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1 Sharma, Amrita. 2007. The changing agricultural demography of India: evidence from a rural youth perception survey. International Journal of Rural Management, 3(1): 27-41.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.1 G635 SHA Record No: H041131)
2 Bendapudi, R.; Shiferaw, B.; Wani, S. P.; Nageswara Rao, G. D.; Sreedevi, T. K. 2007. Socioeconomic profiles, production and resource use patterns in selected semi-arid Indian watershed villages. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). 86p. (Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report 34)
Watershed management ; Villages ; Demography ; Social aspects ; Land ownership ; Crop production ; Fertilizers ; Livestock ; Households ; Income ; Institutions / India / Andhra Pradesh / Mahabubnagar District / Nalgonda District / Kurnool District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 BEN Record No: H041331)
The collaborative watershed research and development project between ICRISAT and the Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Programme (APRLP) was initiated with an overall objective of alleviating poverty through watershed-based interventions that enhance agricultural productivity and the sustainability of rural livelihoods. The initial phase of the project focused on participatory technology evaluation in selected watersheds for development of best practices and upscalable implementation models. Characterization of the biophysical and socioeconomic systems is an important aspect of this work. A detailed baseline socioeconomic farm household survey was conducted in 2003 in selected watershed villages of Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda and Kurnool districts. This report analyzes the socioeconomic conditions and resource endowment patterns of the watershed farmers. The report provides a snapshot of the structure of production in the villages, constraints and potential for increased productivity, social and political networks, and the distribution of assets across social groups. The net household incomes from diverse sources including crop, livestock and off-farm and their contribution to total household income in the selected villages are presented. The report also analyzes the income inequalities and the effect of different income sources on household income inequalities in the watershed villages using inequality decomposition techniques.
3 Allan, J. A. T. 2013. Food-water security: beyond water resources and the water sector. In Lankford, B.; Bakker, K.; Zeitoun, M.; Conway, D. (Eds.). Water security: principles, perspectives and practices. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.321-335. (Earthscan Water Text Series)
Food security ; Food production ; Food supply ; Water security ; Water resources ; Domestic water ; Farmers ; Ecosystem services ; Socioeconomic development ; Climate change ; Demography
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G662 IND Record No: H046282)
4 Srinivasan, V.; Suresh Kumar, D.; Chinnasamy, P.; Sulagna, S.; Sakthivel, D.; Paramasivam, P.; Lele, S. 2014. Water management in the Noyyal River basin: a situation analysis. Bangalore, India: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment. 48p. (Environment and Development Discussion Paper 2)
Water management ; River basins ; Water availability ; Water quality ; Watersheds ; Water scarcity ; Surface water ; Drinking water ; Domestic water ; Hydrology ; Demography ; Land use ; Sustainability ; Agricultural sector ; Government departments ; Institutions ; Pumping ; Wells ; Public health ; Environmental flows ; Households ; Farmers / India / Tamil Nadu / Noyyal River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046359)
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5 Waithaka, M.; Nelson, G. C.; Thomas, T. S.; Kyotalimye, M. (Eds.) 2013. East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 402p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292055]
Agriculture ; Climate change ; Temperature ; Demography ; Indicators ; Population growth ; Income ; Living standards ; Land use ; Land cover ; Crops ; Precipitation ; Prices ; Economic aspects ; Poverty ; Nutrients ; Food security ; Education ; Urban areas / East Africa / Burundi / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Kenya / Madagascar / Rwanda / Sudan / Tanzania / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G132 WAI Record No: H046460)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/rr181.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046460.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046460.pdf
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6 Yakubov, Murat. 2010. The 2009 Impact Assessment Study. Report prepared under the project Integrated Water Resources Management in Fergana Valley, phase IV. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water management Institute (IWMI); Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 79p.
