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1 Chaudhry, M. A.; Ali, M.. 1989. Economic returns to operation and maintenance expenditure in different components of the irrigation system in Pakistan. London, UK: ODI. 20p. (ODI/IIMI Irrigation Management Network Paper 89/1d)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: ODI/IIMI 89/1d Record No: H005710)
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2 Chaudhry, M. A.; Ali, M.. 1989. Measuring benefits to operation and maintenance expenditure in the canal irrigation system of Pakistan: A simulation analysis. Agricultural Economics, 3:199-212.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3137 Record No: H09944)
3 Murgai, R.; Ali, M.; Byerlee, D. 2001. Productivity growth and sustainability in post-green revolution agriculture: The case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs. The World Bank Research Observer, 16(2):199-218.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7095 Record No: H035906)
4 Ali, M.; de Bon, H.; Moustier, P. 2005. Promoting the multifunctionality of urban and periurban agriculture in Hanoi. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 15:11-13.
Urban agriculture ; Land use ; Food supply ; Food security ; Environmental effects ; Agricultural policy / Vietnam / Hanoi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7491 Record No: H038273)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/Promoting_Multifunctionality_UA_peri-urban_agriculture_Hanoi.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H038273.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H038273.pdf
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5 Leaky, R.; Caron. P.; Craufurd, P.; Martin, A.; McDonald, A.; Abedini, W.; Afiff, S.; Bakurin, N.; Bass, S.; Hilbeck, A.; Jansen, T.; Lhaloui, S.; Lock, K.; Newman, J.; Primavesi, O.; Sengooba, T.; Ahmed, M.; Ainsworth, E.; Ali, M.; Antona, M.; Avato, P.; Barker, D.; Bazile, D.; Bosc, P. M.; Bricas, N.; Burnod, P.; Cohen, J.; Coudel, E.; Dulcire, M.; Dugue, P.; Faysse, N.; Farolfi, S.; Faure, G.; Goli, T.; Grzywacz, D.; Hocde, H.; Imbernon, J.; Ishii-Eiteman, M.; Leakey, A.; Leakey, C.; Lowe, A.; Marr, A.; Maxted, N.; Mears, A.; Molden, David; Muller, J. P.; Padgham, J.; Perret, S.; Place, F.; Raoult-Wack, A. L.; Reid, R.; Riches, C.; Scherr, S.; Sibelet, N.; Simm, G.; Temple, L.; Tonneau, J. P.; Trebuil, G.; Twomlow, S.; Voituriez, T. 2009. Impacts of AKST on development and sustainability goals. In McIntyre, B. D.; Herren, H. R.; Wakhungu, J.; Watson, R. T. (Eds.). International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, global report. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. pp.145-253.
Agricultural production ; Fish ; Livestock ; Crop management ; Water management ; Watershed management ; Agroforestry ; Poverty ; Health ; Gender
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042791)
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6 Khan, K.; Ali, M.. 2004. Knowledge, approaches and practices in poverty alleviation. In Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar (Eds.). Poverty reduction through improved agricultural water management. Proceedings of the Workshop on Pro-poor Intervention Strategies in Irrigated Agriculture in Asia, Islamabad, Pakistan, 23-24 April 2003. Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.123-136.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G730 JEH Record No: H043764)
7 Joshi, J.; Ali, M.; Berrens, R. P. 2017. Valuing farm access to irrigation in Nepal: a hedonic pricing model. Agricultural Water Management, 181:35-46. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2016.11.020]
Irrigation water ; Irrigation systems ; Communal irrigation systems ; Economic value ; Market prices ; Econometric models ; Valuation ; Farmland ; Canals ; Rural communities ; Social institutions ; Governance ; Households ; Income ; Farmers ; Forestry ; Mountains / Nepal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047994)
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The objective of this research is to quantify the economic value of access to irrigation for agricultural lands in rural Nepal, while controlling for the effects of social institutions that can either enhance or detract from agricultural production and land values. The analysis employs the hedonic pricing method (HPM) and uses self-assessed land value data from the Nepal Living Standards Survey, 2011. For the econometric modeling, a Box-Cox transformation supports the selection of the double log HPM model. Results show that the value of land with access to irrigation water is approximately 46 percent higher than the value of non-irrigated lands with a marginal implicit price of approximately NRs. 150,840 in 2011, (representing about seven times the median rural annual per capita income). Results also show the importance of built irrigation infrastructure, such as canals and tube wells, as well as access to multiple sources of irrigation water. We find that land-owner membership in community-managed irrigation systems and forestry user groups has positive impacts on land values. In consideration of extensive 2015 earthquake damages across large areas of Nepal, the findings support the critical importance of repairing irrigation access, especially to built irrigation infrastructures, and supporting community-managed irrigation and forestry user groups, which often lack the initial capital to initiate projects, for restoring rural well-being.
