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1 Molden, D.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Samad, M. 2001. Accounting for changes in water use and the need for institutional adaptation. In Abernethy, C. L. (Ed.). Intersectoral management of river basins. Proceedings of an International Workshop on Integrated Water Management in Water-Stressed River Basins in Developing Countries: Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Agricultural Growth, Loskop Dam, South Africa, 16-21 October 2000. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Feldafing, Germany: German Foundation for International Development (DSE). pp.73-87.
Water use ; River basin development ; Institution building ; Water demand ; Conflict ; Water scarcity ; Irrigated farming ; Water balance ; Recycling ; Water accounting ; Water allocation / Nepal / China / East Rapti River / Hebei / Fuyang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 ABE Record No: H029114)
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2 Sakthivadivel, R.; Molden, D. 2002. Linking water accounting analysis to institutions: synthesis of studies in five countries. In Bruns, B.; Bandaragoda, D. J.; Samad, M. (Eds.). Integrated water-resources management in a river basin context: Institutional strategies for improving the productivity of agricultural water management. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop, Malang, Indonesia, 15-19 January 2001. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.19-42.
Water resources development ; River basins ; Irrigated farming ; Groundwater / Indonesia / China / Philippines / Sri Lanka / Nepal / Fuyang River / Deduru Oya / East Rapti River / Singkarak-Ombilin / Upper Pampanga River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 BRU Record No: H030266)
3 Smakhtin, Vladimir; Shilpakar, R. L. 2005. Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 20p. (IWMI Research Report 089) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.090]
Water allocation ; Planning ; Hydrology ; Simulation models ; Rivers ; Flow ; Environmental effects / Nepal / East Rapti River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 551.48 G726 SMA Record No: H036382)
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Although the protection of the aquatic environment is high on the world water resources agenda, most developing countries still lack the technical and institutional capacity to establish environmental water allocation practices and policies. The existing methods of assessment of environmental water allocations are either complex and resource-intensive or not tailor-made for the specific conditions of a particular country or region. To promote emerging concepts of environmental flow assessment and management, it is important to change the dominant perception that environmental demand is the least important and create awareness among responsible authorities about existing methodologies and processes that should be followed. This report presents some of these approaches and illustrates their applicability in the specific context of the East Rapti River basin, which features one of the main tourist attractions of Nepal, the Chitwan National Park.
4 Adhikari, K. R.; Tan, Y-C.; Lai, J-S.; Pant, Dhruba. 2009. Irrigation intervention: a strategy for conserving biodiversity and improving food security in Royal Chitwan National Park buffer zone, Nepal. Irrigation and Drainage, 58(5):522-537. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.443]
National parks ; Natural resources ; Irrigation systems ; Policy ; Households ; Food security ; Livestock / Nepal / Royal Chitwan National Park buffer zone / East Rapti River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H043285)
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Technical interventions have not always led to expected outcomes when attempting to achieve a balanced growth between natural resource development and food production, particularly in the context of Third World countries. In Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP) buffer zone, Nepal, farmers’ perceptions were used to evaluate how irrigation resource development and the method of water sharing have increased household food security and reduced pressure on natural resources of the park. The findings indicate that with some variations between communities, increased water availability and reliability through irrigation development have improved crop diversity, cropping intensity, food sufficiency, and economic return to farmers. Community attributes such as leadership and dynamics were, among others, the decisive factors that determined the degree of success of the government development intervention programme in the buffer zone. Small landholders and low-income groups in dry areas perceived that they received greater benefits from micro-groundwater pumping schemes. However, many rural poor inhabitants in the area still lack access to these resource opportunities. We observed that Park and People, a government programme, successfully improved public relations and helped create awareness in this buffer zone. However, grievances persist among other water user groups in the upstream part of the Rapt River where a water sharing mechanism needs to be defined between water user associations for crop production and maintenance of biodiversity of the national park.
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