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1 Bhattarai, Madhusudan; Pant, Dhruba. 2004. Local water management institutions and the bulk intersectoral water transfer: a case study of the Melamchi Water Transfer Project in Nepal. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Oaxaca, Mexico, 9-13 August 2004. 27p.
Water management ; River basins ; Catchment areas ; Water rights ; Water transfer ; Water allocation ; Institutions ; Case studies ; Water supply ; Domestic water ; Irrigation water ; Canals ; Farmer participation ; Social participation ; Non-governmental organizations ; Development projects ; Economic aspects ; Rural development / Nepal / Melamchi River Basin / Kathmandu
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G726 BHA Record No: H035898)
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2 Bhattarai, Madhusudan; Pant, Dhruba. 2004. Changing water institutions and governance of the intersectoral water transfer: Melamchi Water Transfer Project in Nepal. Paper presented at Workshop Session 8 - Water governance: a driver for food and urban security, 14th Stockholm Water Symposium - Drainage Basin Management – Regional approaches for food and urban security, 16-20 August 2004. 2p.
Water management ; Institutions ; Governance ; Water transfer ; Water rights ; Development projects ; Water supply ; Social participation / Nepal / Melamchi River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G726 BHA Record No: H035899)
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3 Pant, Dhruba; Adhikari, K. 2004. Food security, livelihood and environment: resource management dynamics. Paper presented at the 14th Stockholm Water Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, 16-20 August 2004. 4p.
Food security ; Poverty ; Irrigation ; Environmental effects ; Social participation ; Resource management
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 338.19 G000 PAN Record No: H035900)
4 Pant, Dhruba; Scott, Christopher. 2005. Forest-watershed-irrigation linkages: policy support for integrated management. In Sharma, Bharat; Samra, J. S.; Scott, Christopher; Wani, S. P. (Eds.). Watershed management challenges: improving productivity, resources and livelihoods. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR); International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) pp.258-268.
Watershed management ; Forest management ; Irrigation management ; Natural resources ; Resource management ; Social participation ; Poverty / India / Nepal / Indus / Ganges
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G635 SHA Record No: H037678)
5 Bhattarai, M.; Pant, Dhruba; Molden, David. 2005. Socio-economics and hydrological impacts of Melamchi Intersectoral and Interbasin Water Transfer Project, Nepal. Water Policy, 7(2):163-180.
Water supply ; Hydrology ; Water transfer ; Contracts ; Compensation ; Development projects ; Benefits ; River basins ; Drinking water / Nepal / Katmandu
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H037295)
6 Pant, Dhruba; Pun, Shuku. 2005. An interactive process to resolve water management issues: dialogue at East Rapti River Basin, Nepal. Paper presented at the 2nd International Yellow River Forum (IYRF), on Keeping the Healthy Life of the River and Modern River Basin Management. Ministry of Water Resources of P.R. China, Zhengzhou, China, 18 – 21 October 2005. 11p.
River basins ; Water management ; Water users ; Farmer participation ; Maintenance ; Irrigation canals ; Resource management ; Natural resources ; Public policy ; Conflict ; Water rights ; Legislation / China / East Rapti River Basin / Khageri Irrigation System / Bishajari Lake
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3G726 PAN Record No: H038130)
7 Pant, Dhruba; Thapa, S.; Singh, A.; Bhattarai, Madhusudhan; Molden, David. 2005. Integrated management of water, forest and land resources in Nepal: opportunities for improved livelihood. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat. vii, 27p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Discussion Paper 2)
Irrigation management ; Forest management ; Public policy ; Land use ; Land tenure ; Farm size ; Environmental effects ; Gender ; Women ; Equity ; Institutions ; Conflict / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G726 PAN Record No: H038270)
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8 Pant, Dhruba; Gautam, K. R.; Shakya, S. D.; Adhikari, D. L. 2006. Multiple use schemes: Benefit to smallholders. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 40p. (IWMI Working Paper 114) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.296]
Irrigation programs ; Water supply ; Domestic water ; Drinking water ; Irrigation water ; Drip irrigation ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Vegetables ; Cereals ; Women ; Land ownership ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Water users ; Social aspects ; Households ; Income ; Credit / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G726 PAN Record No: H039611)
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9 Pant, Dhruba; Gautam, K. R.; Shakya, S. D. 2006. Multiple use water schemes: Implication on sustainable livelihood. In 2nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, organized by the American Academy of Sciences, Houston, Texas, USA, 19-22 August 2006. 6p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G726 PAN Record No: H039795)
10 Pant, Dhruba; Samad, Madar. 2006. Stakeholder consultation and water governance: Lessons from the Melamchi Water Transfer Project in Nepal. In CPWF Decision Support System Workshop, Ethiopia, 23-26 January 2006. 19p.
