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1 Gordon, L.; Folke, C. 2000. Ecohydrological landscape management for human well-being. Water International, 25(2):178-184.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H026755)
2 Wijkman, A.; Gordon, L.. 2002. Workshop 9 (synthesis): How to increase the status of water issues in governance and in public perception. Water Science and Technology, 45(8):229-231.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 STO Record No: H030113)
3 Gordon, L.. 2004. Terrestrial ecosystems and green water flows in a time of global change: Sources of vulnerability. In SIWI, Proceedings, SIWI Seminar - Towards Catchment Hydrosolidarity in a World of Uncertainties, Stockholm, August 16, 2003. Stockholm, Sweden: SIWI. pp.27-30.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 SIW Record No: H034546)
4 Bhatt, Yogesh; Bossio, Deborah; Enfors, E.; Gordon, L.; Kongo, V.; Kosgei, J. R.; Makurira, H.; Masuki, K.; Mul, M.; Tumbo, S. D. 2006. Smallholder system innovations in integrated watershed management (SSI): strategies of water for food and environmental security in drought-prone tropical and subtropical agro-ecosystems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 59p. (IWMI Working Paper 109; SSI Working Paper 1) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.294]
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G100 BHA Record No: H039095)
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5 Molden, David; Vithanage, M.; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Faures, J. M.; Finlayson, M.; Gordon, L.; Molle, Francois; Peden, D.; Stentiford, D. 2011. Water availability and its use in agriculture. In Wilderer, P. (Ed.). Treatise on water science. Vol.4. Oxford, UK: Elsevier. pp. 707-732.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044171)
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6 Rockstrom, J.; Williams, J.; Daily, G.; Noble, A.; Matthews, N.; Gordon, L.; Wetterstrand, H.; DeClerck, F.; Shah, M.; Steduto, P.; de Fraiture, C.; Hatibu, N.; Unver, O.; Bird, Jeremy; Sibanda, L.; Smith, J. 2017. Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability. Ambio, 46(1):4-17. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0793-6]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047656)
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There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now be defined—at all scales—in the context of rapidly rising global environmental changes in the Anthropocene, while focusing on eradicating poverty and hunger and contributing to human wellbeing. The criteria and approach we propose, for a paradigm shift towards sustainable intensification of agriculture, integrates the dual and interdependent goals of using sustainable practices to meet rising human needs while contributing to resilience and sustainability of landscapes, the biosphere, and the Earth system. Both of these, in turn, are required to sustain the future viability of agriculture. This paradigm shift aims at repositioning world agriculture from its current role as the world’s single largest driver of global environmental change, to becoming a key contributor of a global transition to a sustainable world within a safe operating space on Earth.
7 Queiroz, C.; Norstrom, A. V.; Downing, A.; Harmackova, Z. V.; De Coning, C.; Adams, V.; Bakarr, M.; Baedeker, T.; Chitate, A.; Gaffney, O.; Gordon, L.; Hainzelin, E.; Howlett, D.; Krampe, F.; Loboguerrero, A. M.; Nel, D.; Okollet, C.; Rebermark, M.; Rockstrom, J.; Smith, Mark; Wabbes-Candotti, S.; Matthews, N. 2021. Investment in resilient food systems in the most vulnerable and fragile regions is critical. Nature Food, 2(8):546-551. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00345-2]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050607)
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Reversing the alarming trend of rising food insecurity requires transformations towards just, sustainable and healthy food systems with an explicit focus on the most vulnerable and fragile regions.
8 Matthews, N.; Dalton, J.; Matthews, J.; Barclay, H.; Barron, J.; Garrick, D.; Gordon, L.; Huq, S.; Isman, T.; McCornick, P.; Meghji, A.; Mirumachi, N.; Moosa, S.; Mulligan, M.; Noble, A.; Petryniak, O.; Pittock, J.; Queiroz, C.; Ringler, C.; Smith, Mark; Turner, C.; Vora, S.; Whiting, L. 2022. Elevating the role of water resilience in food system dialogues. Water Security, 17:100126. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100126]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051489)
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Ensuring resilient food systems and sustainable healthy diets for all requires much higher water use, however, water resources are finite, geographically dispersed, volatile under climate change, and required for other vital functions including ecosystems and the services they provide. Good governance for resilient water resources is a necessary precursor to deciding on solutions, sourcing finance, and delivering infrastructure. Six attributes that together provide a foundation for good governance to reduce future water risks to food systems are proposed. These attributes dovetail in their dual focus on incorporating adaptive learning and new knowledge, and adopting the types of governance systems required for water resilient food systems. The attributes are also founded in the need to greater recognise the role natural, healthy ecosystems play in food systems. The attributes are listed below and are grounded in scientific evidence and the diverse collective experience and expertise of stakeholders working across the science-policy interface: Adopting interconnected systems thinking that embraces the complexity of how we produce, distribute, and add value to food including harnessing the experience and expertise of stakeholders s; adopting multi-level inclusive governance and supporting inclusive participation; enabling continual innovation, new knowledge and learning, and information dissemination; incorporating diversity and redundancy for resilience to shocks; ensuring system preparedness to shocks; and planning for the long term. This will require food and water systems to pro-actively work together toward a socially and environmentally just space that considers the water and food needs of people, the ecosystems that underpin our food systems, and broader energy and equity concerns.
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