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1 Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. 2007. Sustaining inland fisheries: synergies and tradeoffs with water for agriculture. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (Water for Food, Water for Life Issue Brief 009)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 639.31 G000 COM Record No: H039806)
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2 Neiland, A. E.; Bene, C. 2006. Tropical river fisheries valuation: a global synthesis and critical review. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 37p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 015) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.378]
River fisheries ; Inland fisheries ; Economic impact ; Cost benefit analysis ; Developing countries ; River basin management ; Wetlands ; Valuation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.3727 G000 NEI Record No: H040266)
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3 Dugan, P.; Sugunan, V. V.; Welcomme, R. L.; Bene, C.; Brummett, R. E.; Beveridge, M. C. M.; Abban, Kofi; Amerasinghe, Upali; Arthington, A.; Blixt, Marco; Chimatiro, S.; Katiha, P.; King, J.; Kolding, J.; Nguyen Khoa, Sophie; Turpie, J. 2007. Inland fisheries and aquaculture. In Molden, David (Ed.). Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.459-483.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040300)
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4 Wijeyaratne, M. J. S.; Amarasinghe, U. S. (Eds.) 2008. Participatory approaches to reservoir fisheries management: issues, challenges and policies. Proceedings of the international symposium held on 03-06 October 2004 in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, organized by German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. 235p.
Reservoirs ; Inland fisheries ; Participatory management ; Food security ; Food production ; Fish culture ; Fish farming ; Property rights ; Conflict ; Policy / Sri Lanka / Malawi / Africa / Laos / India / Bangladesh / Vietnam / Lake Malombe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 639.21 G000 WIJ Record No: H041321)
5 FAO. 2011. The state of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture: managing systems at risk. Rome, Italy: FAO; London, UK: Earthscan. 285p.
Land resources ; Water resources ; Rainfed farming ; Irrigated farming ; Agricultural production ; Forests ; Rangelands ; Inland fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Policy ; Economic aspects ; Investment ; International cooperation ; Risks ; Land degradation ; Climate change ; Soil fertility ; Soil moisture ; Irrigation systems ; Water productivity ; Water use ; Environmental effects ; Social aspects ; Corporate culture
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 FAO Record No: H044702)
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6 Mustafa, M. G. 2015. Community-based fisheries management: improving fish biodiversity in inland fisheries of Bangladesh. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.290-302.
Fishery management ; Fishery production ; Community involvement ; Projects ; Inland fisheries ; Habitat ; Biodiversity ; Species ; Sustainability ; Rivers ; Floodplains ; Wetlands ; Multivariate analysis / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047207)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/66389/Revitalizing%20the%20Ganges%20Coastal%20Zone%20Book_Low%20Version.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047207.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047207.pdf
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7 Sabo, J. L.; Ruhi, A.; Holtgrieve, G. W.; Elliott, V.; Arias, M. E.; Ngor, P. B.; Rasanen, T. A.; Nam, S. 2017. Designing river flows to improve food security futures in the Lower Mekong Basin. Science, 358(6368):1-11. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao1053]
River basins ; Stream flow ; Discharges ; Food security ; Inland fisheries ; Forecasting ; Dams ; Water power ; Hydrological factors ; Models ; Ecological factors ; Floodplains ; Hydrography / Cambodia / Lower Mekong Basin / Tonle Sap Lake
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048520)
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Rivers provide unrivaled opportunity for clean energy via hydropower, but little is known about the potential impact of dam-building on the food security these rivers provide. In tropical rivers, rainfall drives a periodic flood pulse fueling fish production and delivering nutrition to more than 150 million people worldwide. Hydropower will modulate this flood pulse, thereby threatening food security. We identified variance components of the Mekong River flood pulse that predict yield in one of the largest freshwater fisheries in the world. We used these variance components to design an algorithm for a managed hydrograph to explore future yields. This algorithm mimics attributes of discharge variance that drive fishery yield: prolonged low flows followed by a short flood pulse. Designed flows increased yield by a factor of 3.7 relative to historical hydrology. Managing desired components of discharge variance will lead to greater efficiency in the Lower Mekong Basin food system.
