environmental conditions and outlook. Ambio, 32(4):302-306.
Environmental Control ; Environmental impact ; Natural resources ; Water resources ; Soils / Azerbaijan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7015 Record No: H035445)
2 Laamrani, Hammou; Boelee, Eline; Ait Lhaj, A. 2006. Les petits barrages au Maroc: De la dimension sociale a l'impact economique, sanitaire et environnementale. In French. [Are small dams and reservoir hills in mountains a development engine?]. In Proceedings of the National Conference of The Moroccan Association of Agro-Economists, 1-2 December 2005. 13p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 627.8 G236 LAA Record No: H039626)
3 Cashmore, N. 2006. Remaining drops: freshwater resources: a global issue. Oakland, CA, USA: Pacific Institute; Cambridge, MA, USA: Bio Economic Research Associates (Bio-Era). 44p.
Water resources ; Water demand ; Environmental impact ; Climate change ; Water policy ; Water quality ; Drinking water ; Wastewater / China / India / Latin America / Europe / Africa / Israel
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043294)
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4 Dyal, R. 2010. Rural water management: issues and challenges in the 21st century. Afro Asian Journal of Rural Development, 43(1)71-84.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H043197)
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5 Yang, H.; Zehnder, A. J. B. 2011. Globalization of water resources through virtual water trade. In Garrido, A.; Ingram, H. (Eds.). Water for food in a changing world. London, UK: Routledge. pp.117-132. (Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy)
Water management ; Globalization ; Virtual water ; Flow discharge ; Water scarcity ; Water use efficiency ; Agricultural production ; Food production ; Environmental impact
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.61 G100 GAR Record No: H043983)
6 Brismar, A. 2003. Environmental considerations in the planning of large dam projects: a study on environmental impact statements and the southeastern Anatolia Project. PhD thesis. Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University. 76p. (Linkoping Studies in Arts and Science 272)
Dams ; Environmental impact ; Ecosystems ; Rivers ; Water power ; Sustainable development ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: D 627.8 G000 BRI Record No: H044099)
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7 Evans, Alexandra E. V.; Giordano, Meredith; Clayton, Terry. (Eds.) 2012. Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Tanzania. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 26p. (IWMI Working Paper 146) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.208]
Water management ; Conservation ; Agriculture ; Yields ; Investment ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Research projects ; Water lifting ; Technology ; Community involvement ; Rivers ; Irrigation schemes ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Environmental impact / Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H045109)
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The AgWater Solutions Project, carried out between 2009 and 2012, focused on resolving water issues faced by smallholder farmers. The project examined existing Agricultural Water Management (AWM) solutions, together with factors that influence their adoption and scaling up. The project aimed to identify investment opportunities in AWM that have high potential to improve the incomes and food security of poor farmers. The work was undertaken in the African countries of Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, and in the Indian States of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. This Working Paper series summarizes results and recommendations from the research carried out in each of these countries and states.
8 Winrock International India; Institute for Studies and Transformations; Jadavpur University. Department of Economics; EcoFriends; Spatial Decisions; Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA). 2006. Urban wastewater: livelihoods, health and environmental impacts in India. Research report submitted to Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. New Delhi, India: Winrock International India. 160p.
Urban areas ; Urbanization ; Wastewater ; Wastewater treatment ; Sewage ; Water reuse ; Agriculture ; Wastewater irrigation ; Water use ; History ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Legal aspects ; Environmental impact ; Impact assessment ; Water quality ; Soil quality ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Aquaculture ; Health hazards ; Case studies / India / Ahmedabad / Kanpur / Delhi / Kolkata
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045323)
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9 Khan, S.; Hanjra, M. A. 2009. Footprints of water and energy inputs in food production – global perspectives. Food Policy, 34(2):130-140. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.09.001]
Water footprint ; Water resources ; Energy ; Food production ; Food security ; Food policy ; Climate change ; Carbon sequestration ; Investment ; Ecosystems ; Environmental impact ; Irrigation water ; Biofuels
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045627)
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During the second half of the 20th century the global food production more than doubled and thus responded to the doubling of world population. But the gains in food production came at a cost, leaving a significant environmental footprint on the ecosystem. Global cropland, plantations and pastures expanded, with large increases in fossil energy, water, and fertilizer inputs, imprinting considerable footprint on the environment. Information from pre eminent publications such as Nature, Science, PNAS and scholarly journals is synthesized to assess the water and energy footprints of global food production. The data show that the footprints are significant, both locally, national and globally and have consequences for global food security and ecosystem health and productivity. The literature nearly agrees that global food production system generates considerable environmental footprints and the situation would likely get worrisome, as global population grows by 50% by 2050. Investments are needed today to buffer the negative impacts of food production on the environment. Investments to boost water productivity and improve energy use efficiency in crop production are two pathways to reduce the environmental footprint.