Water supply ; Water transfer ; Development projects ; River basins ; Water rights ; Water use ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Farmer managed irrigation systems / Nepal / Kathmandu Valley / Melamchi River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G726 PAN Record No: H039796)
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11 Pant, Dhruba; Gautam, K.; Shakya, S. D. 2007. Water management in smallholders’ community: a case of multiple use schemes. In Pradhan, P.; Uprety, L. P.; Parajuli, U. N.; Gautam, U. (Eds.). Irrigation in transition: interacting with internal and external factors and setting the strategic actions. Proceedings of the Fourth International Seminar. Kathmandu, Nepal: Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems (FMIS) Promotion Trust. 9p.
Water use ; Households ; Domestic water ; Drinking water ; Rainfed farming ; Irrigated farming ; Drip irrigation ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Vegetables ; Crop production ; Marketing ; Constraints ; Farmers attitudes / Nepal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G726 PAN Record No: H040816)
12 Pant, Dhruba; Bhatta, B.; Shrestha, Pratima. 2007. Multi-stakeholder perspective in catchment management: case from Nepal. Paper presented at the 10th International River Symposium and Environmental Flows Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2-6 September 2007. 21p.
Watersheds ; Catchment areas ; Community forestry ; Institutions ; Water user associations ; Fisheries ; Natural resources management / Nepal / Begnas Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 726 PAN Record No: H040817)
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13 Pant, Dhruba; Bhattarai, M.; Basnet, G. 2008. Implications of bulk water transfer on local water management institutions: a case study of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 27p. (CAPRi Working Paper 78)
Water supply ; Development projects ; River basins ; Drinking water ; Water transfer ; Water rights ; Legislation ; Institutions ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Compensation ; Case studies / Nepal / Kathmandu Valley / Melamchi River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041304)
To mitigate a drinking water crisis in Kathmandu valley, the Government of Nepal initiated the Melamchi Water Supply Project in 1997, which will divert water from the Melamchi River to Kathmandu city’s water supply network. In the first phase, the Project will divert 170,000 cubic meters of water per day (at the rate of 1.97M3/sec), which will be tripled using the same infrastructure as city water demand increases in the future. The large scale transfer of water would have far reaching implications in both water supplying and receiving basins. This paper analyzes some of the major changes related to local water management and socioeconomics brought about by the Project and in particular the changes in the local water management institutions in the Melamchi basin. Our study shows that traditional informal water management institutions were effective in regulating present water use practices in the water supplying basin, but the situation will vastly change because of the scale of water transfer, and power inequity between the organized public sector on one side and dispersed and unorganized marginal water users on the other. The small scale of water usage and multiple informal arrangements at the local level have made it difficult for the local users and institutions to collectively bargain and negotiate with the central water transfer authority for a fair share of project benefits and compensation for the losses imposed on them. The process and scale of project compensation for economic losses and equity over resource use are at the heart of the concerns and debates about the Melamchi water transfer decision. The Project has planned for a one- time compensation package of about US$18 million for development infrastructure related investments and is planning to share about one percent of revenue generated from water use in the city with the supplying basin. The main issues here are what forms of water sharing governance, compensation packages, and water rights structures would emerge in relation to the project implementation and whether they are socially acceptable ensuring equitable distribution of the project benefits to all basin communities. In addition, these issues of the Melamchi project discussed in this paper are equally pertinent to other places where rural to urban water transfer projects are under discussion.
14 Pant, Dhruba; Chopra, R.; Sen, D.; Shrestha, Pratima. 2008. Sustainable resource management: an institutional perspective. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.2. Increasing rainwater productivity; Multi-purpose water systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.206-209.
Natural resources management ; Sustainability ; Participatory management ; Stakeholders ; Water users ; Catchment areas ; Water rights ; Water resource management ; Communal irrigation systems ; Forestry ; Research projects / Nepal / India / Himalaya / Uttarakhand / Begnas Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041746)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3707/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20II.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041746.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041746.pdf
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15 Thapa, S.; Soussan, J.; Pant, Dhruba; Prajuli, J. H. U.; Sharma, K.; Bhatta, B. 2008. Process-oriented integrated natural resource management (INRM) implementation at the basin level: can it be given new insights to state restructuring in Nepal? In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.1. Keynotes; Cross-cutting topics. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.85-88.
