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1 Carruthers, I. D.; Smith, L.. 1989. The river Wadu role play-ten years experience. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 3(3):281-308.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H05315)
This paper describes a role playing planning exercise that has been used for training agriculturists, engineers and agricultural economists for more than ten years. It set out the objectives and key features of the exercise and the experience that has been gained in its use. The exercise has been found to successfully test and integrate subject matter expertise acquired from formal teaching. It also highlights the multiple and often conflicting objectives of irrigation planning and the need for full evaluation of alternatives and sound technical judgments under conditions of inadequate data and time pressure. The exercise is also successful in developing professional personal skills such as group working, interviewing and presentation, and is recommended as an effective training aid.
2 Kotagama, H. B.; Smith, L.; Carruthers, I. D. 1992. Identification and estimation of priority weights of irrigation system management objectives for irrigation system performance assessment. Tropical Agricultural Research, 4:297-307.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3629 Record No: H012641)
3 Kay, M.; Franks, T.; Smith, L.. (Eds.) 1997. Water: Economics, management and demand. London, UK: E & FN Spon. ix, 422p.
Water management ; Irrigation management ; Agricultural economics ; Water demand ; Water costs ; Irrigation water ; Rivers ; Water transfer ; Investment ; Water distribution ; Food security ; Flood control ; Forecasting ; Water allocation ; Water scarcity ; Environmental effects ; Water use ; Equity ; Mangroves ; Conflict ; Cost benefit analysis ; Water rates ; Pricing ; Water market ; Participatory management ; Optimization ; Water delivery ; Supplementary irrigation ; Rivers ; Water policy ; Economic analysis ; Economic aspects ; Water supply ; Drainage ; Groundwater management ; Irrigation systems ; Privatization ; Rehabilitation ; Case studies / France / Africa / South Africa / Israel / Kuwait / USA / India / Spain / Portugal / Iberian Peninsula / Malaysia / Tanzania / Italy / Australia / Russian Federation / Dagestan / Bulgaria / Romania / UK / Wales / Netherlands / Germany / Jordan / Chile / Pakistan / South Asia / Bas-Rhone Languedoc Region / Southern California / Colorado River / Arizona / Imperial Valley / Haryana / Guadalquivir River Basin / Merbok Estuary / Polder Flevoland
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 KAY Record No: H023036)
4 Dorward, A.; Kydd, J.; Lyon, F.; Poole, N.; Poulton, C.; Smith, L.; Stockbridge, M. 1998. Commercial financing of seasonal input use by smallholders in liberalised agricultural marketing systems. ODI Natural Resource Perspectives, 30:9p.
Financing ; Agricultural credit ; Private sector ; Small scale systems ; Agricultural economics ; Agricultural policy ; Investment ; Marketing / Africa South of Sahara / Ghana / Tanzania / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6006 Record No: H029946)
5 Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Smith, L.; Lorenzen, K. 2005. Adaptive, participatory and integrated assessment of the impacts of irrigation on fisheries evaluation of the approach in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) vi, 35p. (IWMI Working Paper 089) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.269]
Fisheries ; Irrigation effects ; Biodiversity ; Ecology ; Environmental effects ; Assessment ; Decision making ; Case studies / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G744 NGU Record No: H036379)
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6 Dorward, A.; Fan, S.; Kydd, J.; Lofgren, H.; Morrison, J.; Poulton, C.; Rao, N.; Smith, L.; Tchale, H.; Thorat, S.; Urey, I.; Wobst, P. 2004. Institutions and policies for pro-poor agricultural growth. Development Policy Review, 22(6):611-622.
