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1 Weligamage, Parakrama; Barker, Randolph; Hussain, Intizar; Amarasinghe, Upali; Samad, Madar. 2002. World irrigation and water statistics 2002: with a guide to data sources. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 131p.
Statistics ; Irrigable land ; Cereals ; Prices ; River basins ; Dams ; Tube wells ; Public ownership ; Private ownership
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G000 WEL Record No: H030388)
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2 Weligamage, Parakrama; Barker, Randolph; Hussain, Intizar; Amarasinghe, Upali; Samad, Madar. 2002. World Irrigation and water statistics 2002: with a guide to data sources. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 131p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G178 WEL c2 Record No: H041559)
3 Hussain, Intizar; Namara, Regassa; Samad, Madar. 2004. Water for food security for the poor. In ADB, Water for all. Manila, Philippines: ADB. pp.76-91.
Food security ; Developing countries ; Irrigation systems ; Small scale systems ; Poverty ; Agricultural development
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 338.19 G000 HUS Record No: H036163)
4 Molden, David; Sakthivadivel, Ramasamy; Samad, Madar; Burton, Martin. 2005. Phases of river basin development: the need for adaptive institutions. In Svendsen, Mark (Ed.). Irrigation and river basin management: options for governance and institutions. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.19-29.
River basin development ; Water resources development ; Hydrology ; Planning ; Maintenance ; Water allocation ; Monitoring ; Water quality ; Water scarcity ; Poverty
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 SVE Record No: H036302)
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5 Upadhyay, Bhawana; Samad, Madar; Giordano, Mark. 2005. Livelihoods and gender roles in drip-irrigation technology: A case of Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) v, 13p. (IWMI Working Paper 087) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.273]
Gender ; Drip irrigation ; Technology ; Rural women ; Empowerment ; Vegetables ; Family income ; Households ; Villages ; Farmers ; Economic aspects / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7088042 G726 UPA Record No: H037306)
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6 Samad, Madar. 2005. Institutions for agricultural water management in water scarce river basins in Asia: lessons from five case studies. In Network of Asian River Basin Organisations. Second NARBO Training Workshop on River Basin Management and Organisations for Mid-Career Professionals in South Asian countries held at The Beach Hotel, Negombo, Sri Lanka, 24 to 29 April 2005. Manila, Philippines: NARBO. 21p.
River basins ; Irrigated farming ; Poverty ; Case studies / Asia / China / Indonesia / Philippines / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Deduru Oya / East Rapti / Fuyang Basin / Ombilin Basin / Upper Pampanga Basin / Omonogawa / Murray-Darling Basin / Brantas River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H037721)
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7 Amarasinghe, Upali; Samad, Madar; Anputhas, Markandu. 2005. Locating the poor: spatially disaggregated poverty maps for Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 33p. (IWMI Research Report 096) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.096]
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 339.46 G744 AMA Record No: H037905)
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This report presents the results of subnational poverty estimation using aggregate poverty statistics and how they can help policy interventions. In particular, they estimate the poverty map across the DS division level in Sri Lanka. The poverty map depicts the proportion of households below the poverty line, which is based on household expenditure for food for obtaining the minimum calorie requirement.
8 Amarasinghe, Upali; Samad, Madar; Anputhas, Markandu. 2005. Spatial clustering of rural poverty and food insecurity in Sri Lanka. Food Policy, 30: 493-509.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 339.46 G744 AME Record No: H037889)
9 Samad, Madar. 2005. Water institutional reforms in Sri Lanka. Water Policy, 7(1):125-140.
Institutional development ; Organizations ; Water use ; Water law ; Water policy ; Irrigation management ; Water user associations / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G744 SAM, PER Record No: H036625)
10 Samad, Madar; Merrey, Douglas. 2006. Water to thirsty fields: how social research can contribute. In Cernea, M. M.; Kassam, A. H. (Eds.). Researching the culture in agri-culture: social research for international development. Wallingford, U.K.: CABI. pp.140-165.
Institutional development ; Research institutes ; Agricultural research ; River basins ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Gender ; Women ; Poverty ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Manual pumps
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.7 G000 CER Record No: H038218)
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11 Amarasinghe, Upali; Anputhas, Markandu; Samad, Madar; Abayawardana, Sarath. 2006. Spatial clustering of the poor: Links with availability and access to land. In Melis, D. M.; Abeysuriya, M.; de Silva, N. (Eds.). Putting land first?: Exploring the links between land and poverty. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) pp.331-363.