Natural resources management ; River basin management ; Forestry ; Land resources ; Food security ; Households ; Stakeholders / Nepal / Gandaki River / Begnas River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041782)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3706/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20I.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041782.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041782.pdf
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16 Hill, J. K. W.; Pant, Dhruba; Thapa, S. 2008. Equity in two irrigation systems, Begnas Watershed, Nepal. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.1. Keynotes; Cross-cutting topics. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.89-92.
Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Watersheds ; Water allocation ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Canals ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Water user associations / Nepal / Begnas Irrigation System / Chapatari Ko Kulo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041783)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3706/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20I.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041783.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041783.pdf
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17 Kansakar, D. R.; Pant, Dhruba; Chaudhary, J. P. 2009. Reaching the poor: effectiveness of the current shallow tubewell policy in Nepal. In Mukherji, Aditi; Villholth, K. G.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Wang, J. (Eds.) Groundwater governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins: realities and challenges. London, UK: CRC Press. pp.163-181. (IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 15)
Groundwater irrigation ; Shallow tube wells ; Pumps ; Private ownership ; Farmers ; Small farms ; Agricultural credit ; Financing ; Loans ; Agricultural policy ; Poverty ; Rural areas ; Electrification ; Surveys ; Crops ; Diversification ; Productivity ; Profitability / Nepal / Dangihat / Arjundhara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G570 MUK Record No: H042228)
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18 Pant, Dhruba. 2008. Linking community-based water and forest management for sustainable livelihoods of the poor in fragile upper catchments of the Indus-Ganges Basin. Project Completion Report CP 23 “Resource Management for Sustainable Livelihood” submitted to the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 46p.
Forest resources ; River basins ; Maps ; Common property ; Rural communities ; Households ; Water policy ; Water law ; Irrigation canals ; Water supply / Nepal / India / Indus-Ganges Basin / Begnas-Rupa Basin / Uttarakhand / Hilaungad Watershed / Dund Khola
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042736)
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The project CP 23, “Resource Management for Sustainable Livelihood” was a three year project, starting from April 2005 and ending in September 2008 with a no cost extension of six months from April 2008. It aimed at contributing to enhanced livelihood opportunities and reduced vulnerability for poor rural people in upper catchments, through understanding of legal, policy and institutional provisions for resource management in Nepal and India, resource assessment and livelihood analysis in the studied area, exploring expanded mandates for the existing resource users’ groups and possibility for scaling up their activities. To fulfill the objectives, researchers advanced a range of activities such as household survey, PRA exercises, formal and informal meetings, GIS, establishment of rain gauge stations, data interpretation and analysis, etc.
19 Sharma, Bharat R.; Riaz, M. V.; Pant, Dhruba; Adhikary, D. L.; Bhatt, B. P.; Rahman, H. 2010. Water poverty in the northeastern hill region (India): potential alleviation through multiple-use water systems: cross-learnings from Nepal Hills. New Delhi, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 44p. (IWMI-NAIP Report 001) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.200]
Water poverty index ; Construction ; Multiple use ; Water storage ; Farming systems ; Villages ; Social aspects ; Drip irrigation / India / Nepal / Nagaland / Mon district / Lampong Sheanghah
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042825)
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20 Pant, Dhruba; Sharma, K. R. 2010. Resource management at local level: "platform" approach for integration. Paper presented at the 5th South Asia Research Workshop, Globalization of Governance: Implications for Water Management in South Asia, Thimphu, Bhutan, 3-5 May 2010. 16p.
Natural resources management ; Stakeholders ; Water users ; Participatory management ; Water resource management ; Catchment areas ; National planning / Nepal / Begnas Sub-basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042880)
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Traditionally, the users’ organisations at local level are playing an important role for the management of natural resources by organizing the users. The Government of Nepal through its Water Resources Strategy 2002 and National Water Plan 2005 has emphasized a holistic approach in place of sectoral one for natural resources management at sub/basin level based on the principle of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). It envisages the creation of committee at the sub/basin level, which is lacking at present. But both vertical and horizontal linkage between institutions and among the various water users is sectoral. Therefore, an action research was carried out in Nepal and India to examine the possibility of up-scaling the role of existing natural resource users’ group and other stakeholders - local elected institutions and I/NGOs in order to facilitate the evolvement of institution at sub/basin level. The information was collected through checklist in focused group discussions, consultation workshop at the local and district level with Water users group, Forest Users Group and other stakeholders. The dynamics of resource management along with stakeholders’ role and processes/methods followed in ‘Platform’ formation, which is expected to evolve as sub/basin level institutions for IWRM in Nepal and its future is dealt in this paper.
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