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1 Seager, J.; Bechtel, J.; Bock, S.; Dankelman, I.; Fordham, M.; Gabizon, S.; Thuy Trang, N.; Perch, L.; Qayum, S.; Roehr, U.; Schoolmeester, T.; Steinbach, R.; Watts, M.; Wendland, C.; Aguilar, L.; Alvarez, I.; Araujo, K.; Basnett, B. S.; Bauer, J.; Bowser, G.; Caterbow, A.; Corendea, C.; Donners, A.; Dutta, S.; Halle, S.; halainen, M.; Ismawati, Y.; Joshi, D.; Kiwala, L.; Kolbeinsdottir, L.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2016. Global gender and environment outlook. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 233p.
Gender ; Women's participation ; Equity ; Environmental sustainability ; Environmental effects ; Environmental health ; Environmental policy ; Sustainable development ; Food production ; Food security ; Food policy ; Agricultural production ; Domestic water ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water use ; Water supply ; Drinking water ; Wastewater treatment ; Sanitation ; Hygiene ; Energy generation ; Energy management ; Energy consumption ; Renewable energy ; Marine areas ; Coastal area ; Rural communities ; Ecosystems ; Fisheries ; Living standards ; Pollutants ; Contamination ; Forest resources ; Forest degradation ; Forest management ; Biodiversity ; Climate change ; Disasters ; Conflict ; Health hazards ; Households ; Land ownership
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047666)
http://uneplive.unep.org/media/docs/assessments/gender_and_environment_outlook.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047666.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047666.pdf
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2 Dutta, S.; Salama, S.; Molle, Francois; Rap, Edwin; Hassan, W. 2013. Understanding Mesqa and Marwa Water Management Practices in IIP areas of the Nile Delta. Final Report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 74p.
Water management ; Water allocation ; Water user associations ; Water supply ; Water distribution ; Best practices ; Traditional farming ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation scheduling ; Project management ; Planning ; Pumps ; Financial situation / Egypt / Nile Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H048360)
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3 Goswami, R.; Roy, K.; Dutta, S.; Ray, K.; Sarkar, S.; Brahmachari, K.; Nanda, M. K.; Mainuddin, M.; Banerjee, H.; Timsina, J.; Majumdar, K. 2021. Multi-faceted impact and outcome of COVID-19 on smallholder agricultural systems: integrating qualitative research and fuzzy cognitive mapping to explore resilient strategies. Agricultural Systems, 189:103051. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103051]
Smallholders ; Agricultural systems ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Cyclones ; Coping strategies ; Irrigation water ; Salinity ; Crop production ; Soil fertility ; Livestock ; Market access ; Labour ; Farmers ; Household income ; Household expenditure ; Stakeholders ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Villages ; Qualitative analysis / India / West Bengal / Sundarbans
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050287)
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The shock of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted food systems worldwide. Such disruption, affecting multiple systems interfaces in smallholder agriculture, is unprecedented and needs to be understood from multi-stakeholder perspectives. The multiple loops of causality in the pathways of impact renders the system outcomes unpredictable. Understanding the nature of such unpredictable pathways is critical to identify present and future systems intervention strategies. Our study aims to explore the multiple pathways of present and future impact created by the pandemic and “Amphan” cyclonic storm on smallholder agricultural systems. Also, we anticipate the behaviour of the systems elements under different realistic scenarios of intervention. We explored the severity and multi-faceted impacts of the pandemic on vulnerable smallholder agricultural production systems through in-depth interactions with key players at the micro-level. It provided contextual information, and revealed critical insights to understand the cascading effect of the pandemic and the cyclone on farm households. We employed thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders in Sundarbans areas in eastern India, to identify the present and future systems outcomes caused by the pandemic, and later compounded by “Amphan”. The immediate adaptation strategies of the farmers were engaging family labors, exchanging labors with neighbouring farmers, borrowing money from relatives, accessing free food rations, replacing dead livestock, early harvesting, and reclamation of waterbodies. The thematic analysis identified several systems elements, such as harvesting, marketing, labor accessibility, among others, through which the impacts of the pandemic were expressed. Drawing on these outputs, we employed Mental Modeler, a Fuzzy-Logic Cognitive Mapping tool, to develop multi-stakeholder mental models for the smallholder agricultural systems of the region. Analysis of the mental models indicated the centrality of “Kharif” (monsoon) rice production, current farm income, and investment for the next crop cycle to determine the pathways and degree of the dual impact on farm households. Current household expenditure, livestock, and soil fertility were other central elements in the shared mental model. Scenario analysis with multiple stakeholders suggested enhanced market access and current household income, sustained investment in farming, rapid improvement in affected soil, irrigation water and livestock as the most effective strategies to enhance the resilience of farm families during and after the pandemic. This study may help in formulating short and long-term intervention strategies in the post-pandemic communities, and the methodological approach can be used elsewhere to understand perturbed socioecological systems to formulate anticipatory intervention strategies based on collective wisdom of stakeholders.
4 Chattopadhyay, S.; De, I.; Mishra, P.; Parey, A.; Dutta, S.. 2022. Participatory water institutions and sustainable irrigation management: evidence and lessons from West Bengal, India. Water Policy, 24(4):667-684. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2022.306]
Water institutions ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Sustainability ; Collective action ; Water user associations ; Irrigation systems ; Water management ; Tube wells ; Infrastructure ; Capacity development ; Decision making ; Diversification ; Models / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051107)
https://iwaponline.com/wp/article-pdf/24/4/667/1043876/024040667.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051107.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051107.pdf
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Based on a survey of selected Water Users’ Associations (WUA) and their members in West Bengal, India, this paper examines the nature and determinants of member participation in irrigation management. WUA meetings were held on a regular basis with higher member participation under Tube Well, Check Dam and River Lift Irrigation schemes. Their physical characteristics (e.g., high sub-surface storage and flowing rivers with large catchment areas) and system features (e.g., centralized pump house and defined distribution infrastructure) contribute to better water availability, incentivizing the members to participate. Our regression analysis suggests that along with these factors, the socioeconomic attributes of members and their perception about the functioning and decision making of the WUA influence participation in the collective management of schemes. The more the members perceive the functioning of WUAs as democratic and transparent, the greater is their incentive to participate. Greater participatory involvement of the members in the form of donating land for irrigation construction and in training programs is also found to be crucial. So, this paper argues for making the decision-making processes within WUAs democratic and transparent, along with greater efforts toward capacity building of the members, including training for skill enhancement, management and provision of agricultural support practices.
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