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1 Merrey, D. J.; Bulankulame, S. 1987. Responsibility in irrigation system management: some policy suggestions for Sri Lanka. Digana, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). 4p. (IIMI Management Brief 5)
Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; Policy ; Ownership ; Farmers associations ; Participatory management / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H0448)
2 Bhandari, H.; Shivakoti, G. P. 2005. Groundwater markets and irrigation potential in South Asia: a micro study from Nepal. In Shivakoti, G. P.; Vermillion, D. L.; Lam, W. F.; Ostrom, E.; Pradhan, U.; Yoder, R. ( Eds.). Asian irrigation in transition: responding to challenges. New Delhi, India: Sage. pp.127-153.
Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater management ; Policy ; Water market ; Water potential ; Farm size ; Ownership ; Poverty / South Asia / India / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G570 SHI Record No: H038053)
3 Ounvichit, T. 2005. People’s participation in irrigation management in Thailand. In Shivakoti, G. P.; Vermillion, D. L.; Lam, W. F.; Ostrom, E.; Pradhan, U.; Yoder, R. ( Eds.). Asian irrigation in transition: responding to challenges. New Delhi, India: Sage. pp.366-389.
Irrigation management ; Social participation ; Ownership ; Decision making ; Water distribution ; Water user associations ; Maintenance ; Irrigation programs / Thailand / Mae Kuang Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G570 SHI Record No: H038061)
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4 Opoku-Agyemang, M. 2005. The role of the district assemblies in the management of trans-district water basins in Ghana. In van Koppen, Barbara; Butterworth, J.; Juma, I. (Eds.). African Water Laws: Plural Legislative Frameworks for Rural Water Management in Africa: An International Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-28 January 2005. pp.27-1/27-7.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G100 VAN Record No: H038763)
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5 Mukherji, Aditi. 2007. Equity implication of alternative institutional arrangements in groundwater sharing: Evidence from West Bengal, India. In Ragone, S. (Ed.). The Global Importance of Groundwater in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Groundwater Sustainability, Alicante, Spain, 24-27 January 2006. Westerville, OH, USA: National Groundwater Association. pp.305-315.
Groundwater ; Water market ; Water rights ; Ownership ; Farmers ; Tube wells ; Pumps ; Rice ; Paddy fields ; Water use ; Equity ; Villages / India / West Bengal / Donaipur Village / Mondoloi Village
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9104 G000 RAG Record No: H040496)
6 Shah, Tushaar. 2008. Groundwater management and ownership: rejoinder: discussion. Economic and Political Weekly, 43(17): 116-119.
Groundwater management ; Water governance ; Ownership ; Groundwater irrigation / India / USA / Spain / California
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9104 G635 SHA Record No: H041202)
Although a lot more needs to be done to evolve a better strategy for managing the groundwater economy, a copybook transposition of the Californian and Spanish formula as argued in these columns ‘Groundwater Management and Ownership’ (February 16) seems naïve, even disingenuous. A groundwater governance regime for a country like India cannot be dealt with only from the earth science perspective but involves a broader grasp of the organisation of the groundwater economy and its underlying socio-economic dynamics.
7 Kameri-Mbote, P. 2007. The use of the public trust doctrine in environmental law: comment. Law, Environment and Development Journal, 3(2): 195-201.
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041218)
8 Sangameswaran, P. 2007. Review of right to water: human rights, state legislation, and civil society initiatives in India. Nagarabhavi, Bangalore, India: Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment & Development. 94p.
Water rights ; Human rights ; Legislation ; Ownership ; Water use ; Ecosystems ; Domestic water ; Irrigation water ; Women ; Gender ; Water delivery ; Privatization ; Pricing ; Cost recovery ; Water resource management / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 SAN Record No: H041334)
9 Bassi, Nitin; Vijayshankar, P. S.; Kumar, M. Dinesh. 2008. Wells and ill-fare: impacts of well failures on cultivators in hard rock areas of Madhya Pradesh. In Kumar, M. Dinesh (Ed.). Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.1. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.318-330.
