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1 Ray, D.. 1984. Rainwater harvesting project: A selection of socio-economic case studies. Vol.2 - India. London, UK: Intermediate Technology Development Group, Agriculture and Water Programme. 62p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 RAY Record No: H01291)
2 Ray, D.. 1989. Water harvesting in India. In Kerr, C. (Ed.), Community water development. London, UK: IT Publications. pp.81-83.
Water harvesting ; Rain ; Water storage ; Tanks ; Villages ; Social participation / India / Africa / Sahel
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.1 G000 KER Record No: H027544)
3 Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Ray, D.. 2012. Technologies for smallholder irrigation: appropriate for whom – promoters or beneficiaries?. [ Abstract only]. Paper presented at the 2012 Tech4Dev International Conference on Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty, Lausanne, Switzerland, 29-31 May 2012. 1p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045058)
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4 Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Ray, D.. 2013. Technologies for smallholder irrigation appropriate for whom: promoters or beneficiaries? In Jean-Claude, B.; Silvia, H.; Eileen, H. (Eds.). Technologies for sustainable development: a way to reduce poverty?. Proceedings of 2012 Conference of the EPFL-UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development, Lausanne, Switzerland, 29-31 May 2012. London, UK: Springer. pp.73-84.
Smallholders ; Irrigation ; Pumps ; Technology ; Irrigation equipment ; Non governmental organizations ; Investment ; Farmers / India / North Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H046100)
Fifteen years after the successful introduction of treadle pumps for small farm irrigation in the North Bengal region of India, the socio-economic and technological landscape has changed dramatically. However, donors have continued to support treadle pump programs. Revisiting the factors that contributed to its initial success, the authors in this paper examine whether the use of treadle pumps continues to be an appropriate technology for smallholder irrigation. The results suggest that treadle pumps, when introduced during the mid-1990s, were successful because of a near technological vacuum at that time. Over the years, with the advent of small affordable diesel engines, motorized pumps have become widely available and a large rental market for water and pumping equipment has emerged. The farmers started abandoning the treadle pumps. Growing labor scarcity, rising labor wages, and increasing concerns over drudgery also dissuaded farmers from using the labor-intensive treadle pumps. The study reaffirms that the adoption of a technology is a dynamic process and that a technology that was appropriate at one point in time will not necessarily remain so at other times. It underlines the need for regularly revisiting technology choices and independent monitoring to understand better the changing landscapes of smallholder irrigation. This will ensure that the technologies desired most by beneficiaries—not just by promoters—get the support and promotional backing of the donors and governments for effective poverty reduction.
5 Bunting, S.W.; Luo, S.; Cai, K.; Kundu, N.; Lund, S.; Mishra, R.; Ray, D.; Smith, K. G.; Sugden, Fraser. 2016. Integrated action planning for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of highland aquatic resources: evaluating outcomes for the Beijiang River, China. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 59(9):1580-1609. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2015.1083414]
Integrated management ; Action plans ; Development plans ; Planning ; Biodiversity conservation ; Sustainability ; Highlands ; Aquatic environment ; Resource management ; Rivers ; Environmental management ; Wetlands ; Stakeholders ; Ecosystem services ; Living standards ; Policy making ; Strategic planning ; Implementation ; Monitoring ; Performance evaluation ; Socioeconomic environment ; Participatory approaches / China / India / Vietnam / Beijiang River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047885)
The need for enhanced environmental planning and management for highland aquatic resources is described and a rationale for integrated action planning is presented. Past action planning initiatives for biodiversity conservation and wetland management are reviewed. A re ective account is given of integrated action planning from ve sites in China, India and Vietnam. Eight planning phases are described encompassing: stakeholder assessment and partner selection; rapport building and agreement on collaboration; integrated biodiversity, ecosystem services, livelihoods and policy assessment; problem analysis and target setting; strategic planning; planning and organisation of activities; coordinated implementation and monitoring; evaluation and revised target setting. The scope and targeting of actions are evaluated using the Driving forces, Pressures, State, Impacts and Responses framework and compatibility with biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development objectives are assessed. Criteria to evaluate the quality of planning processes are proposed. Principles for integrated action planning elaborated here should enable stakeholders to formulate plans to reconcile biodiversity conservation with the wise use of wetlands.
6 Leder, S.; Sugden, F.; Raut, Manita; Ray, D.; Saikia, P. 2019. Ambivalences of collective farming: feminist political ecologies from eastern India and Nepal. International Journal of the Commons, 13(1):105-129. (Special issue: Feminist Political Ecologies of the Commons and Commoning) [doi: https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.917]
Collective farming ; Collective action ; Resource management ; Gender relations ; Women ; Political ecology ; Tenant farmers ; Land fragmentation ; Land management ; Commons ; Water management ; Dry season ; Social aspects ; Labour ; Case studies ; Villages / India / Nepal / Eastern Gangetic Plains / West Bengal / Madhubani / Cooch Behar / Alipurduar / Saptari
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049381)
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Collective farming has been suggested as a potentially useful approach for reducing inequality and transforming peasant agriculture. In collectives, farmers pool land, labor, irrigation infrastructure, agricultural inputs and harvest to overcome resource constraints and to increase their bargaining power. Employing a feminist political ecology lens, we reflect on the extent to which collective farming enables marginalized groups to engage in smallholder agriculture. We examine the establishment of 18 farmer collectives by an action research project in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, a region characterised by fragmented and small landholdings and a high rate of marginalised and landless farmers. We analyze ambivalances of collective farming practices with regard to (1) social relations across scales, (2) intersectionality and (3) emotional attachment. Our results in Saptari/ Eastern Terai in Nepal, Madhubani/Bihar, and Cooch Behar/West Bengal in India demonstrate how intra-household, group and community relations and emotional attachments to the family and neighbors mediate the redistribution of labor, land, produce and capital. We find that unequal gender relations, intersected by class, age, ethnicity and caste, are reproduced in collective action, land tenure and water management, and argue that a critical feminist perspective can support a more reflective and relational understanding of collective farming processes. Our analysis demonstrates that feminist political ecology can complement commons studies by providing meaningful insights on ambivalences around approaches such as collective farming.
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