Poverty ; Households ; Rural economy ; Policy ; Risks ; Farmers ; Agricultural development / India / Malawi / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H036458)
7 Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Smith, L.; Lorenzen, K. 2005. Impacts of irrigation on inland fisheries: appraisals in Laos and Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat. vii, 36p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 007) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.386]
Fisheries ; Irrigation effects ; Assessment ; Social aspects ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Environmental effects ; Ecology ; Biodiversity ; Villages ; Irrigation programs ; Lagoons ; Drainage ; Households ; Rice ; Case studies / Laos / Sri Lanka / Huay Thouat Irrigation Project / Kirindi Oya Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G570 NGU Record No: H037215)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Assessment/files_new/publications/CA%20Research%20Reports/CA-RR7_final.pdf
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8 Hermans, L.; Renault, D.; Emerton, L.; Perrot-Maitre, D.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Smith, L.. 2006. Stakeholder-oriented valuation to support water resources management processes: Confronting concepts with local practice. Rome, Italy: FAO. xi, 75p. (FAO water reports 30)
Water resource management ; Irrigation management ; Fisheries ; Decision making ; Wetlands ; Households ; Surveys / Tanzania / Sri Lanka / Cambodia / Mkoji Subcatchment / Stoeng Treng Ramsar site
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 HER Record No: H038389)
9 Castillo, G. E.; Namara, Regassa; Ravnborg, H. M.; Hanjra, M. A.; Smith, L.; Hussein, M. H.; Bene, C.; Cook, S.; Hirsch, D.; Polak, P.; Valee, Domitille; van Koppen, Barbara. 2007. Reversing the flow: agricultural water management pathways for poverty reduction. 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.149-191.
Water resource management ; Irrigation management ; Governance ; Drinking water ; Environmental effects ; Poverty ; Employment ; Gender ; Water rights ; Empowerment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040197)
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10 Lorenzen, K.; Smith, L.; Nguyen Khoa, Sophie; Burton, M.; Garaway, C. 2007. Management of impacts of irrigation development on fisheries: guidance manual. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish Center; London, UK: Imperial College. 161p.
Fisheries ; Biodiversity ; Development projects ; Impact assessment ; Habitats ; Ecology ; Ecosystems ; Flood plains ; Hydrology ; Canals ; Reservoirs ; Irrigation management ; Stakeholders ; Land use ; Institutional development ; Labor ; Decision making
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 639.2 G000 LOR Record No: H040367)
11 Namara, Regassa E.; Hanjra, M. A.; Castillo, G. E.; Ravnborg, H. M.; Smith, L.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2010. Agricultural water management and poverty linkages. Agricultural Water Management, 97(4):520–527. Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2009.05.007]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042743)
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Water is critically important to the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people living on less than $1 a day, particularly for the 850 million rural poor primarily engaged in agriculture. In many developing countries, water is a major factor constraining agricultural output, and income of the world’s rural poor. Improved agricultural water management can contribute to poverty reduction through several pathways. First, access to reliable water improves production and productivity, enhances employment opportunities and stabilizes income and consumption. Secondly, it encourages the utilization of other yield-enhancing inputs and allows diversification into high-value products, enhances nonfarm outputs and employment, and fulfills multiple needs of households. Third, it may contribute either negatively or positively to nutritional status, health, societal equity and environment. The net impact of agricultural water management interventions on poverty may depend individually and/or synergistically on the working of these pathways. Improved access to water is essential, but not sufficient for sustained poverty reduction. Investments are needed in agricultural science and technology, policies and institutions, economic reform, addressing global agricultural trade inequities, etc. But how best to match the agricultural water management technologies, institutions and policies to the needs of the heterogeneous poor living in diverse agro-ecological settings remains unclear. This article provides a menu of promising pathways through which agricultural water management can contribute to sustained poverty reduction.
12 Gurib-Fakim, A.; Smith, L.; Acikgoz, N.; Avato, P.; Bossio, Deborah; Ebi, K.; Goncalves, A.; Heinemann, J. A.; Herrmann, T. M.; Padgham, J.; Pennarz, J.; Scheidegger, U.; Sebastian, L.; Taboada, M.; Viglizzo, E. 2009. Options to enhance the impact of AKST on development and sustainability goals. In McIntyre, B. D.; Herren, H. R.; Wakhungu, J.; Watson, R. T. (Eds.). International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, global report. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. pp.377-440.