8 Ashraf, S.; Ali, M.; Shrestha, S.; Hafeez, M. A.; Moiz, A.; Sheikh, Z. A. 2022. Impacts of climate and land-use change on groundwater recharge in the semi-arid Lower Ravi River Basin, Pakistan. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 17:100743. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2022.100743]
Groundwater recharge ; Climate change ; Land use change ; River basins ; Semiarid zones ; Forecasting ; Hydrological modelling ; Water balance ; Precipitation ; Farmland / Pakistan / Ravi River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050999)
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Climate and land-use change significantly impact the hydrological cycle and water resources. Groundwater recharge of the Lower Ravi River Basin (LRRB), Pakistan, using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) hydrological model was studied. Three General Circulation Models (GCMs) under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 4.5 and 8.5) were used to project future rainfall and temperature. Present climate and land-use were used to develop the SWAT model. Future land-use was generated by using land-use change predictor model, CA-Markov from present maps. Groundwater recharge fluctuated with changing climate and land-use with an increase of annual temperature by 2.1 °C and 3.7 °C for RCP 4.5 and 8.5 respectively, by 2050. The annual mean precipitation increased by 2.45% and 4.47% for both scenarios resulting in an 8% rise in recharge along with a seasonal shift. Future land-use change reduced recharge up to 38%. The combined impacts of climate and land-use change reduced groundwater recharge by 15%.
9 Ali, M.; Hong, P.-Y.; Mishra, H.; Vrouwenvelder, J.; Saikaly, P. E. 2022. Adopting the circular model: opportunities and challenges of transforming wastewater treatment plants into resource recovery factories in Saudi Arabia. Water Reuse, 12(3):346-365. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2022.038]
Circular economy ; Models ; Resource recovery ; Wastewater treatment plants ; Water reuse ; Freshwater ; Municipal wastewater ; Water resources ; Water scarcity ; Water demand ; Technology ; Sludge ; Seawater ; Bioplastics ; Cellulose ; Ammonium ; Phosphates ; Infrastructure / Saudi Arabia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051475)
https://iwaponline.com/jwrd/article-pdf/12/3/346/1113980/jwrd0120346.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051475.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051475.pdf
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With the ever-growing population, water, energy, and resources need to be used carefully, reused, and renewed. There is an increasing global interest in resource recovery from ‘waste’, which is driven by sustainability and environmental concerns and motivated by the potential for economic benefits. A new era in waste (water) management is being realized where wastewater treatment is becoming part of the circular economy by integrating the production of reusable water with energy and resource recovery. In this new perspective, wastewater is no longer seen as a waste to be treated with energy expenditure but rather as a valuable source of freshwater, energy, nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous), and materials (e.g., bioplastics, cellulose fibres, and alginate). In this review paper, the conversion of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) into resource recovery factories (RRFs) is presented as one of the ways forward to achieve a circular economy in the water sector for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The advanced technologies, some highlighted in the article, can be installed, integrated, or retrofitted into existing WWTPs to create RRFs enabling the recovery of freshwater, cellulose, alginate-like exopolymers (bio-ALE), and biogas from municipal wastewater achieving climate neutrality, decarbonization, and production of new and promising resources. The article highlights the need for modular, adaptive, and/or decentralized approaches using sustainable technologies such as aerobic granular sludge (AGS)-gravity-driven membrane (AGS-GDM), anaerobic electrochemical membrane bioreactor (AnEMBR), and anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) for conducive localized water reuse. The increase in reuse will reduce the pressure on non-renewable water resources and decrease dependency on the energy-intensive desalination process. This article also outlines the water challenges that are arising in KSA and what are the major water research programmes/themes undertaken to address these major challenges.
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