Poverty ; Land ownership ; Water availability ; Agricultural society ; Villages ; Regression analysis / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.31 G744 MEL Record No: H039608)
12 Giordano, Meredith; Samad, Madar; Namara, Regassa. 2006. Assessing the outcomes of IWMI’s research and interventions on irrigation management transfer. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 27p. (IWMI Research Report 106) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.107]
Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Privatization ; Water user associations ; Farmers associations ; Gender
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G000 GIO Record No: H039645)
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The purpose of this paper is to summarize IIMI/IWMI's past research and interventions related to irrigation management transfer and to document, to the extent possible, the academic, policy, and technical outcomes of these efforts. The application of a range of direct and indirect measurement techniques suggests an overall positive contribution from IWMI to IMT theory and application.
13 Samad, Madar. 2006. Water resources institutions and policy. In Giordano, Meredith; Rijsberman, Frank; Saleth, Maria. (Eds.). More crop per drop: revisiting a research paradigm: results and synthesis of IWMI’s research, 1996- 2005. London, UK: IWA Publishing; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.118-144.
Agricultural research ; Research institutes ; Research priorities ; Irrigation management ; Privatization ; Institutional development ; River basins ; Poverty ; Cost recovery ; Pricing ; Gender
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 GIO Record No: H039655)
14 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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15 Venot, Jean-Philippe; Turral, Hugh; Samad, Madar. 2007. The Lower Krishna Basin: basin closure and shifting waterscape in South India. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual IWMI-TATA Partners’ Meet. Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), 8-10 March 2007. 32p.
Water resources development ; River basin development ; Water allocation ; Canals ; Water use ; Water transfer ; Irrigated farming / India / Lower Krishna Basin / Andhra Pradesh / Nagarjuna Sagar Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 VEN Record No: H040583)
Since the 1850s, the Krishna basin has seen an increasing mobilization of its water resources and a dramatic development of irrigation, with little regard to the limits of available water resources. This progressively led to the closure of the basin: surface water resources are now almost entirely committed to human consumptive uses; the increasing groundwater abstraction negatively affects the surface water balance by decreasing base flows, and the discharge to the ocean continues to decrease. The lower Krishna basin, located in Andhra Pradesh, is a deficit sub-basin; it depends highly on inflow from the upper basin and on upstream water uses. It is the first part of the Krishna basin to face the adverse consequences of any hydrological changes. It is also the region of the basin where most of the available water is depleted by human consumptive uses. In times of drought, it is the first region to face severe water shortages and to witness a spatial re-distribution or re-appropriation of water. Taking place on the basis of current political, institutional and geographical forces, this re-appropriation of water raises socio-political questions of sectoral and regional water apportionment within the lower Krishna basin and may be at the origin of conflicts between water users. This paper identifies two main drivers to the lower Krishna basin closure: (i) a long-term trend towards decreasing water availability with a declining surface water inflow due to water development in the upper basin and (ii) a local water over-commitment due to uncontrolled development of private groundwater abstraction and short term management decisions, both at the farmer and command area levels, in the large irrigation projects of the lower Krishna basin. In 1996/2000, 80% of the lower Krishna basin net inflow was depleted and discharge to the ocean amounted to 17.9 km3/yr, defining a moderately modified ecosystem. During the drought of 2001/2004, likely to forecast the future waterscape of the lower Krishna basin, all indicators point to further water resource commitment with a depleted fraction amounting to 98% of the net inflow, a lack of discharge to the ocean and the shrinkage of surface irrigated agriculture. This paper illustrates that local users and managers participate to a large extent in the shifting waterscape of the lower Krishna basin. At the basin scale, this paper shows that both the intra-agriculture and the inter- sectoral distribution of water are being reshaped. In the agricultural sector, the strong political divide among the three regions of Andhra Pradesh and the need to balance rural development among those regions are two of the main driving forces of a shifting agricultural water use. If surface water distribution among large irrigation projects tends to be to the advantage of the politically influent coastal region; the uncontrolled groundwater development mainly benefits the dry upland regions of Telangana and Rayalaseema and is tantamount to a spatial and social redistribution of water impinging surface water use in the lower reaches of the basin. The inter-sectoral distribution of water is also being modified. First, increasing power needs have led to the completion of hydro-power projects which do not yet impact other uses. Second, domestic and industrial needs of urban areas are increasing and are preferentially met. Currently, this is not affecting existing water uses as volumes considered remain marginal but in case of drought it could further deprive agricultural uses in the large irrigation projects located downstream. Third, environmental degradation has led to increasing awareness to recognize the environment as a water user in its own right. This has yet to be translated in formal allocation mechanisms and will point to further water commitment letting very little room for further water resources development. At the local level, this study highlighted a large range of adaptive strategies developed by both farmers and managers in the large irrigation projects of the lower Krishna basin. Strategies include: differential canal supply management, reduction of the cropping season, crops shift, development of groundwater use, etc. Strategies vary both temporally and spatially and reflect the particular political economy of the region studied To overcome the degradation of the resource base and the management difficulties linked to resource over- commitment, this paper underlines that the state has to play a central role in articulating a specific course among different available options through the definition and the implementation of formal effective and adaptive water allocation mechanisms, both in time and space, to allow transparent and sustainable use of available water resources. At present, calls for demand management by the State and international donors are strong but the consideration and implementation of mega inter-basin transfers perpetuates an unsustainable rush towards further resource mobilization and should not be taken as a justification for disregarding other management options that will allow regulating water use notably in the agricultural sector. Finally policies limited to the water sector are unlikely to ease the pressure on the water resources and there is a clear need for strategies and policies that would ensure the rural population to make a successful transition beyond agriculture.
