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1 International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR). 2001. How to write a convincing proposal: strengthening project development, donor relations, and resource mobilization in agricultural research: training module. Training programme held at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 5-10 March 2001. 661p.
Agricultural research ; Training programmes ; Training courses ; Training materials ; Research projects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630.7 G000 INT Record No: H041428)
2 International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR). 2001. How to write a convincing proposal: strengthening project development, donor relations, and resource mobilization in agricultural research: workshop materials. Workshop and training programme held at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 5-10 March 2001. 648p.
Agricultural research ; Training programmes ; Training courses ; Research projects ; Financing ; Funding
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630.7 G000 INT Record No: H041429)
3 Peck, J. C.; Griggs, B. W. 2008. Groundwater law and management: the Asia (IWMI) - Kansas Program. Creighton Law Review, 41(3):315-367.
Groundwater management ; Groundwater depletion ; Water law ; Water rights ; Water policy ; Water supply ; Water allocation ; Water quality ; Water pollution ; River basins ; Water reuse ; Wastewater ; Aquifers ; Groundwater recharge ; Wells ; Training programmes / South Asia / Pakistan / India / Nepal / Bangladesh / China / USA / Australia / Kansas
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 346.0469 G570 PEK Record No: H041548)
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In the Fall 2006, the University of Kansas (KU) School of Law and the Office of International Programs collaborated with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), headquartered in Sri Lanka, on a program to train professionals in water law and groundwater management. IWMI sent one group of water experts to KU and another to the Center for Comparative Water Polices and Law in South Australia. The Kansas group, comprised of six professions (scientists and administrators) from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and China, spent three weeks in Kansas leaning about Kansas water law, water rights, groundwater management, and culture. Multi-disciplinary lectures were given by KU professors. The group took field trips to the state capital in Topeka to meet government officials and to southern and western Kansas to visit various projects and hear explanations by local water professions: groundwater management district managers, city water officials, farmers, industrial water users, and other university professors. Dinners in private homes, a KU basketball game, a choral concert, and a visit to the Nelson Art Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, complemented the scientific and legal part of the program. The Asian experts also lectured on the water law, hydrology, and groundwater management situation in their respective countries. The article describes the project in detail and makes some comparisons in water law and management in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal with Kansas.
4 Villholth, K. G. 2009. Towards better management of groundwater resources: lessons from an integrated capacity building project in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins. 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.29-42. (IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 15)
Groundwater management ; Groundwater irrigation ; Capacity building ; Training programmes / Asia / China / Bangladesh / Pakistan / Nepal / Indus River / Ganges River / Yellow River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G570 MUK Record No: H042221)
5 Eckman, K. 1995. Agriculture Development and Environmental Rehabilitation in the Dry Zone Project [Myanmar]: consultant report. Rome, Italy: FAO. 82p. (FAO Field Document No. 2)
Agricultural development ; Dry farming ; Economic development ; Rural development ; Environmental effects ; Rehabilitation ; Arid zones ; Research projects ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Women in development ; Human resources ; Natural resources ; Land management ; Landlessness ; Land tenure ; Legal aspects ; Households ; Villages ; Indicators ; Income ; Investment ; Organizations ; Institutions ; Agroforestry ; History ; Training programmes ; Decision making ; Farming systems ; Cropping patterns ; Seasonality ; Surveys / Myanmar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H045741)
6 Etienne, M. (Ed.) 2014. Companion modelling: a participatory approach to support sustainable development. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 403p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8557-0]
Sustainable development ; Participatory approaches ; Research ; Training programmes ; Decision making ; Stakeholders ; Natural resources management ; Assessment ; Simulation models ; Ecology ; Social aspects ; Social structure ; Empowerment ; Institutions ; Livestock ; Catchment areas ; Periurban areas ; Land use ; Case studies / Thailand / France / Bhutan / Bolivia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046362)
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7 Cambodia. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 2003. Training manual for participatory irrigation management and development in Cambodia. Module 1. Introduction to Participatory Irrigation Management and Development (PIMD). Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 43p.