Farming systems ; Productivity ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Habitats ; Forestry ; Agroforestry ; Water resources ; Pest management ; Public health ; Climate change ; Biofuels
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042792)
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13 Beintema, N.; Bossio, Deborah A.; Dreyfus, F.; Fernandez, M.; Gurib-Fakim, A.; Hurni, H.; Izac, A. M.; Jiggins, J.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G.; Leakey, R.; Ochola, W.; Osman-Elasha, B.; Plencovich, C.; Roling, N.; Rosegrant, M.; Rosenthal, E.; Smith, L.. 2009. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, global summary for decision makers. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. 36p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042936)
http://www.agassessment.org/reports/IAASTD/EN/Agriculture%20at%20a%20Crossroads_Global%20Summary%20for%20Decision%20Makers%20(English).pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042936.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042936.pdf
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14 Smith, L.. (Ed.) 2009. C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 1 CD.
Water resources ; Water resource management ; Water scarcity ; Water governance ; Economic aspects ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Irrigated farming ; Water harvesting ; Fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Ecosystems ; Water policy
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD col. Record No: H043416)
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This module is about water resources, their complex relationship with the environment and the economy and the growing problem of water scarcity and the various options that exist to deal with this problem. The module examines how water is allocated between various competing demands and explores the role that water plays in food security, public health, people’s livelihoods and other aspects of social and economic development. The module seeks to critically evaluate the benefits, costs and impacts of water resources development, particularly those aspects most relevant to social and economic development in rural areas. Coverage includes the key water management challenges communities are facing today and the solutions that people have developed. Parts of the module concentrate on the ways in which economic concepts, methods and judgements can inform water resource management strategies and policy decisions that affect the resource. Economic efficiency in resource allocation is only one of many criteria used by policy-makers to evaluate the appropriate approach to a given issue. However, the insights given by the application of economic theory are often ignored in the face of conflicts over the use of water. The module also introduces a range of techniques, methods and information resources that can be used by professionals for the assessment of water resources and planning. Good information and good applied science are keys to improved water resource management and should be considered as necessary but not sufficient. It is also vital to develop the institutional arrangements and policies necessary for sustainable water use and environmental conservation. Thus governance arrangements in relation to water management are also a leading theme of the module.
15 de Fraiture, Charlotte; Molden, David; Smith, L.; Varma, Samyuktha. 2009. Unit two - Key concepts: assessment and management from basin to user. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 33p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043418)
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This unit is concerned with key concepts of assessment and management at scales from the water user to the river basin. The first section outlines the various scales of assessment of water resources and discusses the relationship between the various scales. Section 2 focuses in on the river basin scale and presents a number of key tools for understanding and assessing water resources at this scale. This section describes development trajectories of river basins and provides an overview of key issues which affect river basins. Section 3 introduces the new and prevalent water management paradigm of river basin management. Challenges and a general critique are provided in this section and a typology of river basin management models is presented. Section 4 focuses on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM); reviewing the evolution of the concept of integrated approaches, providing a description of IWRM and a definition, and evaluating critically the concept as an operational approach.
16 Smith, L.. 2009. Unit four - Economics of water use. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 40p.
Water use ; Water costs ; Economic analysis ; Water allocation ; Water market ; Water demand ; Domestic water
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043420)
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This section explores the concept of ‘water as an economic good’. What does this mean? What are the economic characteristics of water as a resource? And what are the implications of these characteristics for water management and policy. Section aim: To identify and examine the public and private good characteristics of water.
17 Smith, L.. 2009. Unit five - Water supply and sanitation. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 57p.
Water supply ; Sanitation ; Domestic water ; Water rights ; Human rights ; Developing countries ; Cost recovery ; Pricing ; Price policy
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043421)
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This section provides an introduction to this unit by assessing the scale of the global deficit in water and sanitation and why it matters. It emphasises the human development costs of the problem and potential benefits of resolving it in terms of gains in public health, education, livelihood opportunities and economic growth. The most important reasons why, to date, these benefits are still being inadequately captured are suggested. Section Learning Aims: To summarise the global challenge in the provision of water supply and sanitation.
18 Molden, David; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Atapattu, Sithara S.; Smith, L.. 2009. Unit six - Water use in agriculture: small-scale irrigation and rainwater harvesting. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 35p.