8 McCartney, Matthew; Foudi, S.; Muthuwatta, Lal; Sood, Aditya; Simons, G.; Hunink, J.; Vercruysse, K.; Omuombo, C. 2019. Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 61p. (IWMI Research Report 174) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.200]
Climate change ; Natural environment ; Manmade structures ; Infrastructure ; Upstream ; Downstream ; Dam construction ; Floodplains ; Flood control ; Flow discharge ; Economic analysis ; Economic impact ; Hydroelectric power ; Hydrological factors ; Soils ; Reservoirs ; Marine fisheries ; Estuarine fisheries ; Inland fisheries ; Flood irrigation ; Coastal area ; Sediment ; River basins ; Cost benefit analysis ; Ecosystem services ; Smallholders ; Grazing ; Decision making ; Land management / Kenya / Tana River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049163)
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This report presents findings from a study conducted to explore the synergies and trade-offs between built (i.e., engineered) and natural (i.e., ecological systems) infrastructure in the Tana River Basin, Kenya. The study considered hydrological, ecological and economic processes in order to value flow-related ecosystem services. It provides quantitative insights into the links between flow and the benefits derived from both built and natural infrastructure. The results provide initial perspectives not just on the monetary values of a number of ecosystem services (and how they change as flows vary and are altered by large dams) but also, importantly, aspects of equity and social inclusion, that also need to be considered in decision-making.
9 Lynch, A. J.; Baumgartner, L. J.; Boys, C. A.; Conallin, J.; Cowx, I. G.; Finlayson, C. M.; Franklin, P. A.; Hogan, Z.; Koehn, J. D.; McCartney, Matthew P.; O’Brien, G.; Phouthavong, K.; Silva, L. G. M.; Tob, C. A.; Valbo-Jorgensen, J.; Vu, A. V.; Whiting, L.; Wibowo, A.; Duncan, P. 2019. Speaking the same language: can the Sustainable Development Goals translate the needs of inland fisheries into irrigation decisions? Marine and Freshwater Research, 70(9):1211-1228. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF19176]
Inland fisheries ; Irrigated farming ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Food security ; Irrigation systems ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Ecosystem services ; Ecological factors ; Social aspects ; Living standards ; Integrated management ; Decision making ; River basins ; Case studies / South East Asia / Australia / Lower Mekong Basin / Murray-Darling Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049308)
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Irrigated agriculture and inland fisheries both make important contributions to food security, nutrition, livelihoods and wellbeing. Typically, in modern irrigation systems, these components operate independently. Some practices, commonly associated with water use and intensification of crop production can be in direct conflict with and have adverse effects on fisheries. Food security objectives may be compromised if fish are not considered in the design phases of irrigation systems. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a framework that can serve as a backdrop to help integrate both sectors in policy discussions and optimise their contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Inland fisheries systems do play an important role in supporting many SDG objectives, but these contributions can sometimes be at odds with irrigated agriculture. Using case studies of two globally important river catchments, namely the Lower Mekong and Murray–Darling basins, we highlight the conflicts and opportunities for improved outcomes between irrigated agriculture and inland fisheries. We explore SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) as a path to advance our irrigation systems as a means to benefit both agriculture and inland fisheries, preserving biodiversity and enhancing the economic, environmental and social benefits they both provide to people.
10 McCartney, Matthew P.; Whiting, L.; Makin, Ian; Lankford, B. A.; Ringler, C. 2019. Rethinking irrigation modernisation: realising multiple objectives through the integration of fisheries. Marine and Freshwater Research, 70(9):1201-1210. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF19161]
Inland fisheries ; Irrigation systems ; Modernization ; Integrated management ; Aquaculture ; Ecosystems ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Sustainable agriculture ; Frameworks ; Trends ; Infrastructure ; Farmers
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049311)
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Irrigation has been, and will remain, instrumental in addressing water security (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6), food insecurity (SDG 2) and poverty (SDG 1) goals. However, the global context in which irrigation takes place is changing rapidly. A call for healthier and more sustainable food systems is placing new demands on how irrigation is developed and managed. Growing pressures from competing water uses in the domestic and industrial sectors, as well increasing environmental awareness, mean irrigation is increasingly called on to perform better, delivering acceptable returns on investment and simultaneously improving food security, rural livelihoods and nutrition, as well as supporting environmental conservation. Better integration of fisheries (including aquaculture) in irrigation planning, investment and management can contribute to the modernisation of irrigation and the achievement of the multiple objectives that it is called on to deliver. A framework illustrating how fisheries can be better integrated with irrigation, and how the two can complement each other across a range of scales, from scheme to catchment and, ultimately, national level, is presented.