Participatory management ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Training programmes ; Irrigated farming ; Farmers ; Case studies / South East Asia / Cambodia / India / Albania / Mexico / Nepal / Andhra Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G700 CAM Record No: H046423)
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8 Cambodia. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 2003. Training manual for participatory irrigation management and development in Cambodia. Module 2. Participatory irrigation management and development: policy, legal and institutional framework. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 36p.
Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Training programmes ; Public services ; Farmers ; Water user associations ; Legal aspects ; Committees / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G700 CAM Record No: H046424)
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9 Cambodia. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 2003. Training manual for participatory irrigation management and development in Cambodia. Module 3. Planning and implementing participatory irrigation management and development at the national level. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 34p.
Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Training programmes ; Farmers ; Water user associations ; Strategy planning ; Monitoring / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G700 CAM Record No: H046425)
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10 Cambodia. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 2003. Training manual for participatory irrigation management and development in Cambodia. Module 4. Implementation of participatory irrigation management and development at provincial and irrigation system levels. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 52p.
Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Irrigation systems ; Training programmes ; Participatory rural appraisal ; Irrigated farming ; Water delivery ; Financing ; Maintenance ; Farmers ; Water user associations / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G700 CAM Record No: H046426)
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11 Cambodia. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 2003. Training manual for participatory irrigation management and development in Cambodia. Module 5. Establishing and developing the farmer water users community. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 33p.
Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Farmers ; Water user associations ; Training programmes / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G700 CAM Record No: H046427)
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12 Cambodia. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 2003. Training manual for participatory irrigation management and development in Cambodia. Module 6. Monitoring and evaluation system for PIMD [Participatory Irrigation Management and Development] Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 50p.
Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Training programmes ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Planning ; Indicators ; Farmers ; Water user associations / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G700 CAM Record No: H046428)
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13 Cambodia. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 2003. Training manual for participatory irrigation management and development in Cambodia. Module 7. Technical guide for irrigation water management. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. 65p.
Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation development ; Irrigation water ; Water management ; Water requirements ; Evapotranspiration ; Rain ; Irrigation systems ; Crop management ; Rice ; Farm management ; Training programmes / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.587 G700 CAM Record No: H046429)
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14 Larbi, T. O.; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Amoah, Philip; van Veenhuizen, R. 2014. Strengthening urban producer organizations. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.136-144.
Farmers organizations ; Urban farmers ; Vegetable growing ; Irrigated farming ; Marketing ; Training programmes / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046608)
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The chapter presents the process and results from a project implemented in Accra by the Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) Foundation to strengthen farmers’ organizations for innovative irrigated vegetable farming and marketing. One hundred urban farmers were organized into eight producer groups and trained on technical and organizational innovations along the vegetable value chain towards improved yield and income. Training was delivered through Urban Producer Field Schools (UPFS) on topics ranging from integrated plant production and protection principles, food safety and risk-minimization in wastewater use for irrigation to value addition for marketing. Farmers were also engaged in organized marketing, targeting niche markets.
15 Puckridge, D. 2004. The burning of the rice: Cambodia beyond the Khmer Rouge. Victoria, Australia: Sid Harta Publishers. 330p.
Agricultural development ; Agricultural research ; Rice ; Farming systems ; Training programmes ; Farmers ; Households ; Women's participation ; Partnerships ; International organizations ; Research institutes ; Political aspects ; Conflict ; Social aspects / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 959.6 G700 PUC Record No: H046833)
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16 Yakubov, Murat. 2014. Enhancing capacity building of Khal Panchayats in select farmers's organizations of Bahawalnagar CC [Canal Circle]: Khal Panchayats Training Report [Revitalizing irrigation in Pakistan project] Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Lahore, Pakistan: Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA). 57p.