Wells ; Drilling ; Costs ; Groundwater depletion ; Water table ; Groundwater irrigation ; Ownership ; Economic impact ; Social impact ; Crop management ; Food security / India / Madhya Pradesh / Dewas district / Bagli
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H041882)
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10 Kumar, M. Dinesh; Singh, O. P.; Sivamohan, M. V. K. 2008. Diesel price hikes and farmer distress: the myth and the reality. In Kumar, M. Dinesh (Ed.). Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.1. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.483-497.
Fuels ; Diesel oil ; Prices ; Farmers attitudes ; Pumping ; Costs ; Groundwater irrigation ; Wells ; Ownership ; Economic impact ; Water productivity ; Farm income ; Milk production / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H041887)
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11 Sun, R.; Liu, Y.; Qian, Y.; Villholth, K. G. 2009. Agricultural groundwater issues in North China: a case study from Zhengzhou municipal area. 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.183-200. (IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 15)
Irrigated farming ; Tube wells ; Ownership ; Cost recovery ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater development ; Water law ; Water governance ; Drilling ; Aquifers ; Water pollution ; Water shortage ; Water table ; Villages ; Groundwater recharge ; Discharges ; Farm income ; Crop management / China / Zhengzhou / Xinmi County / Xingyang County
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G570 MUK Record No: H042229)
12 Cao, J.; Cheng, X.; Li, X. 2009. Groundwater use and its management: policy and institutional options in rural areas of north China. 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.201-217. (IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 15)
Groundwater management ; Groundwater development ; Rural areas ; Water scarcity ; Hydrology ; Infiltration ; Precipitation ; Groundwater recharge ; Crop management ; Villages ; Tube wells ; Ownership ; Environmental effects ; Water table ; Water market ; Policy / China / Hebei Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G570 MUK Record No: H042230)
13 Nanayakkara, V. K. 2010. Sri Lanka’s water policy: themes and issues. In Jinapala, K.; De Silva, Sanjiv; Aheeyar, M. M. M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 9-11 June 2009. Vol. 3. Policies, institutions and data needs for water management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.113-126.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G744 JIN Record No: H042809)
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Fresh water resources in Sri Lanka remain a free public good with the State acting as the trustee and custodian of the resource. Although the country is blessed with a seemingly plentiful supply of water, it encounters severe problems of temporal and spatial scarcity. Nearly five decades of efforts at formulating a national water policy with a view to introducing a bulk water allocation system have failed mainly due to a lack of understanding of the basic issues confronting certain elements that constitute the basic policy. This paper presents selected key themes and issues which help stimulate the formulation and adoption of an improved water resource policy statement. The author argues that what is important in the case of water is not the question of ‘ownership’ of water but regulating the user rights of this common property resource, particularly since such use is always in a state of flux. In the course of its movement in the hydrological cycle, it can only be owned when it is captured in a receptacle or in an impounding tank or as treated water in a reservoir and water conveyed in an irrigation channel. But, it is this very right to abstraction of bulk water from its natural state that is not defined and left to the will of individuals and agencies – virtually resulting in the creation of a ‘free for all’ situation. While the domain of water is characterized by over 50 legislative enactments and a plethora of agencies numbering over 40, there isn’t a single neutral agency to determine the appropriate balance between the demands for off stream consumption and the volume of water flows needed by the river system. The objectives of this paper are: to clarify the meaning of the terms ‘ownership’, ‘user rights’, ‘common property rights’, and ‘right to water’; to analyze and suggest refinements to several water policy themes and issues such as ‘bulk water entitlements’, ‘groundwater management’ and ‘user conflicts’; to outline the roles of institutions for clarity in implementation; to suggest elements that should constitute a future water policy. A better understanding of the issues relating to this finite and vulnerable resource will help clarify the policy concerns that are constantly overlooked – intentionally or unintentionally - in the domain of water. Does Sri Lanka have the right water resource policies for the twenty-first century? Such concerns prompted policyholders to attempt several policy reforms in Sri Lanka’s water domain during the last five decades. Several United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) efforts culminated in producing a ‘national water resources policy and institutional arrangement’ document with a water policy approved by the Cabinet of the Government of Sri Lanka in March 2000. Yet, public concerns expressed on certain sensitive issues, and the lack of consensus due to the changing hands of the subject of policy development among various successor ministries, resulted in the demise of this water policy formulation effort.