Water management ; Impact assessment ; Project design ; Measurement ; Canals ; Demography ; Households ; Income ; Water user associations ; Farmers ; Gender ; Crop production ; Environmental effects / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Ferghana Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046468)
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7 Biggs, E. M.; Boruff, B.; Bruce, E.; Duncan, J. M. A.; Haworth, B. J.; Duce, S.; Horsley, J.; Curnow, Jayne; Neef, A.; McNeill, K.; Pauli, N.; Van Ogtrop, F.; Imanari, Y. 2014. Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 114p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.231]
Environmental sustainability ; Environmental management ; Ecological factors ; Biodiversity ; Living standards ; Water security ; Energy conservation ; Food security ; Climate change ; Temperature ; Precipitation ; Cyclones ; Agriculture ; Farmland ; Demography ; Urbanization ; Sociocultural environment ; Gender ; Community management ; Institutions ; Political aspects ; Remote sensing ; Natural disasters ; Monitoring ; Sustainable development ; Assessment / Southeast Asia / Oceania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046758)
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8 UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme. 2015. Facing the challenges: case studies and indicators. UNESCO’s contribution to The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015. Paris, France: UNESCO. 75p.
Groundwater ; Water management ; Water resources ; Sustainable development ; Case studies ; River basins ; Development projects ; Participatory approaches ; Recycling ; Freshwater ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Salt water intrusion ; Indicators ; Demography ; Urban areas ; Households ; Human nutrition ; Hunger ; Electricity ; Land use ; Environmental effects ; Natural disasters / Asia / Pacific Islands / Brazil / Saudi Arabia / Kuwait / United Arab Emirates / Qatar / Bahrain / Oman / Italy / Samoa / Singapore / Vietnam / Parana River basin / Mekong Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047013)
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9 Hussain, Asghar; Baker, Tracy. 2016. Tana River Basin, Kenya: geodatabase and mapping tool. User guide. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 138p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2016.210]
Administration ; Infrastructure ; Geography ; Land use ; Land cover ; Living standards ; River basin management ; Watersheds ; Guidelines ; Software ; Imagery ; GIS ; Mapping ; Meteorological stations ; Temperature ; Soils ; Irrigation ; Farming systems ; Water power ; Dams ; Population density ; Demography ; Natural resources ; Environmental effects ; Urban areas ; Rangelands ; Water resources / Kenya / Tana River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047737)
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10 Sugden, Fraser; Saikia, Panchali; Maskey-Amatya, Niki; Pokharel, Paras. 2016. Gender, agricultural investment and productivity in an era of out-migration. In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.273-293. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Agricultural production ; Gender ; Labour allocation ; Migrant labour ; Male labour ; Women farmers ; Empowerment ; Agricultural practices ; Investment ; Productivity ; Irrigation ; Land ownership ; Tenant farmers ; Villages ; Demography ; Socioeconomic environment ; Remuneration ; Households ; Living standards ; Case studies / Nepal / India / Bangladesh / Ganges Basin / Dhanusha / Saptari / Madhubani
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047819)
11 Rao, N. (Ed.) 2015. M. S. Swaminathan in conversation with Nitya Rao: from reflections on my life to the ethics and politics of science. New Delhi, India: Academic Foundation. 227p.
Agricultural research ; Green revolution ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Farmers ; Social aspects ; Mobilization ; Cultural factors ; Diversity ; Human rights ; Hunger ; Right to food ; Agricultural planning ; Strategies ; Seeds ; Sciences ; Technology ; Economic aspects ; Governmental interrelations ; Political aspects ; Public policy ; Ethics ; Standards ; Demography ; Resource management ; Governance ; Agrarian structure ; Education ; Motivation ; Information exchange ; Geneticists ; Biographies ; Interviews / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 576.5092 G635 RAO Record No: H047823)
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12 Aheeyar, M. M. M.; Jayasooriya, H. J. C. 2015. Impact and lessons of Uda-Walawe left bank irrigation upgrading and extension project for water resources management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 41p. (HARTI Research Report 176)
Water resources ; Water management ; Water supply ; Water use ; Irrigation programs ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation canals ; Extension programmes ; Farmers ; Demography ; Socioeconomic environment ; Corporate culture ; Land ownership ; Land use ; Crop management ; Income ; Cultivated land ; Crops ; Diversification ; Dry season ; Rice ; Fruit crops ; Livestock ; Tanks / Sri Lanka / Udawalawe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G744 AHE Record No: H047935)
13 Sri Lanka. National Science Foundation. 2015. Sri Lanka Science and Technology Statistical Handbook 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: National Science Foundation. 55p.