Capacity building ; Farmers organizations ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation canals ; Irrigation management ; Training programmes ; Training courses ; Watercourses ; Water distribution ; Water availability ; Evaluation techniques / Pakistan / Punjab / Bahawalnagar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047533)
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17 Chambers, R. 2014. Into the unknown: explorations in development practice. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 148p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3362/9781780448220]
Community development ; Development studies ; Participatory rural appraisal ; Group approaches ; Training programmes ; Learning ; Professionalism ; Knowledge management ; Policy ; Irrigation systems ; Research ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Poverty ; Sanitation / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 307.14 G000 CHA Record No: H047659)
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18 Lefore, Nicole; Weight, Elizabeth; Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon. 2017. Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 31p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 6) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.217]
Research and development ; Gender equity ; Learning ; Training programmes ; Performance evaluation ; Women ; Women’s participation ; Men ; Irrigation schemes ; Participation ; Improvement ; Assessment ; On-farm production ; Agricultural extension ; Agricultural production ; Productivity ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Farmers ; Market access ; Investment ; Community involvement ; Stakeholders ; Resource management ; Decision making ; State intervention / Malawi / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048368)
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This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool (GILIT) in locations in Malawi and Uzbekistan in 2015. Through the results of the tool, the paper looks at benefit sharing between men and women farmers: (i) access to irrigation scheme resources (including information, for example, in the design phase; land, water and other inputs); (ii) participation in scheme management; and (iii) access to scheme benefits, including access to market information, packaging and payments. The indicators for the tool were modelled after principles reflected in existing gender policies and strategies, and intended to improve performance at field level in line with national and regional goals. The paper concludes with informal and formal constraints to gender-equitable outcomes from irrigation investments identified during the pilot, and suggests how the tool can be used by various development actors to improve the benefits for women from investments in agricultural water management.
19 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2018. Strengthening participatory irrigation management in Tajikistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 8p. (IWMI Water Policy Brief 41) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.212]
Participatory management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; Water governance ; Water user associations ; Training programmes ; Farmers ; Farm managers ; Collective farms ; Agricultural extension ; Food security ; Crop production ; Women’s participation ; Rural communities
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048783)
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20 Merrey, D. J.; Lefore, Nicole. 2018. How to support effective and inclusive irrigation water users’ associations: a guide for practitioners. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 16p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 9) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.227]
Research and development ; Learning ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation efficiency ; Water user associations ; Best practices ; Guidelines ; Farmers organizations ; Irrigation schemes ; Collective action ; Small scale systems ; Policy making ; Investment ; Costs ; Gender ; Training programmes ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Water institutions ; Water availability ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Sustainability ; Stakeholders ; Infrastructure ; Socioeconomic environment ; Communities ; Local authorities
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049026)
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The purpose of this Guide is to provide an overview of the major considerations and steps to be followed in organizing new irrigation farmers’ organizations or Irrigation Water Users’ Associations (IWUAs). The Guide should support developing or strengthening a specialized formal IWUA for implementing a program aimed at creating or improving a collectively managed irrigation scheme. The Guide is focused on programs involving construction of new irrigation schemes; rehabilitation, modernization or revitalization of existing irrigation schemes; or supporting farmers wishing to improve the performance of their irrigation scheme. While based on extensive research and evidence, the intended audience for this Guide is the set of practitioners responsible for planning and implementing communal irrigation programs. This may include managers of publicly or externally supported projects, government agricultural and irrigation officials, private investments and nongovernmental organizations. The Guide draws on over 50 years of experience organizing farmers to participate in the creation, improvement and management of both farmer-managed and government-managed irrigation schemes. The major lesson learned is that investing in the “software” component – training and institutional development – of irrigation is critical for success. If the IWUA is weak or ineffective, the scheme will fail to achieve its potential, no matter how good the hardware is. The Guide seeks to avoid imposing a specific organizational design for what an institution should look like and do, but suggests a process organized around six ‘steps’ to be followed, more or less in sequence. Using these steps creatively as a guideline, not as a recipe to be followed precisely, will increase the likelihood that irrigation investments achieve the desired project goals.
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