14 Iyer, R. R. (Ed.) 2009. Water and the laws in India. New Delhi, India: Sage. 670p.
Water law ; Legislation ; Ownership ; Water governance ; Social participation ; Water rights ; Women ; Pollution control ; Social aspects / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 346.04691 G635 IYE c2 Record No: H042823)
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15 Iyer, R. R. (Ed.) 2009. Water and the laws in India. New Delhi, India: Sage. 670p.
Water law ; Legislation ; Ownership ; Water governance ; Social participation ; Water rights ; Women ; Pollution control ; Social aspects / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 346.04691 G635 IYE Record No: H042822)
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16 Senda, T. S.; Peden, D.; Homann-Kee Tui, S.; Sisito, G.; van Rooyen, A. F,; Sikosana, J. L. N. 2011. Gendered livelihood implications for improvements of livestock water productivity in Zimbabwe. Experimental Agriculture, 47(Supplement S1):169-181. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479710000943]
Livestock ; Ownership ; Water productivity ; Gender relations ; Woman's status ; Households ; Poverty ; Decision making ; Social aspects ; Income / Zimbabwe / Nkayi District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043520)
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Scarcity, lack of access, and ineffective and inefficient use of water in Nkayi District, Zimbabwe, threaten agricultural production. The purpose of this study is to augment understanding of opportunities to increase livestock water productivity (LWP) in Nkayi District by taking into account key differences in the capacities, opportunities, and needs of women and men. There are two important types of female-headed households, de facto and de jure. The results from this study showed that male-headed and de facto and de jure female-headed households share much in common. They all had similar areas of cropland and access to education, finances, veterinary and extension services, and transportation and markets. Households of all types had similar herd sizes. All were desperately poor with incomes much less than a dollar a day. To rise out of poverty, the knowledge, skills and effort of all household heads will be needed. In spite of severe poverty, household heads of all types are literate and have sufficient education that can help enable adoption of intervention options that can lead to increased agricultural production and improved livelihoods. The results also showed that major differences exist in terms of the roles of men and women in ownership, management and decision making related to livestock keeping and animal production. Men clearly dominate in both ownership and decision making even though women play a major role in animal management. Only in de jure female-headed households were women more likely than men to own cattle and goats. They were also more likely to be involved in farming as a primary livelihood activity. Surprisingly, men were more likely to be involved in animal management in these de jure female-headed households. Women were also excluded from water users’ and livestock producers’ associations although a minority of men was members. By not involving the already-developed capacity of women, the community loses out on a significant opportunity to increase LWP and animal production more widely. Greater inclusion of women in decision making will be an important part of future efforts to improve livelihoods through livestock development.
17 Cofie, Olufunke; Amoah, Philip; Irene, E.; Adamtey, Noah; Fredrick, T.-L. 2011. Demonstration on the use of urine in urban agriculture. [Report of the Sustainable Urban Water Management Improves Tomorrow’s City’s Health (SWITCH) Project]. Delft, Netherlands: Sustainable Urban Water Management Improves Tomorrow’s City’s Health (SWITCH) Project; Accra, Ghana: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Brussels, Belgium: European Union Research Framework Programme. 103p.
Urban agriculture ; Vegetable growing ; Cabbages ; Fertilizers ; Urine ; Soils ; Economic analysis ; Senses ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Environmental effects ; Risks ; Logistics ; Farmers ; Ownership / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044301)
http://www.switchurbanwater.eu/outputs/pdfs/W5-2_GEN_RPT_D5.2.4_Demonstration_on_the_use_of_urine_in_urban_agriculture.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044301.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044301.pdf
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This report is an output of the Sustainable Urban Water Management Improves Tomorrow s City s Health (SWITCH) demonstration project, which took place in Accra, Ghana. Accra is one of the ten (10) demonstration cities under the SWITCH project. The main objective of the demo project was to demonstrate (as pilot) the potential of using urine for crop production in Accra Metropolitan Area (AMA) and provide recommendations for scaling up.
