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1 Clement, Floriane; Amezaga, J. M.; Orange, Didier; Calder I. R.; Large, A. R. G.; Toan, T. D. 2008. Linking reforestation with forest policies: a multi-scale and interdisciplinary methodology applied to Vietnam. Paper prepared for the 12th Biennial Conference of the IASC, Cheltenham, UK, 14-18 July 2008. 29p.
Reforestation ; Forest policy ; Land management ; Land use ; Common property ; Natural resources management ; Corporate culture ; Decision making ; Governance / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.75 G784 CLE Record No: H041546)
http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/archive/00003768/01/Clement_108301.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041546.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041546.pdf
2 Xenarios, Stefanos; Sharma, Bharat R. 2011. Assessing institutional and environmental parameters of agricultural water use in South Asia: evidences from the Indo-Gangetic Basin. In Xenarios, Stefanos; Sharma, Bharat R.; Amarasinghe, Upali; Singh, A. Research analysis on the effects of agricultural water and landholdings to rural livelihoods in Indo-Gangetic Basin: with emphasis on Bihar State. [Report of the NAIP-IFAD Project on Water and Rural Livelihoods]. New Delhi, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Bihar, India: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for Eastern Region. 26p.
River basins ; Irrigation water ; Water use ; Economic aspects ; Environmental effects ; Corporate culture ; Valuation ; Case studies ; Water market ; Wells / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043779)
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The Indo-Gangetic Basin encompasses most of the fertile landholdings in South Asia. However, low agricultural productivity is observed in the four riparian countries - India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh - by nailing down rural welfare. Accusations are directed at the inability of water supply sector to ensure high productivity rates and security of subsistence farmers. However, little is known about the demand side and farmers’ perceptions towards the effects of water use on agricultural productivity. To this aim, we conduct an economic assessment through a stated preference approach on crucial institutional and environmental related parameters of agricultural water that could enhance productivity potential. Also, vital socio-demographic elements are examined as influential factors. The analysis is based on an extensive research survey accomplished in selected clusters along the Indo-Gangetic Basin.
3 Hailun, Z. 2005. Strategic study for water management in China. Nanjing, China: Southeast University Press. 129p.
Water management ; Water demand ; Water use ; Legislation ; Legal aspects ; Corporate culture ; Water allocation ; Flood control ; Drought ; Statistics ; River basins ; Capacity building / China / Huaihe River Basin / Shanxi Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G592 HAI Record No: H043899)
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4 Dubbeling, M.; de Zeeuw, H.; van Veenhuizen, R. 2010. Cities, poverty and food: multi-stakeholder policy and planning in urban agriculture. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 177p.
Poverty ; Food security ; Urban agriculture ; Policy making ; Action plans ; Stakeholders ; Case studies ; Food production ; Waste management ; Corporate culture / Ghana / China / Zimbabwe / Sierra Leone / Sri Lanka / Peru / Yemen / Accra / Beijing / Bulawayo / Freetown / Gampaha / Lima
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 DUB Record No: H043942)
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5 Otchere-Labri, T.; Cofie, Olufunke. 2010. Gradual institutionalization of urban agriculture in Accra, Ghana. In Dubbeling, M.; de Zeeuw, H.; van Veenhuizen, R. Cities, poverty and food: multi-stakeholder policy and planning in urban agriculture. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. pp.80-87.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 DUB Record No: H043943)
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6 Weldesilassie, A. B.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Danso, G. 2011. Assessing the empirical challenges of evaluating the benefits and risks of irrigating with wastewater. Water International, 36(4):441-454. (Special issue on "Wastewater use in agriculture: economics, risks and opportunities" with contributions by IWMI authors). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2011.595056]
Wastewater irrigation ; Risks ; Public health ; Economic impact ; Valuation ; Policy ; Corporate culture / Africa / Asia / Pakistan / India / Ghana / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H044196)
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In this article the authors assess the empirical challenges of estimating the costs and benefits of using wastewater in agriculture. The wide variation in the characteristics of wastewater irrigation complicates efforts to estimate costs and benefits, and to transfer such estimates across locations. They examine wastewater use in four countries in Africa and Asia, where research has been conducted for many years. They find a significant patchwork of results, but no satisfying overall assessment. The authors suggest focusing on the cost-effectiveness of interventions for risk reduction, rather than economic analyses of the full range of costs and benefits of using wastewater in agriculture.
