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1 Rukuni, M. 1986. The evolution of irrigation policy in Zimbabwe: 1900-1986. Paper presented at the Forum on Irrigation Systems and Applications, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, 13-15 May 1986. 15p.
Small scale systems ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation development ; Smallholders ; Governmental interrelations ; Government policy ; Farmer participation / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 761 Record No: H01618)
2 Hatzius, T. 2000. The case of new water fee system in the Republic of Macedonia. Eschborn, Germany: GTZ. 30p. (MAINTAIN case study no.7)
Water resources ; Costs ; Irrigation management ; Pricing ; Government policy ; Economic aspects ; Case studies / Macedonia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5848/7 Record No: H028826)
3 IMF. 1999. Government finance statistics yearbook. Washington, DC, USA: IMF. xiiii, 477p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 330 G000 IMF Record No: H028967)
4 Tim T.P.; Pierre R.C.; Kent A.P. 1986. Agriculture and the environment. Washington, DC, USA: National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future. xvii, 298p.: ill.; 26 cm.
Agricultural pollution ; Agricultural ecology ; Agricultural innovations ; Pesticides ; Food contamination ; Soil conservation ; Environmental policy ; Government policy / USA
(Location: IWMI-SEA Call no: 363.731 G430 TIM Record No: BKK-170)
The National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy held in April 1986 at Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.
5 Shah, Tushaar; Singh, M. 2011. Accelerated programmes: what can the water sector learn from the power sector? Economic and Political Weekly, 46(21):25-29.
Irrigation management ; Irrigation programs ; Electrical energy ; Governmental organizations ; Government policy / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043872)
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The Government of India’s 15-year old Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme has come under much-deserved criticism for all-round non-performance. The AIBP needs to be taken back to the drawing board and redesigned, based on the Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme, which encourages and supports states to undertake management reform, promote accountability, restructure incentives and improve all-round performance of power utilities. This will accelerate irrigation benefits more than simply funding more dams and canals as the AIBP has done all along.
6 Chilonda, Pius; Govereh, J.; Kumwenda, I.; Chalomba, N. 2009. Recent food price trends in southern Africa: causes, impacts and responses. Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA). 77p. (ReSAKSS-SA Annual Trends Report 2009)
Food ; Prices ; Inflation ; Cereals ; Maize ; Seasonal variation ; Biofuels ; Food consumption ; Government policy ; Consumers / Africa / Southern Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.1 G154 CHI Record No: H044075)
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7 Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Balcha, Y. (Comps.) 2011. Irrigation and water for sustainable development: proceedings of the Second Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 December 2008. Summary report, abstracts of papers with proceedings on CD-ROM. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 51p. + CD. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.207]
Sustainable development ; Irrigation management ; Supplemental irrigation ; Land management ; Investment ; Case studies ; Public sector ; Private sector ; Cooperation ; Government policy ; Rural poverty / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044258)
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8 Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Balcha, Y. (Comps.) 2011. Irrigation and water for sustainable development: proceedings of the Second Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 December 2008. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 264p.
Sustainable development ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation water ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation systems ; Supplemental irrigation ; Land management ; Land use ; Investment ; Case studies ; Government policy ; Rural poverty ; Groundwater ; Small scale systems ; Socioeconomic development ; Economic aspects ; Economic growth ; Income ; Water management ; Water resources development ; Water harvesting ; Water supply ; Public policy ; Agricultural production ; Developing countries ; Public-private cooperation ; History ; Case studies ; River basins ; Crop production / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044259)
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9 de Stefano, L.; Llamas, M. R. (Eds.) 2013. Water, agriculture and the environment in Spain: can we square the circle? London, UK: CRC Press - Balkema. 316p.