10 Sene, K. 2010. Hydrometeorology: forecasting and applications. London, UK: Springer. 355p.
Hydrometeorology ; Hydrology ; Weather forecasting ; Radar satellite ; Meteorological stations ; Climate change ; Rain ; Runoff ; Water levels ; Water quality ; Water supply ; Water power ; Water demand ; Rivers ; Flow discharge ; Catchment areas ; Monitoring ; Models ; Energy generation ; Decision support systems ; Flooding ; Drought ; Snowmelt ; Reservoirs ; Dams ; Drainage systems ; Environmental impact ; Lakes ; Risk management ; Early warning systems
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.57 G000 SEN Record No: H046312)
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11 Mateo-Sagasta, J.; Ongley, E.; Xurong, M.; Weiping, H.; Xia, X. (Eds.) 2013. Guidelines to control water pollution from agriculture in China: decoupling water pollution from agricultural production. Rome, Itlay: FAO. 197p. (FAO Water Reports 40)
Water pollution Control ; Agricultural production ; Guidelines ; Erosion ; Sedimentation ; Fertilizers ; Environmental impact ; Nutrients ; Pest management ; Pesticides ; Farmers ; Irrigated land ; Water use efficiency ; Water quality ; Livestock ; Aquaculture ; Rice ; Health hazards ; Wastewater treatment ; Rural population / China
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046477)
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12 Danso, G.; Hope, L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2014. Financial and economic aspects of urban vegetable farming. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.38-50.
Economic aspects ; Financing ; Costs ; Urban agriculture ; Suburban agriculture ; Farming systems ; Vegetables ; Crops ; Pesticides ; Soil fertility ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Malaria ; Food supply ; Food security ; Households ; Environmental impact / Ghana / Kumasi / Accra / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046601)
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This chapter explores some of the financial and economic aspects of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Ghana. Cost-benefit analysis comparisons were made of farm finances of common rural, peri-urban and urban farming systems. Substudies also tried to quantify benefits for society and to cost externalities related to soil nutrient depletion, pesticide use and urban malaria.
13 Donoso, G.; Aldaya, M. M.; de Sousa, C. Jr.; Cai, Xueliang; Chico, D.; de Miguel, A.; Dumont, A.; Gurovich, L.; Lautze, Jonathan; Lopez-Gunn, E.; Pahlow, M.; Palhares, J. C. P.; Zarate, E. 2014. Water efficiency: status and trends. In Willaarts, B. A.; Garrido, A.; Llamas, M. R. (Eds.). Water for food security and well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean: social and environmental implications for a globalized economy. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.261-283.
Water use efficiency ; Water resources ; Water footprint ; Water productivity ; Water accounting ; Economic growth ; Irrigation efficiency ; Agriculture ; Environmental impact / Latin America / Caribbean
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046759)
http://www.fundacionbotin.org/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads/Observatorio%20Tendencias/PUBLICACIONES/LIBROS%20SEM%20INTERN/water%20for%20food%20security/capitulo10.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046759.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046759.pdf
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14 New Zealand. Works Consultancy Services. 1994. Rehabilitation of the Stung Chinit Irrigation Scheme, Cambodia: prefeasibility study. Prepared for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade under the Asia Development Assistance Facility. Wellington, New Zealand: Works Consultancy Services. 76p.
Rehabilitation ; Irrigation schemes ; Feasibility studies ; Flood control ; River basins ; Projects ; Irrigation water ; Diversion ; Weirs ; Dams ; Irrigated land ; Fluid mechanics ; Sluices ; Canals ; Estimated costs ; Social impact ; Environmental impact / Cambodia / Stung Chinit Irrigation Scheme / Stung Tang Krasang River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 627.52 G700 WOR Record No: H046350)
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15 Sayatham, M.; Suhardiman, Diana. 2015. Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: the Nam Mang 3 Project in Laos. Water Resources and Rural Development, 5:17-30. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2015.01.001]
Water power ; Economic development ; Living standards ; Reconstruction ; Compensation ; Households ; Income ; Development projects ; Environmental impact ; Natural resources ; Dams ; Villages ; Fisheries ; Agriculture ; Land use ; Food security ; Case studies / South East Asia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Nam Ngum Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046867)
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Mekong hydropower is developing rapidly. Laos is at the forefront of this development. While hydropower development supports the country’s economic growth, many observers have highlighted the potential negative impacts for people’s livelihoods. Taking the Nam Mang 3 hydropower project as a case study, we examine the impacts of hydropower development on farming households of differing livelihood assets and resources, and how they have responded to these impacts. Linking livelihood asset substitution with livelihood outcomes, we examine factors constraining livelihood adaptation and how these shape rural households’ strategies to cope with socioeconomic and environmental impacts from hydropower development. We conclude that while asset substitution generally can improve people’s livelihoods, access to land continues to play an important role in the process of livelihood reconstruction and the shaping of livelihood outcomes.
