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1 Venot, J.-P.; Kuper, M.; Zwarteveen, M. (Eds.) 2017. Drip irrigation for agriculture: untold stories of efficiency, innovation and development. Oxon, UK: Routledge. 341p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
Drip irrigation ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation efficiency ; Innovation ; Irrigation programs ; Development projects ; Irrigation systems ; Groundwater ; Water conservation ; Collective behaviour ; Social participation ; Modernization ; Appropriate technology ; Costs ; Irrigation equipment ; Investment ; Exports ; Agricultural policy ; Agrarian reform ; Gender ; Farmers ; Smallholders ; Entrepreneurs ; Small farms ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Donors ; State intervention ; Subsidies ; Green revolution ; Deserts ; Case studies / Africa / Burkina Faso / Algeria / Zambia / Morocco / Chile / Peru / Mexico / India / Saiss Region / Guanajuato / Gujarat / Bittit Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G000 VEN Record No: H048261)
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2 Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Taron, A.; Odero, J.; Njenga, M. 2018. An assessment of the business environment for waste-to-energy enterprises and how it affects women entrepreneurs in Kenya. In Njenga, M.; Mendum, R. (Eds.). Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.41-47. (Resource Recovery and Reuse: Special Issue)
Business enterprises ; Business management ; Waste management ; Energy management ; Gender ; Entrepreneurs ; Role of women ; Resource recovery ; Investment ; Infrastructure ; Financing ; Loans / Kenya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049001)
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3 Durga, Neha; Rai, Gyan Prakash. 2018. Catalysing competitive irrigation service markets in North Bihar: the case of Chakhaji Solar Irrigation Service Market. In ACCESS Development Services. Sitaram Rao Livelihoods India Case Study Compendium 2018. New Delhi, India: ACCESS Development Services. pp.1-12.
Irrigation water ; Markets ; Irrigation methods ; Solar energy ; Pumps ; Entrepreneurs ; Costs ; Subsidies ; Intensive farming ; Crop yield ; Villages ; Farmers / India / Bihar / Chakhaji Solar Irrigation Service Market
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049312)
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4 Bastakoti, Ram; Raut, Manita; Thapa, Bhesh Raj. 2020. Groundwater governance and adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps: experiences from the eastern Gangetic Plains. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 16p. (Water Knowledge Note)
Groundwater irrigation ; Water governance ; Irrigation methods ; Solar energy ; Pumps ; Groundwater extraction ; Water use efficiency ; Water market ; Electricity supplies ; Business models ; Policies ; State intervention ; Water costs ; Subsidies ; Entrepreneurs ; Community involvement ; Farmers' attitudes ; Case studies / Nepal / India / Eastern Gangetic Plains / Ganges Basin / Bihar / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049596)
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33245/Groundwater-Governance-and-Adoption-of-Solar-Powered-Irrigation-Pumps-Experiences-from-the-Eastern-Gangetic-Plains.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049596.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049596.pdf
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Solar-powered irrigation pumps (SPIPs) have been promoted in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) in recent decades, but rates of adoption are low. This case study assesses the evidence from several solar pump business models being adopted in parts of the EGP, particularly eastern Nepal and northern India, and explores how different models perform in various contexts. It documents lessons for increasing farmers’ resilience to droughts through better groundwater use by promotion of SPIPs. Groundwater access for agriculture in the past was dependent on diesel and electric pumps, respectively constrained by costs and reliability of energy. Both government and nongovernment agencies have promoted SPIPs in the Ganges basin for irrigation and drinking purposes. SPIPs receive different levels of subsidies across countries and states in the region to facilitate adoption and ensure continuous and timely irrigation, which particularly benefits small and marginal farmers. Because the EGP faces variability in water availability, the SPIPs could help in building drought resilience. However, because low operating costs for SPIPs does little to incentivize farmers to use water efficiently, one critical question is how to balance equitable access to SPIPs while ensuring groundwater overdraft is not perpetuated. Farmers’ awareness of efficient water management options is crucial to avoid overextraction of groundwater.
