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1 Xianjun, C. 1996. Introduction of water-saving irrigation scheduling through improved water delivery: a case study from China. In International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID); FAO. Irrigation scheduling: from theory to practice. Proceedings of the ICID/FAO Workshop on Irrigation Scheduling, Rome, Italy, 12-13 September 1995. Rome, Italy: FAO. pp.257-260. (FAO Water Reports 8)
Water conservation ; Irrigation scheduling ; Water delivery ; Irrigation programs ; Training ; Farmer participation ; Case studies / China / Gansu Province / Jingtaichuan Pumping Irrigation district
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7.1 G000 FAO Record No: H021334)
2 Wang, J.; Ma, Y. 1997. Remote sensing estimates of crop water consumption in oasis-desert systems of China. ITIS (Information Techniques for Irrigation Systems), 4(1):6-7.
Remote sensing ; River basin development ; Evapotranspiration ; Runoff ; Crop production ; Water stress ; Irrigation water / China / Gansu Province / Hexi Corridor / Heihe River / Gobi Desert
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H021962)
3 Xuerang, D. 1998. Design and application of a lining machine of prefabricated components used in triple-hinged arch soft rock tunnels of irrigation works. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 12(2):115-122.
Irrigation programs ; Irrigation canals ; Construction technology ; Canal linings ; Water delivery / China / Gansu Province / Yindaruqin Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H023022)
4 Zhu, O.; Liu, C. 1998. Rainwater utilization as sustainable development of water resources in China. In Stockholm International Water Institute. Workshop 4B: Water harvesting - Water, the key to socio-economic development and quality of life, Stockholm Water Symposium, August 10-13, 1998. Stockholm, Sweden: SIWI. pp.19-28.
Water harvesting ; Rain ; Catchment areas ; Water storage ; Water resources development ; Water shortage ; Water deficit ; Poverty ; Irrigation practices ; Supplementary irrigation ; Drought / China / Gansu Province / Ningxia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 STO Record No: H025013)
5 Zhu, Q.; Liu, C.; Mou, H.; Wang, H.; Kung, W. H.; Wanjun, Z.; Zhijun, L.; Jiansheng, C. 2001. Weak water becomes a growing point: China has been successful in large-scale rainwater harvesting – There is tremendous scope for more. In Agarwal, A.; Narain, S.; Khurana, I. (Eds.), Making water everybody’s business: Practice and policy of water harvesting. New Delhi, India: Centre for Science and Environment. pp.170-182.
Water harvesting ; Rain ; Catchment areas ; Precipitation ; Water storage ; Hydrology ; Afforestation / China / Gansu Province / Loess Plateau / Taihang
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 AGA Record No: H030639)
6 Qiang, Z. 2003. Rainwater harvesting and poverty alleviation: A case study in Gansu, China. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 19(4):569-578.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H033670)
7 Fujimoto, Naoya. 2005. Diversity of agricultural water management: an analysis of the policies in the People’s Republic of China. Bulletin of the National Institute of Rural Engineering, 44:23-65.
Irrigation water ; Water policy ; Water rates ; User charges ; Pricing ; Organizations ; Water law ; Case studies ; Water conservation ; Water market ; Precipitation ; Rice ; River basins / China / Gansu Province / Xingjiang Uygur AR / Shandong Province / Jiangsu Province / Zhejiang Province
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G592 FUJ Record No: H038169)
8 Zhang, B.; Li, F. M.; Huang, G.; Cheng, Z. Y.; Zhang, Y. 2006. Yield performance of spring wheat improved by regulated deficit irrigation in an arid area. Agricultural Water Management, 79(1):28-42.
Water deficit ; Wheat ; Irrigated farming ; Water use efficiency ; Soil moisture ; Crop yield / China / Gansu Province / Zhangye
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H038284)
9 Falkenmark, M.; Fox, P.; Persson, G.; Rockstrom, J. 2001. Water harvesting for upgrading of rainfed agriculture: Problem analysis and research needs. Stockholm, Sweden: SIWI. 101p. (SIWI Report 11)
Rainfed farming ; Water harvesting ; Drought ; Risks ; Dry farming ; Crop production ; Water storage ; Supplemental irrigation ; Conservation tillage / Africa South of Sahara / India / China / Arvari River / Gansu Province / Hebei Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.586 G000 FAL Record No: H034847)
10 Aarnoudse, E.; Bluemling, B. 2017. Controlling groundwater through smart card machines: the case of water quotas and pricing mechanisms in Gansu Province, China. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 20p. (Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) Case Profile Series 02) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2016.224]
Groundwater development ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater extraction ; Water quotas ; Water pricing ; Water use ; Water law ; Water quality ; Water policy ; Surface water ; Farmer participation ; Local authorities ; Regulations ; Pumping ; Agriculture ; Irrigated farming ; Land use / China / Gansu Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048448)
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The second issue of the GRIPP Case Profile Series documents the use of water quotas and pricing mechanisms in Northwest China to control and manage groundwater. Since the 1970s, this region has experienced intensive groundwater abstraction by smallholder farmers. In 2002, however, the revised Water Law urged local authorities to regulate groundwater use in regions with overdraft. The Case Profile reviews, in detail, the use of smart card machines installed on wells by the local government to control abstraction. The study compares the situation in two counties where local authorities opted for two different types of regulatory mechanisms enabled by the smart cards: Minqin County - where they chose quotas, and Guazhou County - where they opted for a tiered water pricing system. This Case Profile highlights how the success of smart card machines depends on the design and implementation of the regulatory mechanism behind the machines. In Minqin, quotas have successfully affected farmers’ groundwater use practices, whereas in Guazhou, water pricing has had little impact on farmers’ individual groundwater use practices. Moreover, the case of Minqin exemplifies that quotas enable equitable water access to all farmers and maintain the buffer function of conjunctive surface water and groundwater use. These are important principles to design effective groundwater regulation policies, both in and outside China.
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