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1 Alam, M.. 1989. Water resources of the Middle East and North Africa with particular reference to deep artesian ground water resources of the area. Water International, 14(3):122-127.
Water resources ; Groundwater development ; Hydrology ; Water management / Middle East / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H05947)
2 Alam, M.. 1991. Problems and potential of irrigated agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 117(2):155-173.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H07868)
3 Alam, M.. 1999. Center pivot irrigation systems. Irrigation Journal, 49(4):18-19.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H024510)
4 Trooien, T. P.; Lamm, F. R.; Stone, L.; Alam, M.. 1999. Microirrigation advances: Irrigating corn with subsurface drip irrigation and lagoon wastewater. Irrigation Journal, 49(5):6-7.
Subsurface irrigation ; Drip irrigation ; Flow measurement ; Lagoons ; Wastewater / USA / Great Plains
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H024759)
5 Shah, T.; Alam, M.; Kumar, M. D.; Nagar, R. K.; Singh, M. 2000. Pedaling out of poverty: social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 36p. (IWMI Research Report 045) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.054]
Irrigation management ; Technology transfer ; Manual pumps ; Water lifting ; Low lift pumps ; Aquifers ; Poverty ; Irrigated farming ; Social impact ; Income ; Marketing ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Pricing / South Asia / India / Bangladesh / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G570 SHA Record No: H027051)
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An assessment of the social impact of treadle pump technology for manual irrigation in eastern India, the Nepal Terai, and Bangladesh, South Asia's so-called "poverty square." Treadle pump technology can be a powerful tool for poverty reduction in this region. It "self-selects" the poor, and puts to productive use the region's vast surplus family labor. It is claimed that the treadle pump could raise the annual net household income by US$100, on the average.
6 Shah, T.; Alam, M.; Kumar, M. D.; Nagar, R. K.; Singh, M. 2000. Pedal pump and the poor: Social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia. Paper presented at the Workshop on Poverty, Gender and Water in South Asia, Ahmedabad, India, Organised by IWMI, Colombo, and Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, 10-11 August 2000. 38p.
Manual pumps ; Irrigated farming ; Cropping systems ; Vegetables ; Potatoes ; Rice ; Poverty ; Social impact ; Income ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Gender / South Asia / India / Nepal / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 SHA Record No: H027607)
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7 Alam, M.; Trooien, T. P.; Dumler, T. J.; Rogers, D. H. 2002. Using subsurface drip irrigation for alfalfa. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 38(6):1715-1721.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H033524)
8 Nasr-Azadani, F.; Khan, R.; Rahimikollu, J.; Unnikrishnan, A.; Akanda, A.; Alam, M.; Huq, A.; Jutla, A.; Colwell, R. 2017. Hydroclimatic sustainability assessment of changing climate on cholera in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin. Advances in Water Resources, 108:332-344. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.11.018]
Climate change ; Hydroclimatology ; Sustainability ; Assessment ; Health hazards ; Infectious diseases ; Cholera ; Stream flow ; Flow discharge ; Forecasting ; River basins ; Models / Bangladesh / Ganges Basin / Brahmaputra Basin / Meghna Basin / Bengal Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048327)
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The association of cholera and climate has been extensively documented. However, determining the effects of changing climate on the occurrence of disease remains a challenge. Bimodal peaks of cholera in Bengal Delta are hypothesized to be linked to asymmetric flow of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Spring cholera is related to intrusion of bacteria-laden coastal seawater during low flow seasons, while autumn cholera results from cross-contamination of water resources when high flows in the rivers cause massive inundation. Coarse resolution of General Circulation Model (GCM) output (usually at 100 – 300 km)cannot be used to evaluate variability at the local scale(10–20 km),hence the goal of this study was to develop a framework that could be used to understand impacts of climate change on occurrence of cholera. Instead of a traditional approach of downscaling precipitation, streamflow of the two rivers was directly linked to GCM outputs, achieving reasonable accuracy (R2 = 0.89 for the Ganges and R2 = 0.91 for the Brahmaputra)using machine learning algorithms (Support Vector Regression-Particle Swarm Optimization). Copula methods were used to determine probabilistic risks of cholera under several discharge conditions. Key results, using model outputs from ECHAM5, GFDL, andHadCM3for A1B and A2 scenarios, suggest that the combined low flow of the two rivers may increase in the future, with high flows increasing for first half of this century, decreasing thereafter. Spring and autumn cholera, assuming societal conditions remain constant e.g., at the current rate, may decrease. However significant shifts were noted in the magnitude of river discharge suggesting that cholera dynamics of the delta may well demonstrate an uncertain predictable pattern of occurrence over the next century.
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