Statistical data ; Financing ; Research and development ; National expenditure ; Human resources ; Sciences ; Technology ; Performance indexes ; Socioeconomic development ; Demography ; Indicators ; Educational institutions
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 310 G744 SRI Record No: H047937)
14 Flato, M.; Muttarak, R.; Pelser, A. 2017. Women, weather, and woes: the triangular dynamics of female-headed households, economic vulnerability, and climate variability in South Africa. World Development, 90:41-62. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.015]
Gender ; Role of women ; Women's participation ; Men ; Equity ; Households ; Climate change ; Weather ; Rain ; Labor ; Agriculture ; Economic situation ; Income ; Poverty ; Socioeconomic environment ; Demography ; Regression analysis / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048003)
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048003.pdf
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Existing gender inequality is believed to be heightened as a result of weather events and climate-related disasters that are likely to become more common in the future. We show that an already marginalized group—female-headed households in South Africa—is differentially affected by relatively modest levels of variation in rainfall, which households experience on a year-to-year basis. Data from three waves of the National Income Dynamics Survey in South Africa allow us to follow incomes of 4,162 households from 2006 to 2012. By observing how household income is affected by variation in rainfall relative to what is normally experienced during the rainy season in each district, our study employs a series of naturally occurring experiments that allow us to identify causal effects. We find that households where a single head can be identified based on residency or work status are more vulnerable to climate variability than households headed by two adults. Single male-headed households are more vulnerable because of lower initial earnings and, to a lesser extent, other household characteristics that contribute to economic disadvantages. However, this can only explain some of the differential vulnerability of female-headed households. This suggests that there are traits specific to female-headed households, such as limited access to protective social networks or other coping strategies, which makes this an important dimension of marginalization to consider for further research and policy in South Africa and other national contexts. Households headed by widows, never-married women, and women with a non-resident spouse (e.g., ‘‘left-behind” migrant households) are particularly vulnerable. We find vulnerable households only in districts where rainfall has a large effect on agricultural yields, and female-headed households remain vulnerable when accounting for dynamic impacts of rainfall on income.
15 Okumah, M.; Ankomah-Hackman, P.; Yeboah, A. S. 2021. Do socio-demographic groups report different attitudes towards water resource management? evidence from a Ghanaian case study. GeoJournal, 86(5):2447-2456. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10173-9]
Water resource management ; Social aspects ; Demography ; Gender ; Attitudes ; Environmental factors ; Employment ; Water pollution ; Policies ; Developing countries ; Case studies / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050629)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10708-020-10173-9.pdf
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050629.pdf
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Understanding the influence of socio-demographic factors on attitudes towards water pollution mitigation measures could help provide good pointers in the design of effective water resources management policies. Yet, very few studies have examined this in the developing country context. Using quantitative methods to analyse survey data from Ghana, the main goal of the current study was to determine whether socio-demographic groups report different attitudes towards water resource management. Results show that females reported higher pro-environmental attitudes than men (and these differences were statistically significant). Additionally, the employed were found to have reported higher pro-environmental attitudes than students and the unemployed, however, we do not find evidence to support the influence of age and educational attainment. Notwithstanding the relatively limited sample, this work offers valuable insights into the different factors that could influence environmental attitudes. Further research is needed on how sociodemographic variables interact with other psychosocial factors to determine environmental attitudes. This could advance our understanding on how different social groups may respond to policies designed to promote pro-environmental behaviour and reduce water pollution.