18 Matchaya, Greenwell; Chilonda, Pius. 2012. Estimating effects of constraints on food security in Malawi: policy lessons from regressions quantiles. Applied Econometrics and International Development, 12(2):165-191.
Food security ; Households ; Assets ; Ownership ; Farming systems ; Farmers ; Farm income ; Economic aspects ; Statistical methods ; Quantitative analysis ; Economic analysis ; Regression analysis ; Models ; Crop production ; Cash crops / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045551)
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This paper examines food insecurity in Malawi. Conceiving food security as tridimensional, it is shown using Quantile, logistic, and OLS regressions that food security in Malawi is a function of both supply and demand factors. Specifically, food security as proxied by dietary diversity, reported food security, and food end time is a function of farm level production as proxied by farm level incomes. It is also a function of credit accessed, age and sex of a household head, while access to the markets, extension information, radio ownership, assets such as housing and adoption of a cash crop (tobacco). Education and consumer worker ratio are also important signifying the role that knowledge and labour play in deciding household level food security. The results also show that the impact of the regressors on food security depends on the level of food security in question such that in general factors with a positive effect on food security have a greater impact on food insecure households than on households that are better off. Given the preponderance of evidence in this paper it appears that policies that seek to enhance market access, improve market opportunities, enhance extension services, enhance informal education, encourage cash cropping, and support household level consolidation of assets would be useful for enhancing household level food security.
19 Lankford, B.; Makin, Ian; Matthews, N.; McCornick, Peter G.; Noble, A.; Shah, Tushaar. 2016. A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change' Water Alternatives, 9(1):1-32.
Irrigation systems ; Large scale systems ; Food security ; Water security ; Water allocation ; Ecosystem services ; Crop production ; Irrigated land ; Irrigation canals ; Energy conservation ; Economic growth ; Leadership ; Partnerships ; Ownership ; River basin management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047459)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/302-a9-1-1/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047459.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047459.pdf
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In countries with transitional economies such as those found in South Asia, large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) with a history of public ownership account for about 115 million ha (Mha) or approximately 45% of their total area under irrigation. In terms of the global area of irrigation (320 Mha) for all countries, LSIS are estimated at 130 Mha or 40% of irrigated land. These systems can potentially deliver significant local, regional and global benefits in terms of food, water and energy security, employment, economic growth and ecosystem services. For example, primary crop production is conservatively valued at about US$355 billion. However, efforts to enhance these benefits and reform the sector have been costly and outcomes have been underwhelming and short-lived. We propose the application of a 'theory of change' (ToC) as a foundation for promoting transformational change in large-scale irrigation centred upon a 'global irrigation compact' that promotes new forms of leadership, partnership and ownership (LPO). The compact argues that LSIS can change by switching away from the current channelling of aid finances controlled by government irrigation agencies. Instead it is for irrigators, closely partnered by private, public and NGO advisory and regulatory services, to develop strong leadership models and to find new compensatory partnerships with cities and other river basin neighbours. The paper summarises key assumptions for change in the LSIS sector including the need to initially test this change via a handful of volunteer systems. Our other key purpose is to demonstrate a ToC template by which large-scale irrigation policy can be better elaborated and discussed.
20 Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, J. M.; Schwarz, A.; McDougall, C.; Attwood, S.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Clayton, T. 2015. Research in development: learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. Penang, Malaysia: CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. 96p. (CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems Working Paper: AAS-2015-16)
Development theory ; Agricultural research ; Less favoured areas ; Partnerships ; Gender ; Equity ; Women's participation ; Men ; Households ; Aquatic environment ; Ownership ; Community involvement ; Stakeholders ; Empowerment ; Floodplains ; Reclaimed land ; Farmers ; Fish culture ; Participatory approaches ; Social aspects ; Ecology ; Resource management ; Capacity building ; Case studies / Zambia / Bangladesh / Solomon Islands / Philippines / Cambodia / Barotse / Malaita / Visayas-Mindanao / Tonle Sap
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047452)
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