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1 Thomas, R.; Colby, M.; English, R.; Jobin, W.; Rassas, B.; Reiss, P. 1993. Water resources policy and planning: Towards environmental sustainability. Arlington, VA, USA: ISPAN. xv, 65p.
Water resources ; Water policy ; Environmental sustainability ; Case studies ; Water shortage ; Irrigation efficiency ; Waterlogging ; Water quality ; Sanitation ; Wastewater ; Salinity control ; Water pollution ; Waterborne diseases ; Ecosystems ; Institutional constraints / Asia / Middle East / Egypt / Morocco / Pakistan / Thailand / Fayoum / Beni Mellai / Faisalabad / Khon Kaen
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 333.91 G000 THO Record No: H013909)
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Study undertaken in four medium sized cities and their surrounding agricultural areas.Information on the extent to which water development and use were consistent with, or detrimental to, maintenance of the long-term adequacy and quality of water resources
2 Pala, M.; Thomas, R.; Myers, R. J. K. 2001. Sustainable production through improved soil, water, and nutrient management in Africa. ICARDA Caravan, 15:27-29.
Soil management ; Water management ; Soil water ; Crop production ; Water use efficiency / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6347 Record No: H032343)
3 Rao, I. M.; Barrios, E.; Amézquita, E.; Friesen, D. K.; Thomas, R.; Oberson, A.; Singh, B. R. 2004. Soil phosphorus dynamics, acquisition and cycling in crop-pasture-fallow systems in low fertility tropical soils: A review from Latin America. In Delve, R. J.; Probert, M. E. (Eds.), Modelling nutrient management in tropical cropping systems. Canberra, Australia: ACIAR. pp.126-134.
Soil fertility ; Fertilizers ; Crop production ; Ecosystems ; Pastures ; Simulation models / Colombia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631 G000 DEL Record No: H035168)
4 Knight, J.; Thomas, R.; Angus, B.; Case, J. 2012. Project management for profit: a failsafe guide to keeping projects on track and on budget. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business Review Press. 180p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 658.404 G000 KNI Record No: H045003)
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5 Thomas, R.; Reed, M.; Clifton, K.; Appadurai, N.; Mills, A.; Zucca, C.; Kodsi, E.; Sircely, J.; Haddad, F.; Hagen, C.; Mapedza, Everisto; Woldearegay, K.; Shalander, K.; Bellon, M.; Le, Q.; Mabikke, S.; Alexander, S.; Leu, S.; Schlingloff, S.; Lala-Pritchard, T.; Mares, V.; Quiroz, R. 2018. A framework for scaling sustainable land management options. Land Degradation and Development, 29(10): 3272-3284. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3080]
Land management ; Land degradation ; Land use ; Sustainability ; Climate change ; Water resources ; Economic aspects ; Corporate culture ; Stakeholders ; Private sector ; Agricultural development ; Ecosystem services ; Capacity building ; Incentives ; Farmers ; Policy making ; Communities ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048903)
Improvements in land use and management are needed at a global scale to tackle interconnected global challenges of population growth, poverty, migration, climate change, biodiversity loss, and degrading land and water resources. There are hundreds of technical options for improving the sustainability of land management and preventing or reversing degradation, but there are many sociocultural, institutional, economic, and policy barriers hindering their adoption at large scale. To tackle this challenge, the Dryland Systems Program of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification convened an expert group to consider barriers and incentives to scaling technologies, processes, policies, or institutional arrangements. The group reviewed existing frameworks for scaling sustainable land management (SLM) interventions across a range of contexts and identified eight critical actions for success: (a) plan iteratively; (b) consistently fund; (c) select SLM options for scaling based on best available evidence; (d) identify and engage with stakeholders at all scales; (e) build capacity for scaling; (f) foster institutional leadership and policy change to support scaling; (g) achieve early benefits and incentives for as many stakeholders as possible; and (h) monitor, evaluate, and communicate. Incentives for scaling were identified for the private sector, farmers and their communities, and policy makers. Based on these findings, a new action framework for scaling is presented that analyses the contexts where specific SLM interventions can be scaled, so that SLM options can be screened and adapted to these contexts, piloted and disseminated. The framework can help countries achieve land degradation neutrality.
6 Bharucha, Z. P.; Attwood, S.; Badiger, S.; Balamatti, A.; Bawden, R.; Bentley, J. W.; Chander, M.; Davies, L.; Dixon, H.; Dixon, J.; D’Souza, M.; Flora, C. B.; Green, M.; Joshi, D.; Komarek, A. M.; McDermid, L. R.; Mathijs, E.; Rola, A. C.; Patnaik, S.; Pattanayak, S.; Pingali, P.; Prasad, V. P. V.; Rabbinge, R.; Ramanjaneyulu, G. V.; Ravindranath, N. H.; Sage, C.; Saha, A.; Salvatore, C.; Saxena, L. P.; Singh, C.; Smith, P.; Srinidhi, A.; Sugam, R.; Thomas, R.; Uphoff, N.; Pretty, J. 2021. The top 100 questions for the sustainable intensification of agriculture in India’s rainfed drylands. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(2):106-127. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1830530]
Sustainable intensification ; Rainfed agriculture ; Dryland farming ; Agricultural development ; Policies ; Farming systems ; Agricultural production ; Livestock ; Climate change ; Resilience ; Ecosystem services ; Natural resources ; Water resources ; Watersheds / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051091)
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India has the largest area of rainfed dryland agriculture globally, with a variety of distinct types of farming systems producing most of its coarse cereals, food legumes, minor millets, and large amounts of livestock. All these are vital for national and regional food and nutritional security. Yet, the rainfed drylands have been relatively neglected in mainstream agricultural and rural development policy. As a result, significant social-ecological challenges overlap in these landscapes: endemic poverty, malnutrition and land degradation. Sustainable intensification of dryland agriculture is essential for helping to address these challenges, particularly in the context of accelerating climate change. In this paper, we present 100 questions that point to the most important knowledge gaps and research priorities. If addressed, these would facilitate and inform sustainable intensification in Indian rainfed drylands, leading to improved agricultural production and enhanced ecosystem services. The horizon scanning method used to produce these questions brought together experts and practitioners involved in a broad range of disciplines and sectors. This exercise resulted in a consolidated set of questions covering the agricultural drylands, organized into 13 themes. Together, these represent a collective programme for new cross- and multi-disciplinary research on sustainable intensification in the Indian rainfed drylands.
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