7 Booysen, H. J.; Viljoen, M. F. 1999. Flood damage functions, models and a computer program for irrigation and urban areas in South Africa. Vol. 1 - Irrigation areas. Pretoria, South Africa: Water Research Commission. 300p. (WRC Report No. 690/1/99)
Flooding ; Damage ; Floodplains ; Irrigated land ; Urban areas ; Catchment areas ; Land use ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Satellite surveys ; Vegetation ; Rivers ; Decision making ; Fluid mechanics ; Simulation models ; Sugarcane ; Income ; Policy ; Environmental effects ; Social aspects ; Corporate culture ; Risks ; Early warning systems / South Africa / Gifkloof Weir / Orange River / Mfolozi Floodplain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G178 BOO Record No: H044215)
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8 Mohtadullah, Khalid. 1993. A plan for all seasons. Water Resources Journal, 176:112-115.
Water management ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigated farming ; Investment planning ; Flood control ; Drainage ; Corporate culture / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H044296)
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9 Sabatier, P. A. 2007. Theories of the policy process. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press. 344p.
Public policy ; Policy making ; Development policy ; Legal aspects ; Corporate culture ; Socioeconomic development ; Political systems ; Democracy ; Planning ; Government ; Decision making ; Models ; Collective action
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 320.6 G000 SAB Record No: H044300)
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10 Clement, Floriane. 2011. Comment on Ostrom and Cox paper: “Moving beyond panaceas: a multitiered diagnostic approach for social-ecological analysis” - looking beyond the right institutional fit. Paper presented at the International Conference for Environmental Future (ICEF), Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, 18-22 July 2011. 6p.
Natural resources management ; Policy ; Social aspects ; Corporate culture ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044340)
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Ostrom and Cox review why panacea problems have dominated and misguided natural resource management policies. They propose a framework researchers can use as a diagnostic approach to study social-ecological systems (SES). More than a methodological tool, the SES framework also aims at offering a common language to bridge the disciplinary divide between natural and social sciences. Based on literature review and personal experience, I argue that the features of the framework adequately address the panacea trap to some extent and notably facilitate large N comparative research, as testify newly gained insights into the role of property rights for sustainable forest management. However, the framework could benefit from critical discourse analysis and a more politicised approach to institutional design. First, power and discourses have been neglected as causal conditions. Yet these variables can play a substantial role by influencing actors’ behaviour and by shaping, legitimising and giving meaning to institutions. Second, because institutional design largely depends on how socialecological problems are framed, it is important that a common language does not close debates but recognises the multiple perceptions of the reality and the distinct meanings a single term might convey. Lastly, panaceas do not necessarily result from poor science but also often respond to political and economic interests, which are only distantly considered in the framework. Overcoming panaceas therefore requires researchers to engage with other stakeholders in an argumentative space that has fair and inclusive rules for policy deliberation. To conclude, finding the right ‘institutional fit’ is desirable but might not be sufficient. Ostrom and Cox review the history of panacea problems, defined as ‘overly simplified institutional prescriptions’ (p.1), in environmental management and conservation. They highlight three major reasons why panaceas have persisted in the history of natural resource management: one is the disciplinary divide between social and natural scientists; the second is the limited set of methods used by social scientists; lastly, scientists have often narrowly focused on a single scale and level of analysis. Those limitations have contributed to partial and flawed understandings of complex social-ecological systems (SES) and ultimately resulted in simplified and inaccurate theories and models. Ostrom and Cox propose an analytical framework to provide a common language across disciplines and support a fine and rigorous analysis of how the interactions of a variety of factors affect outcomes at multiple levels. Their SES framework includes a set of first-tier variables which are sufficiently broad for the framework to be applied to a wide variety of contexts. Those variables are decomposable into sub-variables, thereby offering high analytical clarity and precision. Grounded on almost two decades of observations and findings collected from case studies, lab experiments and games in different settings, it is a remarkable endeavour to capture and categorise the complexity and diversity of human-environment interactions. Furthermore, it offers an appropriate tool to conduct large-N comparative studies. In this respect, the IFRI initiative2 has offered important lessons with implications for policy-making. For instance, the type of property rights alone appears not to make a real difference in the protection of forest resources.
11 Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Gammanpila, U.; Kodikara, S.; Mahindapala, R. 2011. Developing institutional synergies for effective urban agriculture development in Sri Lanka. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 25:25-27.