11 Freed, S.; Barman, B.; Dubois, M.; Flor, R. J.; Funge-Smith, S.; Gregory, R.; Hadi, B. A. R.; Halwart, M.; Haque, M.; Jagadish, S. V. K.; Joffre, O. M.; Karim, M.; Kura, Y.; McCartney, Matthew; Mondal, M.; Nguyen, V. K.; Sinclair, F.; Stuart, A. M.; Tezzo, X.; Yadav, S.; Cohen, P. J. 2020. Maintaining diversity of integrated rice and fish production confers adaptability of food systems to global change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4:576179. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.576179]
Food systems ; Inland fisheries ; Ricefield aquaculture ; Food production ; Fishery production ; Agropisciculture ; Agricultural practices ; Diversification ; Community involvement ; Food security ; Nutrition security ; Food policies ; Shrimp culture ; Biodiversity conservation ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Green revolution ; Agroecology ; Livelihoods ; Case studies / Cambodia / Bangladesh / Myanmar / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050055)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.576179/pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050055.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050055.pdf
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Rice and fish are preferred foods, critical for healthy and nutritious diets, and provide the foundations of local and national economies across Asia. Although transformations, or “revolutions,” in agriculture and aquaculture over the past half-century have primarily relied upon intensified monoculture to increase rice and fish production, agroecological approaches that support biodiversity and utilize natural processes are particularly relevant for achieving a transformation toward food systems with more inclusive, nutrition-sensitive, and ecologically sound outcomes. Rice and fish production are frequently integrated within the same physical, temporal, and social spaces, with substantial variation amongst the types of production practice and their extent. In Cambodia, rice field fisheries that strongly rely upon natural processes persist in up to 80% of rice farmland, whereas more input and infrastructure dependent rice-shrimp culture is expanding within the rice farmland of Vietnam. We demonstrate how a diverse suite of integrated production practices contribute to sustainable and nutrition-sensitive food systems policy, research, and practice. We first develop a typology of integrated production practices illustrating the nature and degree of: (a) fish stocking, (b) water management, (c) use of synthetic inputs, and (d) institutions that control access to fish. Second, we summarize recent research and innovations that have improved the performance of each type of practice. Third, we synthesize data on the prevalence, outcomes, and trajectories of these practices in four South and Southeast Asian countries that rely heavily on fish and rice for food and nutrition security. Focusing on changes since the food systems transformation brought about by the Green Revolution, we illustrate how integrated production practices continue to serve a variety of objectives to varying degrees: food and nutrition security, rural livelihood diversification and income improvement, and biodiversity conservation. Five shifts to support contemporary food system transformations [i.e., disaggregating (1) production practices and (2) objectives, (3) utilizing diverse metrics, (4) valuing emergent, place-based innovation, (5) building adaptive capacity] would accelerate progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 2, specifically through ensuring ecosystem maintenance, sustainable food production, and resilient agricultural practices with the capacity to adapt to global change.
12 Duncan, N.; de Silva, Sanjiv; Conallin, J.; Freed, S.; Akester, M.; Baumgartner, L.; McCartney, Matthew; Dubois, M.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali. 2021. Fish for whom?: Integrating the management of social complexities into technical investments for inclusive, multi-functional irrigation. World Development Perspectives, 22:100318. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100318]
Fishery management ; Inland fisheries ; Ricefield aquaculture ; Irrigation ; Investment ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Nutrition security ; Food security ; Access and benefit-sharing ; Community fishing ; Livelihoods ; Poverty ; Social aspects ; Inclusion ; Policies / South East Asia / Myanmar / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050440)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452292921000321/pdfft?md5=f941b389aea93d2bedc1e6931df29196&pid=1-s2.0-S2452292921000321-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050440.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050440.pdf
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Irrigation represents a long-standing water sector investment in South East Asia. However, despite the undeniable benefits of food production, an irrigation/rice-centric strategy is insufficient in a multi-dimensional conceptualisation of development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenge us to re-think traditional ways of achieving food security. Central to this challenge is how we can retain multi-functionality within landscapes. We explore the often negatively correlated relationship between irrigation and inland fisheries through a literature review and interviews with key informants, focusing on examples from Myanmar and Cambodia. We found that whilst technical options exist for minimizing irrigation impacts on fisheries, there is a fundamental disconnect between the technical application of such ‘solutions’, and distribution of benefits to the marginal groups that SDGs 1, 2, 3 and more target. We found that insufficient recognition of the social contexts in which solutions are applied underpins this disconnect. This means that technical infrastructure design needs to be organised around the question, ‘Who do we want to benefit?’, if investments are to go beyond rice/fish production and deliver more on socially inclusive food security and livelihood opportunities. This paper is a call to extend the framing and financing of irrigation investments beyond technical parameters to include investing in the social processes that enable both multi-functionality and inclusive growth, to enhance the role of irrigation in adapting to a changing climate, while maintaining landscape integrity and multi-functionality so necessary for a sustainable future.