16 Quarmine, William; Ofori, Michael Safo; Osei-Amponsah, Charity. 2023. The place of social transformation in district-level development plans in northwest Ghana. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 12p. (Policy Insights Series 5)
Social change ; Transformation ; Development plans ; Social structure ; Policies ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Technology ; Demography ; Cultural factors ; Climate change / Ghana / Sawla-Tuna-Kalba / Nandom / Wa East / Sissala East / Wa West / Sissala West / Lawra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051973)
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17 Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali; Lautze, Jonathan; Meelad, A. (Eds.) 2023. Afghanistan–Pakistan shared waters: state of the basins. Wallingford, UK: CABI. 184p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800622371.0000]
Transboundary waters ; Water sharing ; River basin management ; Water resources ; International cooperation ; Water security ; Sustainability ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Agricultural water use ; Water management ; Water quality ; Irrigation ; Land use ; Socioeconomic development ; Demography ; Poverty ; Human health ; Food security ; Livelihoods ; Employment ; Economic growth ; Energy security ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Climate change ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Climate prediction ; Trends ; Hydrology ; Water governance ; Water policies ; Water law ; Legislation ; Institutions ; Reservoirs ; Hydropower / Afghanistan / Pakistan / Kabul River Basin / Kurram River Basin / Gomal River Basin / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052166)
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/epdf/10.1079/9781800622371.0000
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052166.pdf
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There is currently no water cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of the nine rivers that flow across the border, none possess a formal agreement or mechanism to manage shared water resources. Further, there is very little information available about the status of environment, hydrology and water resources management for these river basins that could be used as a starting point for dialogues on transboundary water coordination. This State of the Basins book co-develops an overview of the three most important river basins, in collaboration with international experts and water professionals from Afghanistan and Pakistan. It covers water resources, land resources, ecological health, environment, climate change, and the social and economic conditions for sustainable management of these precious resources. It will inform decision making within the two countries, and begin to establish benefits that can accrue from more active collaboration on these shared waters. This book: Focuses on portions of the Indus shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan. Features extensive engagement and co-development with Afghan and Pakistani professionals. Is the first book on the shared waters in the Indus, developed in the context of regional realities associated with post-August 2021 Taliban takeover. The book is aimed at students and researchers in water rights and resources, and government decision makers, private sector investors, donors, intermediary organizations that work directly with farmers, researchers and students. It is a reference book for graduate students and researchers working on these basins, and on transboundary river basin management in Asia and beyond.
18 Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Wardak, A.; Jan, I. 2023. Demography, human development and economic conditions. In Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali; Lautze, Jonathan; Meelad, A. (Eds.). Afghanistan–Pakistan shared waters: state of the basins. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.20-42. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800622371.0003]
Demography ; Socioeconomic development ; Economic growth ; Transboundary waters ; River basins ; Poverty ; Health ; Food security ; Employment ; Migration ; Population density ; Income ; Education ; Energy ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Agriculture ; Industry / Afghanistan / Pakistan / Kabul River Basin / Kurram River Basin / Gomal River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052169)
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/epdf/10.1079/9781800622371.0003
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052169.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052169.pdf
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The Kabul, Kurram, and Gomal river basins are home to approximately 43 million (authors’ own calculation) people who experience a diverse set of human and economic development realities. This chapter draws profiles of the basins in terms of demography and human and economic development. In doing so, the authors illustrate the human realities that overlie the hydrological units. This chapter presents basin-level data by combining and rescaling data for specific administrative units in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The authors find disparities between and within the two countries in terms of population size, migration dynamics, economic indicators and production of power. Despite these differences, people share similar challenges in achieving food security, poverty alleviation, and mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Improved, co-ordinated strategies and policies have the potential to strengthen the governance of these transboundary river basins and deliver better outcomes for people and resource sustainability.
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