16 Giordano, Meredith; Samad, Madar; Namara, Regassa. 2007. IWMI: Assessing the outcome of IWMI’s research and interventions on irrigation management transfer. In Waibel, H.; Zilberman, D.EC (Eds.). International research on natural resource management: Advances in impact assessment. Rome, Italy: FAO; Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.196-216.
Research policy ; Research institutes ; Agricultural research ; Irrigation management ; Privatization ; Water user associations
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.1 G000 WAI Record No: H040639)
17 Venot, Jean-Philippe; Turral, Hugh; Samad, Madar; Molle, Francois. 2007. Shifting waterscapes: explaining basin closure in the Lower Krishna Basin, South India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 50p. (IWMI Research Report 121) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.121]
River basins ; Ecosystems ; Protective irrigation ; Irrigation programs ; Water transfer ; Water distribution ; Water allocation ; Groundwater depletion ; Aquifers ; Water scarcity ; Water use ; Drought / India / Lower Krishna Basin / Godavari Basin / Nagarjuna Sagar Project / Kolleru Lake
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635VEN Record No: H040963)
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Progressive agricultural and water development in the Krishna Basin in South India has led to a rising over commitment of water resources and signs of basin closure are apparent during dry periods. As human consumptive uses are approaching the limits of water availability, this report focuses on the Lower Krishna Basin that bears the brunt of any intervention upstream. Capturing the process of basin closure requires an understanding of the political dimension of access to water and the scope for change. As basin closure intensifies the interconnectedness of ecosystems and water users, adjustments and management decisions result in spatial re-appropriation of water and basin-wide strategies for water management and development that start with the definition and the implementation of water allocation mechanisms are increasingly needed.
18 Mekala, Gayathri Devi; Davidson, B.; Samad, Madar; Boland, A. M. 2008. Wastewater reuse and recycling systems: a perspective into India and Australia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 35p. (IWMI Working Paper 128) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.309]
Water reuse ; Recycling ; Costs ; Social aspects ; Water quality ; Water use ; Water balance ; Water market ; Pricing ; User charges ; Water scarcity ; Development projects ; Developing countries ; Developed countries / India / Australia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7284 G000 MEK Record No: H041343)
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With issues of climate change, increase in urban population and the increased demand for water from competing sectors, wastewater recycling is becoming an important strategy to complement the existing water resources for both developing and developed countries. There are lessons, experiences, data and technology that can be shared for mutual benefit. The current paper is part of a doctoral research and presents a comprehensive literature review on the following issues in India and Australia: some key statistics of wastewater use and recycling; rationale for wastewater use; problems in promoting recycling; research gaps; economic characteristics of wastewater; wastewater markets and its future potential.
19 Mekala, Gayathri Devi; Davidson, B.; Samad, Madar; Boland, A. M. 2008. A framework for efficient wastewater treatment and recycling systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 17p. (IWMI Working Paper 129) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.310]
Water reuse ; Wastewater ; Recycling ; Pricing ; Water allocation ; Cost benefit analysis ; Wastewater irrigation ; Developing countries ; Developed countries ; Case studies / India / Australia / Hyderabad / Melbourne
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7284 G000 MEK Record No: H041344)
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Use of un-treated/partially treated wastewater for irrigation in the dry countries of Asia and Africa and recycling of treated wastewater in the water scarce developed countries has become a common practice due to various reasons. While the lack of wastewater treatment to appropriate levels before use is a major problem in developing countries, the high cost of wastewater recycling is the major problem in developed countries. The current paper is part of a doctoral research and presents the conceptual framework for the research and the methodology that can be used to tackle the problems associated with wastewater recycling.
20 Samad, Madar. 2008. Socio-economic issues in watershed development programs. Keynote presentation at the International Symposium on Water Harvesting: Bringing Green Revolution to Rainfed Areas. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India, 23 -25 June 2008. 9p.
Watershed management ; Development projects ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Equity ; Poverty ; Women ; Common property ; Landlessness ; Political aspects / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G635 SAM Record No: H041479)
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