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1 Wijerathna, Deeptha; Varma, Samyuktha. 2006. A farmers’ company for better price: The case of Chandrika Wewa Farmer Company, Sri Lanka. In Research Workshop on Collective Action and Market Access for Smallholders, Cali Colombia, 2-5 October 2006. 28p.
Farmers associations ; Collective action ; Institutions ; Irrigation programs ; Marketing ; Credit ; Fertilizers / Sri Lanka / Chandrika Wewa / Uda Walawe / Walawe River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G744 WIJ Record No: H039279)
2 Sharma, Amrita; Varma, Samyuktha; Joshi, Deepa. 2008. Social equity impacts of increased water for irrigation. In Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sharma, Bharat R. (Eds.) Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Analyses of Hydrological, Social and Ecological Issues of the NRLP, New Delhi, India, 9-10 October 2007. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.217-237.
Water distribution ; Irrigation water ; Equity ; Tanks ; Canal irrigation ; Villages ; Employment ; Wages ; Gender ; Social aspects ; Water user associations ; Farmers / India / Andhra Pradesh / Orissa / Madhya Pradesh / Polavaram Project / Kondrepol village / Velator village / Sagar Canal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 AMA Record No: H041805)
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3 Evans, Alexandra; Varma, Samyuktha. 2009. Practicalities of participation in urban IWRM: perspectives of wastewater management in two cities in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Natural Resources Forum, 33:19-28.
Wastewater irrigation ; Water resource management ; Participatory management ; Planning ; Stakeholders ; Urban areas / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh / Kurunegala / Deduru Oya / Maguru Oya / Rajshahi / Baranai River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042088)
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As the demand for water in cities increases, the quantity of wastewater being produced is growing at a phenomenal rate. If resources are to be managed effectively, a new paradigm is required for urban wastewater management. This paper reviews the initial findings of a participatory action planning process for managing wastewater for agricultural use. It finds that such processes need considerable facilitation, capacity building and knowledge sharing, but that if a plan can be devised that meets the needs of the stakeholders, even if some compromise is required, then certain stakeholders are likely to take responsibility for specific aspects. This may not meet the entire integrated water resources management (IWRM) vision of the plan but provided the plan is developed in such a way that incremental implementation will be beneficial then this will produce some success and may stimulate further cooperation.
4 Chartres, Colin J.; Varma, Samyuktha. 2009. Water scarcity and food security. Science in Parliament, 66(3):34-36.
Water scarcity ; Water shortage ; Food security ; Population growth ; Rivers ; Water demand ; Food production ; Crop production ; Biofuels ; Climate change ; Water storage ; Water resource management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H034818)
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5 Varma, Samyuktha; Evans, Alexandra; da Silva Wells, C.; Jinapala, K. 2009. Attitudes and actions of participants in multi-stakeholder processes and platforms. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 5(3):201-214. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19474190903451165]
Water resource management ; Participatory management ; Wastewater irrigation ; Sanitation ; Hygiene ; Stakeholders ; Attitudes ; Learning ; Organizational change / Asia / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh / Kurunegala / Rajshahi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042704)
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Multi-stakeholder processes (MSPs) and platforms are being used to address various aspects of water management. They have been championed as a way to improve planning and coordination to involve marginalized groups, and to increase learning and uptake of innovations. Between 2005 and 2008, a project called ‘WASPA Asia’ established multi-stakeholder platforms in two cities, Kurunegala in Sri Lanka and Rajshahi in Bangladesh, to address wastewater use in agriculture and its impact on farmers’ livelihoods. This paper presents findings on the benefits and constraints of a particular MSP around a ‘Learning Alliance’. It also describes and analyzes the methodology used to obtain findings and suggests ways in which such a methodology could be used to improve results of MSPs. The paper indicates that the obvious merit of MSPs is in providing spaces for information sharing and awareness-raising. In time, MSPs can evolve to bring about changes in stakeholders’ attitudes and actions but in many cases they are established around short-term projects, which limits their potential for (institutional) change. Given this constraint, attitudinal change and a better understanding of the issues amongst stakeholders are major accomplishments. Analysis of the methodology used for the review shows the benefits of regular joint monitoring, open communication, and the usefulness of relatively simple tools such as ‘change stories’.
6 Chartres, Colin; Varma, Samyuktha. 2010. Out of water: from abundance to scarcity and how to solve the world's water problems. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: FT Press. 230p.
Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water resource management ; Water governance ; Water rights ; Water allocation ; Water use ; Irrigation water ; Water reuse ; Rivers ; Poverty ; Farmers ; Women
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 CHA Record No: H043171)
From cities to biofuels, competition for water is accelerating. Climate change threatens to intensify the onset and severity of the water crisis in several regions of the developing world: this is already happening throughout much of Asia, the Mediterranean, southwestern Australia, and the southwestern US. Along with water shortages, unsafe water becomes an increasingly widespread problem, too.As water crises trigger food and health crises, billions may slip further into poverty, leading to greater social and political unrest, new wars, and worsening national security. Out of Water doesn't just illuminate the coming global water crisis: it presents innovative solutions in agriculture, engineering, governance, and beyond, including state-of-the art techniques for integrated water management. This book will help raise the level of debate about water to the highest levels of government, and identify workable reforms and incentives to help water users utilize this crucial resource far more efficiently.
7 de Fraiture, Charlotte; Molden, David; Smith, L.; Varma, Samyuktha. 2009. Unit two - Key concepts: assessment and management from basin to user. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 33p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043418)
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This unit is concerned with key concepts of assessment and management at scales from the water user to the river basin. The first section outlines the various scales of assessment of water resources and discusses the relationship between the various scales. Section 2 focuses in on the river basin scale and presents a number of key tools for understanding and assessing water resources at this scale. This section describes development trajectories of river basins and provides an overview of key issues which affect river basins. Section 3 introduces the new and prevalent water management paradigm of river basin management. Challenges and a general critique are provided in this section and a typology of river basin management models is presented. Section 4 focuses on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM); reviewing the evolution of the concept of integrated approaches, providing a description of IWRM and a definition, and evaluating critically the concept as an operational approach.
8 Giordano, Mark; Varma, Samyuktha. 2009. Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 30p.
Water governance ; Water policy ; Institutions ; Collective action ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Water user associations ; Agricultural policy ; Water reuse
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043419)
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This unit provides an introduction to the key concepts, challenges, perspectives and issues associated with the governance of water resources. Section 1 presents an introduction to the specific challenges of managing water and the issues that frame institutional and policy responses to water resource governance. Section 2 introduces local and community scale water governance systems as a way to improve the access, efficiency and distribution of water through the active participation of water users. It uses the case of Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) to highlight important issues in local water governance. Section 3 evaluates the limitations of local governance and introduces alternative and complementary mechanisms designed to address those limitations by operating at ‘higher’ scales. It examines how the simultaneous use of governance mechanisms across scales can take advantage of each mechanism’s positive attributes while overcoming its limitations. Section 4 examines how factors beyond the water sector including trade policy, increasing appreciation for the environment and urbanisation impact water governance. The section thus highlights how successful water governance requires a broad understanding of not only water but the larger political economy in which water is used.
9 Chartres, Colin; Varma, Samyuktha. 2010. Out of water: from abundance to scarcity and how to solve the world's water problems. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: FT Press. 230p.
Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water resource management ; Water governance ; Water rights ; Water allocation ; Water use ; Irrigation water ; Water reuse ; Rivers ; Poverty ; Farmers ; Women
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 CHA c2 Record No: H045106)
From cities to biofuels, competition for water is accelerating. Climate change threatens to intensify the onset and severity of the water crisis in several regions of the developing world: this is already happening throughout much of Asia, the Mediterranean, southwestern Australia, and the southwestern US. Along with water shortages, unsafe water becomes an increasingly widespread problem, too.
As water crises trigger food and health crises, billions may slip further into poverty, leading to greater social and political unrest, new wars, and worsening national security. Out of Water doesn't just illuminate the coming global water crisis: it presents innovative solutions in agriculture, engineering, governance, and beyond, including state-of-the art techniques for integrated water management. This book will help raise the level of debate about water to the highest levels of government, and identify workable reforms and incentives to help water users utilize this crucial resource far more efficiently.
As water crises trigger food and health crises, billions may slip further into poverty, leading to greater social and political unrest, new wars, and worsening national security. Out of Water doesn't just illuminate the coming global water crisis: it presents innovative solutions in agriculture, engineering, governance, and beyond, including state-of-the art techniques for integrated water management. This book will help raise the level of debate about water to the highest levels of government, and identify workable reforms and incentives to help water users utilize this crucial resource far more efficiently.
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