13 Das, B. K.; Roy, A.; Som, S.; Chandra, G.; Kumari, S.; Sarkar, U. K.; Bhattacharjya, B. K.; Das, A. K.; Pandit, A. 2022. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on small-scale fishers (SSF) engaged in floodplain wetland fisheries: evidences from three states in India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(6):8452-8463. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16074-9]
Small-scale fisheries ; Floodplains ; Wetlands ; Inland fisheries ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Fisheries value chains ; Food access ; Food security ; Livelihoods ; Institutions / India / Bihar / West Bengal / Assam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050879)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented human health crisis in recent global history with rippling social and economic effects. The outbreak in India has resulted in emergency lockdown in the country for more than 2 months, and that caused decline in the catch, demand, and supply of fish. It has severely altered the life and livelihoods of the floodplain wetland fishers. These floodplain wetlands play a key role in socio-economic development of stakeholders, by generating employment and livelihood in the studied regions. In the present study, a systematic assessment was conducted to identify the impact of lockdown on floodplain wetland fisheries in India with the aim to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on wetland fishing, fisheries production, income, and food access. We conducted a rapid telephonic survey covering176 wetland fishers in 3 states to document the early impacts of the pandemic and policy responses on floodplain wetland fisher households. The majority of fishers report negative impacts on production, sales, and incomes. Fishers of three Indian states Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam lost 20, 25, and 9 fishing days, respectively. About 70, 60, and 55 % fishers of floodplain wetlands of the three states admitted that lockdown made them partially jobless. Fish harvest during March to May was 32, 44, and 20 % lower than the previous years in Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam. The fishers of Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam lost income of INR 10000/-, 12500/-, and 4500/- due to lockdown. The analysis also showed that 25% of fishers each responded moderate to severe psychological impact and anxiety symptoms due to COVID-19. Demand supply gap during the lockdown led to the in 20–40 % increase in farm gate price of fishes at the wetland level. The present study is the first of its kind in India to systematically assess the impact and discusses several magnitudes on floodplain wetland fisher livelihood, income, and food access and suggests strategies and decision support.
14 Goswami, T.; Ghosal, S. 2022. From rice fields to brackish water farms: changing livelihoods in agrarian coastal Bengal, India. Asia-Pacifc Journal of Regional Science, 6(2):453-484. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41685-022-00229-8]
Inland fisheries ; Brackish water ; Agriculture ; Rice ; Aquaculture ; Coastal areas ; Sustainable livelihoods ; Vulnerability ; Shrimp culture ; Land use ; Farmland ; Remote sensing ; Geographical information systems ; Coping strategies ; Economic aspects ; Villages ; Households / India / West Bengal / Medinipur / Bhagwanpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051145)
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The present study attempted to understand the dimensions of changing agrarian livelihoods because of haphazard adaptation of capitalistic shrimp aquaculture. Specifically, using multi-temporal Google-based geodatabase, we quantified the artificial conversion of agrarian landscape in an inland freshwater region of coastal Bengal. Further, we examined the long-term viability of transformed livelihoods by adopting a modified version of the Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA). The assessment of changing livelihoods was based on empirical information acquired through field surveys, focus group discussion (FGD) and key informant interviews (KII). Results from the geostatistical analysis depicted that the shrimp culture in the research area was very recent. In 2010, only 0.03 percent of the total area was occupied by shrimp ponds. However, within a decade and an expansion rate of 18 percent/annum, the conversion spread to 1/3 of the total study area. The findings also clarified that the adaptation of shrimp cultivation increased the overall profit by 6400 USD/ha/year over agricultural output, and resulted in a quick rise in the standard of living for the shrimp farmers. However, in the long run, due to decreasing productivity and salinization of the surrounding land, the conversion resulted in massive depeasantization, augmentation of wasteland, and biased wealth accumulation led to a wide rich-poor gap. Therefore, the entire ecosystem will suffer in the near future, if the local government does not strictly impose Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
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