Water harvesting ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Communal irrigation systems ; Water use ; Multiple use ; Fisheries ; Livestock ; Gender ; Rainfed farming ; Soil conservation ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Water conservation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043422)
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This unit provides an introduction to some of the key elements of the role and importance of water resources in smallholder agriculture. The first section introduces the basic concepts at the farm level by looking at farm productivity and the role of men and women which is essential in understanding the linkages between the livelihoods of the people and poverty alleviation. Section 2 explores water management concepts and issues in smallholder rainfed agriculture, including a range of practices that show promise in best supporting livelihoods and utilising available resources. Rainfed agriculture is critically important, as most rural poor depend solely on rain as their water source and there are many means to upgrade the performance of these systems. Some of these ways require a small amount of irrigation. Section 3 leads into small-scale irrigation. This section summarises and provides the differences between individual versus community based systems including management styles and key considerations in the design and management of these systems. In Section 4, the multiple uses of water, the use of water for household and industrial uses as well as farming, at the farm and household level are presented. Multiple uses of water provide an ideal way of obtaining more benefits per unit of water. Unit aims: To introduce and explain the linkages between small-scale water resource management in agriculture, food security, livelihoods and poverty; To identify the important roles of both men and women in small-scale farming and water management systems; To introduce key concepts of rainfed agriculture in the context of the ‘blue–green water’ continuum and identify the strengths of and constraints to different methods of rainwater water management; To introduce the concept of irrigation in small-scale agriculture and to look at the two main ways of managing it: individual compared to community based management; To introduce the concept of multiple uses for water by rural households and to describe some of the key uses in detail; To provide a basic understanding of multiple uses of water and the approaches available to manage them; To assess the importance of fisheries and livestock production as competitors for water with irrigated crop production.
19 Molden, David; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Atapattu, Sithara S.; Smith, L.. 2009. Unit seven - Water use in agriculture: large-scale irrigation. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 51p.
Irrigation management ; Performance evaluation ; Poverty ; Households ; Farmers ; Rural economy ; Water use ; Multiple use ; Environmental impact assessment ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Conjunctive use
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043423)
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This unit provides an introduction to large-scale and formal irrigation systems. The first section introduces large-scale irrigation systems and looks at their role in poverty alleviation. The section analyses the positive and negative implications in the context of social, economic and environmental needs. Section 2 describes the types of irrigation systems based on governance and water sources and key implications of various irrigation system types. The following section deals with irrigation management by providing guidance on the management steps, design and assessment tools. It also looks at different options for irrigation financing such as water pricing. Section 4 explores investments in irrigation – types of investments, drivers for investments, priorities and social and environmental considerations. Unit aims: To introduce the linkages between investments in large-scale irrigation and poverty and to discuss possible positive and negative outcomes; To introduce standard irrigation system typologies based on governance and to understand the different types of water resources utilised; To introduce the steps and considerations involved in irrigation management, introduce basic assessment tools and discuss the main issues behind irrigation financing and water pricing; To provide an understanding of the different types of investment, when and where they are applied and how they are prioritised.
20 Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Beveridge, M.; Atapattu, Sithara S.; Smith, L.. 2009. Unit eight - Inland fisheries and aquaculture. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 48p.
Fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Rural areas ; Water quality ; Water requirements ; Water governance ; Policy ; Water resource management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD col. Record No: H043424)
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This unit provides an introduction to the key characteristics of fisheries and aquaculture and the distinctions between them. It looks at their significance in farming systems and the water requirements involved. It proceeds to discuss the methods and tools available to assess water requirements for fisheries and aquaculture. The final sections of the unit look at the trade-offs for water allocation for fisheries and aquaculture and introduce perspectives on water governance and associated implications for water policies related to fisheries and aquaculture. Unit aims: To define and explain the nature of fisheries and aquaculture and the differences between them in relation to water resource management; To highlight the importance of fisheries and aquaculture to livelihoods; To explain the basis for assessment of fisheries and aquaculture water requirements in terms of quantity and quality; To present existing methods for assessing water needs in fisheries and aquaculture; To present existing methods for assessing water needs in fisheries and aquaculture; To introduce water resource management options for fisheries and aquaculture and related governance and policy implications.
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