Urban agriculture ; Agricultural development ; Agricultural policy ; Food security ; Corporate culture / Sri Lanka / Western Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044369)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/UAM%2025-Developing%20Institutional%2025-27.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044369.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044369.pdf
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Agricultural development towards food, nutrition and livelihood security is high on the political agenda in Sri Lanka. A number of national programmes (e.g. Api Wawamu Rata Nagamu 2007-2010 1 and Divi Neguma) have focussed on achieving greater self-sufficiency at household level in order to reach a higher GDP in the agricultural sector with higher economic returns. Recently, national priorities have included the development of food-secure resilient cities, and in this regard, the Western Province has been a forerunner, having commenced its urban agriculture campaign already in 2000.
12 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, Mark; Molle, Francois. 2012. Scalar disconnect: the logic of transboundary water governance in the Mekong. Society and Natural Resources, 25(6):572-586. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2011.604398]
Water management ; International waters ; Water governance ; Institutions ; Corporate culture ; Decision making ; Government ; Bureaucracy ; Funding ; River basins / South East Asia / China / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044374)
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This article provides an institutional analysis of the Mekong River Commission and brings to light the institutional dissonances between regional and national decision-making landscapes in the Lower Mekong Basin. The current scalar disconnect between regional and national decision-making processes reflects how international donors and member country representatives obscure potential conflict/tension in transboundary water governance in the Mekong. From a scholarly perspective, it questions academic approaches that assume that the state is the sole or primary actor in international relations.
13 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2001. Second Technical Design Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa, 8-11 October 2001. Washington, DC, USA: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 245p.
Ecosystems ; Assessment ; Capacity building ; Policy ; Poverty ; Forests ; Corporate culture ; Case studies ; Watersheds ; Models ; Research projects ; Stakeholders ; Remote sensing ; Data management / China / India / Norway / Papua New Guinea / South East Asia / South Africa / Sweden / Karnataka / Maharashtra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MIL Record No: H044522)
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14 van Koppen, Barbara; van der Zaag, P.; Manzungu, E.; Tapela, B.; Mapedza, Everisto. 2011. Roman water law in rural Africa: dispossession, discrimination and weakening state regulation? Paper presented at the 13th IASC Biennial International Conference on Sustaining Commons: Sustaining Our Future, Hyderabad, India, 10 -14 January 2011. 30p.
Water management ; Water resources ; Water law ; Water rights ; Regulations ; Taxes ; Rural areas ; Water users ; Best practices ; Women ; River basins ; Models ; Government ; Corporate culture / Africa / South Africa / Ghana / Tanzania / Mexico / Mozambique / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044593)
http://iasc2011.fes.org.in/papers/docs/1252/submission/original/1252.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044593.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044593.pdf
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The recent water law reforms in Africa, Latin America and elsewhere strengthen permit systems. This water rights regime is rooted in Roman water law. The European colonial powers introduced this law in their colonies, especially in Latin America and later also in Sub-Saharan Africa. By declaring most waters as being public waters, they vested ownership of water resources in their overseas kings. This dispossessed indigenous peoples from their prior claims to water, while the new formal water rights (or permits) were reserved for colonial allies. At independence, ownership of water resources shifted to the new governments but the nature of the water laws, including the formal cancellation of indigenous water rights regimes as one of the plural water rights regimes, remained uncontested. This colonial legacy remained equally hidden in the recent reforms strengthening permit system. Based on research on the new permit systems in a context of legal pluralism in Tanzania, Mexico, South Africa, Ghana, Mozambique and elsewhere, this paper addresses two dilemmas. The first is: how can the dispossession and discrimination be reverted by recognizing and even encouraging informal water self-supply since time immemorial to meet basic livelihood needs by millions of small-scale water users? The second dilemma, which prevails in SubSaharan Africa, but less in Latin America, is: can permit systems become effective regulatory tools to combat water over-use and pollution, collect revenue, and, where historical justice warrants, to re-allocate water from the haves to the have-nots, as South Africa’s water law aims? The paper provides evidence and best practices on, first, how the state can recognize legal pluralism and informal water rights regimes, and, second, how state regulation can only become effective through lean and targeted measures, so without nation-wide permits.
15 FAO. 2011. The state of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture: managing systems at risk. Rome, Italy: FAO; London, UK: Earthscan. 285p.