16 Zougmore, R.; Sy Traore, A.; Mbodj, Y. (Eds.) 2015. Overview of the scientific, political and financial landscape of climate-smart agriculture in West Africa. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 79p. (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Working Paper 118)
Farming systems ; Farmers ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Political aspects ; Financing ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Models ; Water resources ; Crop production ; Agroforestry ; Livestock production ; Fisheries ; Corporate culture ; Policy ; Socioeconomic environment ; Environmental impact ; Communities ; Living standards ; Landscape / West Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.162 G190 ZOU Record No: H047114)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/67103/CCAFS_WP118_English_web.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047114.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047114.pdf
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17 Goodwin, L. 2013. Reducing food waste to help tackle climate change. In Brittlebank, W.; Saunders, J. (Eds.). Climate action 2013-2014. [Produced for COP19 - United Nations Climate Change Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 11-22 November 2013]. London, UK: Climate Action; Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). pp.125-128.
Food wastes ; Climate change ; Food industry ; Food supply ; Food consumption ; Sustainability ; Environmental impact
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G000 BRI Record No: H047249)
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18 Williams, Timothy Olalekan. 2016. Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments? Food Security, 7(6):1199-1209. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-015-0508-z]
Food security ; Water security ; Water resources ; Land resources ; Suburban agriculture ; Living standards ; Foreign investment ; Business management ; Models ; Rural areas ; Farmland ; Irrigated land ; Land rights ; Water rights ; Environmental impact ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Ecosystems / Africa South of Sahara / Middle East / North Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047274)
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The attainment of food and water security rank high on the agendas of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although the objectives are similar, the underlying drivers, resource endowments and opportunities for achieving them are different. Differences between two regions in natural resource endowment and investment capital stock can, in theory, lead to mutually beneficial trade to achieve desired objectives. Concerns about the recent food crises coupled with the disparity in land and water endowment and investable capital between MENA and SSA have led in recent years to investment in agricultural land in the latter by a number of MENA countries with the aim of producing food. At the same time, many SSA countries seek these investments to infuse capital, technology and know-how into their agricultural sector to improve productivity, food security and rural livelihoods. However, these recent foreign direct agricultural investments have to date performed poorly or have been abandoned without achieving the initial objectives of setting them up. Based on research conducted in selected sub-Saharan countries, this paper analyses the reasons for the failure of these investments. It then reviews a few successful agricultural investments by private sector companies with a long history of operation in SSA. Juxtaposing lessons distilled from failed and successful case studies, the paper argues that large-scale agricultural investments that take advantage of this accumulated knowledge are needed and do have a critical role to play. Such investments, when they also incorporate ecosystems management practices and smallholder inclusive business models in their operations, can serve as appropriate instruments to reconcile the food and water security objectives of both the MENA region and SSA, while promoting sustainable intensification of agriculture and improved rural livelihoods in SSA.
19 Hernandez-Sancho, F.; Lamizana-Diallo, B.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2015. Economic valuation of wastewater: the cost of action and the cost of no action. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 72p.
Economic analysis ; Wastewater treatment ; Wastewater irrigation ; Water management ; Water pollution ; Water reuse ; Water quality ; Water supply ; Public health ; Sanitation ; Waterborne diseases ; Environmental impact ; Rice ; Industrial uses ; Sewage sludge ; Valuation ; Cost benefit analysis ; Drinking water ; Developing countries ; Periurban areas ; Resource management ; Case studies / Syria / Vietnam / Spain / Pakistan / Aleppo / Haroonabad
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047349)
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/7465/-Economic_Valuation_of_Wastewater_The_Cost_of_Action_and_the_Cost_of_No_Action-2015Wastewater_Evaluation_Report_Mail.pdf.pdf?sequence=3&%3BisAllowed=
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047349.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047349.pdf
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20 Bunsen, J.; Rathod, R. 2016. Pipe assisted underground taming of surface floods: the experience with Holiyas in north Gujarat. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 2. 8p.
Flooding ; Underground storage ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Water storage ; Smallholders ; Drought ; Erosion ; Crop yield ; Cultivation ; Socioeconomic development ; Hydrogeology ; Environmental impact / India / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047434)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/PDFs/iwmi-tata_water_policy_research_highlight-issue_02_2016.pdf
(1.56 MB)
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