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1 Obando, J. A.; Luwesi, C. N.; Mathenge, J. M.; Kinuthia, W.; Wambua, P. P.; Mutiso, M. N.; Bader, E. O. 2015. Performance assessment and evaluation of community participation in water sector governance: the case of Ngaciuma-Kinyaritha Catchment, Mount Kenya Region. In Atakilte, B. (Ed.). Agricultural water institutions in East Africa. Uppsala, Sweden: The Nordic Africa Institute. pp.23-41.
Performance evaluation ; Community involvement ; Water governance ; Water supply ; Water user associations ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water security ; Water balance ; Domestic water ; Legislation ; Catchment areas ; Climate change ; Mountains ; Rural areas ; Rural economics ; Natural disasters ; Case studies / Kenya / Mount Kenya Region / Ngaciuma-Kinyaritha Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047283)
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2 Timsina, K. P.; Bastakoti, Ram C.; Shivakoti, G. P. 2016. Achieving strategic fit in onion seed supply chain. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 6(2):127-149. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-03-2014-0012]
Supply chain ; Onions ; Seed production ; Marketing ; Retail marketing ; Production costs ; Rural economics ; Cooperative marketing ; Vegetables ; Farmers ; Postharvest control ; Economic development / Nepal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048039)
Findings: Result revealed that the market actors of supply chain are taking significant benefit of value addition due to more investment in value creation. Vertical coordination is completely absent and the existence of horizontal coordination is in fragile form. The functional strategies in the upstream as well as the market side are not properly matching with the preference of the downstream actors of supply chain. It is suggested that the supply chain activities should work with different functional strategies such as proper drying and storage of seed and production of preferred varieties to satisfy the need of end consumers.
3 Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2018. Internet plus agriculture: a new engine for rural economic growth in the People’s Republic of China. Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank (ADB). 53p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.22617/TCS189559-2]
Agricultural development ; Information services ; Internet ; Rural economics ; Economic growth ; Electronic commerce ; Agricultural products ; Supply chain ; Development projects ; State intervention ; Policies ; Infrastructure ; Investment ; Constraints ; Corporate culture ; Farmers ; Agricultural extension ; Developing countries ; Public services ; Models / China / Gansu / Hubei / Shandong / Yunnan / Zhejiang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049034)
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/455091/internet-plus-agriculture-prc.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049034.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049034.pdf
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4 Merrey, D. J.; Schmitter, Petra; Namara, R.; McCornick, P. G. 2020. Catalyzing farmers’ irrigation investments: recommendations to scale sustainable rural transformation. Lincoln, NE, USA: University of Nebraska. Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI). 20p.
Irrigated farming ; Investment ; Smallholders ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Sustainable agriculture ; Rural economics ; Business models ; Innovation ; Technology ; Water management ; Groundwater ; Pumps ; Water resources ; Institutions ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Policies ; Innovation scaling / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050163)
https://waterforfood.nebraska.edu/-/media/projects/dwfi/resource-documents/reports-and-working-papers/catalyzing-farmers-irrigation-investments.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050163.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050163.pdf
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5 Mueller, J. T.; Gasteyer, S. 2023. The ethnically and racially uneven role of water infrastructure spending in rural economic development. Nature Water, 1:74-82. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-022-00007-y]
Water supply ; Infrastructure ; Rural economics ; Economic development ; Local government ; Econometric models ; Economic benefits ; Sanitation ; Rural areas ; Public health
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051911)
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Here we test the hypothesis that local government spending on water infrastructure is associated with higher levels of economic development, and the hypothesis that this association is unequal between ethnoracial groups. Using data from the State and Local Government Finance Surveys and the US Census Bureau, we estimate a series of county-level spatial econometric models from 1980 to 2015. Our results support our hypotheses, with most beneficial associations taking 8 years to become evident. Furthermore, through the use of interactional models, we show that this effect is ethnically and racially uneven, with the benefits of investment decreasing as counties become more Latino/a and non-Latino/a Indigenous, and either increasing or decreasing as counties become more non-Latino/a Black, dependent on the specific outcome. Our results suggest that continued investment in rural water infrastructure has the potential to have wide-ranging, but possibly uneven, economic benefits for residents.
6 Phu, L. V. 2023. Water value, irrigation policy, and implementation hazards in Vietnam’s rural economy. Water Resources and Economics, 43:100229. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2023.100229]
Irrigation systems ; Irrigation water ; Policies ; Rural economics ; Food security ; Water resources ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Farmland ; Agricultural production ; Rural development ; Infrastructure ; Canals ; Economic value ; Models ; Policies ; Households / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052124)
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Irrigation plays a critical role in Vietnam’s rural economy and the national food security priority. The Vietnamese government has developed an extensive irrigation system and waived irrigation costs for farmers to reduce rural poverty. However, excessive use of water in agriculture has become a major concern. It is important to evaluate the value of water in order to encourage economical use. We use a multi-model approach and plot-level data to indirectly estimate the value of irrigation water and address a majority of issues related to causal identification. Our results indicate that farmlands with access to irrigation have significantly higher productivity and land values. The high value of irrigation water in agricultural production is a premise for compulsory payment for irrigation water. We then investigate the design of Vietnam’s irrigation policy and the hazards that have arose from the fee waiver policy. Finally, we explain why the current policy has failed to promote a sustainable long-term solution.
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