5 Senanayake, Dehaja; Reitemeier, Maren; Thiel, Felix; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Business models for urban food waste prevention, redistribution, recovery and recycling. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 85p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 19) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.208]
Resource recovery ; Resource management ; Reuse ; Food wastes ; Business models ; Waste management ; Urban wastes ; Waste reduction ; Redistribution ; Recycling ; Food consumption ; Food losses ; Waste collection ; Food supply chains ; Stakeholders ; Entrepreneurs ; Public-private partnerships ; Markets ; Incentives ; Energy recovery ; Nutrients ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 12 Responsible production and consumption ; Environmental impact ; Food preservation ; Composting ; Feeds ; Regulations ; Policies ; Awareness raising ; Consumer participation ; Costs
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H050448)
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A necessary extension of the concept of Resource Recovery and Reuse with an even higher priority is the prevention and reduction of waste. One concern, in particular, is food waste, which constitutes the largest share of human waste. Target 12.3 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to ‘halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030’. For this report, over 400 businesses were analyzed to identify common approaches and business models to address the food waste challenge. The business models are presented under seven categories – measurement, redistribution, resell, value addition, responsible waste collection, resource recovery, and recycling – with a special focus on their application potential to the Global South.
6 Taron, Avinandan; Drechsel, Pay; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2021. Gender dimensions of solid and liquid waste management for reuse in agriculture in Asia and Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 33p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 21) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.223]
Resource recovery ; Resource management ; Water reuse ; Gender equity ; Social equality ; Waste management ; Solid wastes ; Liquid wastes ; Agricultural value chains ; Circular economy ; Business models ; Women's participation ; Urban wastes ; Household wastes ; Faecal sludge ; Waste collection ; Recycling ; Wastewater treatment ; Organic wastes ; Composting ; Wastewater irrigation ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Health hazards ; Sanitation ; Community involvement ; Social marketing ; Entrepreneurs ; Farmers / Asia / Africa / India / Indonesia / Philippines / Vietnam / Nepal / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H050720)
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This report examines social equality aspects related to resource recovery through solid waste composting and wastewater irrigation. The report shows that women are represented in greatest numbers at the base of the recycling chain, most often as informal waste pickers and as sorters of recyclables with limited access to resources and upward mobility. Despite a wide gender gap in the solid waste and sanitation sectors, women play a key role in both municipal waste reduction and food safety where irrigation water is unsafe. Analyzing the gender dimension is important for understanding household responses to recycling programs, differences between the formal and informal sectors as well as along the waste-to-resource value chain from collection to treatment and reuse. The report stresses the important role of women in household waste management, including waste segregation, and the power of women-dominated waste picker associations, where the informal sector plays an essential role alongside the formal sector.
7 Gannon, K. E.; Castellano, E.; Eskander, S.; Agol, D.; Diop, M.; Conway, D.; Sprout, E. 2022. The triple differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs to climate risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation. WIREs Climate Change, 13(5):e793. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.793]
Climate change adaptation ; Risk ; Entrepreneurs ; Gender ; Role of women ; Private sector ; Vulnerability ; Climate resilience ; Small and medium enterprises ; Markets ; Institutions ; Access to information ; Technology ; Infrastructure ; Households ; Livelihoods / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051407)
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wcc.793
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051407.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051407.pdf
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The ability of businesses to adapt effectively to climate change is highly influenced by the external business enabling environment. Constraints to adaptive capacity are experienced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan Africa, regardless of the gender of the business owner. However, gender is a critical social cleavage through which differences in adaptive capacity manifest and in Africa most entrepreneurs are women. We conduct a systematic review to synthesize existing knowledge on differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs in Africa to climate risk, in relation to their sensitivity to extreme climate events and their adaptive capacity. We synthesize this literature using a vulnerability analysis approach that situates vulnerability and adaptive capacity within the context of the wider climate risk framework denoted in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. In doing so, we identify gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation and suggest women entrepreneurs face a “triple differential vulnerability” to climate change, wherein they: (1) are often more sensitive to climate risk, as a result of their concentration in certain sectors and types of enterprises (e.g., micro SMEs in the agricultural sector in remote regions); (2) face additional barriers to adaptation in the business environment, including access to finance, technologies, (climate and adaptation) information and supportive policies; and (3) are also often concurrently on the frontline of managing climate risk at household levels. Since various forms of inequality often create compounding experiences of discrimination and vulnerability, we pay particular attention to how factors of differential vulnerability intersect, amplify, and reproduce.
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