Land resources ; Water resources ; Rainfed farming ; Irrigated farming ; Agricultural production ; Forests ; Rangelands ; Inland fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Policy ; Economic aspects ; Investment ; International cooperation ; Risks ; Land degradation ; Climate change ; Soil fertility ; Soil moisture ; Irrigation systems ; Water productivity ; Water use ; Environmental effects ; Social aspects ; Corporate culture
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 FAO Record No: H044702)
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16 Syme, G. J.; Reddy, V. R.; Pavelic, Paul; Croke, B.; Ranjan, R. 2012. Confronting scale in watershed development in India. Hydrogeology Journal, 20(5):985-993. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-011-0824-0]
Watershed management ; Water policy ; Natural resources management ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Corporate culture ; Downstream ; Upstream / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044737)
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The issue of scale is examined in the context of a watershed development policy (WSD) in India.WSD policy goals, by improving the natural resource base, aim to improve the livelihoods of rural communities through increased sustainable production. It has generally been practiced at a micro-level of less than 500ha, as this was seen to be a scale that would encourage participative management. There has been some concern that this land area may be too small and may lead to less than optimal hydrological, economic and equity outcomes. As a result there has been a move to create guidelines for meso-scale WSD of above 5,000ha in an endeavour to improve outcomes. A multidisciplinary team was assembled to evaluate the proposed meso-scale approach. In developing an adequate methodology for the evaluation it soon became clear that scale in itself was not the only determinant of success. The effect of geographical scale (or level) on WSD is determined by the variation in other drivers that will influenceWSDsuccess such as hydrological conditions, land use and available institutional structures. How this should be interpreted at different levels in the light of interactions between biophysical and socio-economic scales is discussed.
17 Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Kuppannan, Palanisami. 2012. An introduction to climate change impacts on water resources and adaptation. In Nagothu, U. S.; Gosain, A. K.; Palanisami, Kuppannan (Eds.). Water and climate change: an integrated approach to address adaptation challenges. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. pp.1-20.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water resources ; Water management ; Freshwater ; Water availability ; Agriculture ; Corporate culture ; Capacity building ; Policy / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044764)
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18 Getnet, Kindie; MacAlister, Charlotte. 2012. Integrated innovations and recommendation domains: paradigm for developing, scaling-out, and targeting rainwater management innovations. Ecological Economics, 76:34-41. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.02.003]
Rain water management ; Water harvesting ; Rainfed farming ; Ecological factors ; Agronomic practices ; Technology ; Indicators ; Economic aspects ; Corporate culture
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044800)
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The technical, economic, and ecological aspects of rainwater management are interlinked and spatially bounded. Developing, scaling-out, and targeting rainwater management innovations as adaptive strategies to upgrade rainfed agriculture are therefore preferably best approached through integrated innovations and recommendation domains as a paradigm. At the level of scenario development, the integrated innovations paradigm helps to understand and address integrity between technical, economic, and ecological issues that affect technology adoption, impact, and sustained use. At the level of scaling-out and targeting, recommendation domains provide the spatial dimension that embraces the economic, institutional, biophysical, and agro-ecological conditions in which integrated rainwater management innovations can be accommodated to address heterogeneity. This paper reviews Ethiopia's experience in rainwater management (adoption, performance, and impact) to get insights about the proposed paradigm and the factors entering the aradigm.The findings suggest that integrated innovations and the conditions of success embraced in a recommendation domain provide the necessary and sufficient conditions for a successful rainwater management intervention at a landscape level.
19 Garrett, J.; Natalicchio, M. (Eds.) 2011. Working multisectorally in nutrition: principles, practices and case studies. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. 205p.
Nutrients ; Malnutrition ; Case studies ; History ; Models ; Research methods ; Food security ; Policy ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Corporate culture ; Capacity building ; Social aspects ; Economic growth ; Financial situation / Senegal / Colombia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.8 G000 GAR Record No: H044824)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/oc68.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044824.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044824.pdf
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20 Unver, I. H. O.; Gupta, R. K.; Kibaroglu, A. (Eds.) 2003. Water development and poverty reduction. Boston, MA, USA: Kluwer Academic. 323p.
Water management ; Participatory management ; Privatization ; Poverty ; Water poverty ; Indicators ; Virtual water ; Water use ; Water security ; Water transfer ; Domestic water ; Water supply ; Power generation ; Households ; Impact assessment ; Energy generation ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Environmental effects ; Developing countries ; Corporate culture ; Farmers ; Irrigation management ; Canals ; Case studies ; Urban areas ; Dams ; Gender ; Corporate culture / India / Turkey / Jordan / Andhra Pradesh / Gujarat / Banaskantha District / Anatolia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 UNV Record No: H044831)
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