Water management ; Public participation ; Water security ; Water use ; Water consumption ; Water footprint ; Water allocation ; Water rights ; Water availability ; Water accounting ; Virtual water ; Desalination ; Evapotranspiration ; Groundwater management ; Resource depletion ; Ecosystems ; Reservoirs ; Government policy ; Food security ; Institutions ; Land management ; Climate change ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigated farming ; Tomatoes ; Olive oil ; Farmers ; Livestock ; Environmental effects / Spain / Guadalquivir River Basin / Guadiana River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G919 DES Record No: H045809)
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10 Clark, I. F.; Brake, L. A. 2011. Sustainable management of groundwater resources in parts of arid South Australia. In Findikakis, A. N.; Sato, K. Groundwater management practices. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. pp.179-192. (IAHR Monograph)
Groundwater management ; Water resources ; Reservoirs ; Watersheds ; Arid zones ; Mountain ranges ; Political aspects ; Government policy / South Australia / Flinders Ranges / Great Artesian Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 FIN Record No: H045656)
11 Yen, B. T.; Visser, S. M.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Stroosnijder, L. 2013. Constraints on agricultural production in the northern uplands of Vietnam. Mountain Research and Development, 33(4):404-415. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00015.1]
Agricultural production ; Constraints ; Households ; Land use ; Land degradation ; Highlands ; Soil fertility ; Watersheds ; Government policy ; Farmers ; Crops / Vietnam / Suoi Con Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046244)
http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00015.1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046244.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046244.pdf
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The Northern Uplands of Vietnam form one of the largest ecological regions in the country, characterized by complex biophysical conditions and a high diversity in ethnic minorities, cultures, and farming systems. The Doi moi (“renovation”) program has, since the early 1980s, resulted in significant changes in agriculture production and related economic trends. However, poverty, low agricultural productivity, and land degradation are still major problems. This article illustrates the factors that drive these problems by analyzing agricultural land use in Suoi Con, a small agroforestry watershed in the Northern Uplands. We first identified the current land-use systems and analyzed constraints on agricultural production. The results indicate that although low soil fertility and land degradation are considerable problems, availability of household capital, low technology levels, and land fragmentation are major constraints on agricultural development. These constraints were analyzed from different points of view to identify mismatches between the implementation of top-down government policies and specific conditions that may explain why actual land-use change in the Northern Uplands deviates from the government's development plans. Results of land-use analysis in the Suoi Con watershed suggest that participatory and bottom-up approaches are needed to better understand problems and opportunities in household agricultural production in order to develop appropriate land-use plans and policies.
12 Fernando, Sudarshana; Drechsel, Pay; Manthrithilake, Herath; Jayawardena, Lalith. 2014. Septage management related regulatory and institutional aspects and needs in Sri Lanka. A review. Sabaragamuwa University Journal, 13(1):1-15.
Corporate culture ; Waste management ; Waste disposal ; Legal aspects ; Regulations ; Guidelines ; Government policy ; Government departments ; Environmental effects / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046750)
http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SUSLJ/article/download/7658/5834
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046750.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046750.pdf
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Urbanization, population growth and rapid development have created a notable shift in septage* management in Sri Lanka, necessitating a vast and rapid improvement in the service of mechanized septage collection by trucks and finding additional space to meet the increasing septage disposal needs. According to data collected in 2012, 58% of the Local Authorities (LAs) in Sri Lanka have access to septic truck services. Septage (from septic trucks) appears as a non-traditional and fairly new urban waste stream without proper regulatory and institutional arrangement to manage. This paper contains a comprehensive legal, regulatory and institutional analysis of the present situation, and identify the needs and gaps that need to be filled to establish a sustainable septage management service in Sri Lanka. This review has elicited the need for a new array of regulatory and institutional interventions from national level to local level to manage septage.
13 Langan, Simon; Kebede, H.; Tadesse, Desalegne; Terefe, B. (Eds.) 2015. Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Agricultural Water Management Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 January 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 56p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.210]
Agriculture ; Water management ; Agricultural sector ; Agricultural development ; Watershed management ; Water conservation ; Soil conservation ; Government policy ; Research institutions ; Investment ; Incentives ; Climate change ; Sustainability ; Land management ; Land degradation ; Farmers ; Smallholder ; Small scale farming ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation schemes ; Crop production ; Households ; Capacity building ; Learning / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047032)
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14 Prosinger, J.; Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M. 2015. Linking climate change discourse with climate change policy in the Mekong: the case of Lao PDR. In Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnston, Robyn; Smakhtin, Vladimir. Climate change and agricultural water management in developing countries. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.208-220. (CABI Climate Change Series 8)
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Uncertainty ; Policy making ; Water resources ; Risk management ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Government policy ; Financial policies ; Funding ; Corporate culture ; River basins / Southeast Asia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Mekong Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047380)
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15 Mukherji, A.; Shah, Tushaar; Banerjee, P. S. 2016. Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal. In Shah, M.; Vijayshankar, P. S. (Eds.). Water: growing understanding, emerging perspectives. New Delhi, India: Orient BlackSwan. pp.483-489. (Readings on the Economy, Polity and Society)
Groundwater ; Agricultural development ; Green revolution ; Irrigation water ; Water use ; Pumps ; Electrification ; Diesel oil ; Costs ; Economic aspects ; Farmers ; Institutions ; Government policy / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047749)
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16 Menga, F. 2016. Domestic and international dimensions of transboundary water politics. Water Alternatives, 9(3):704-723.
International waters ; Water resources ; Hydraulic structures ; Dams ; Political aspects ; International relations ; Government policy ; Nationalism ; Social aspects ; International cooperation ; Development projects / Ethiopia / Tajikistan / Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam / Rogun Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047800)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue3/322-a9-3-17/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047800.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047800.pdf
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A considerable amount of research in the field of International Relations (IR) has acknowledged the interplay between domestic politics and foreign policy. Few studies, however, have investigated this phenomenon in the narrower field of transboundary water politics. There is also a general lack of research exploring how the formation of a national identity can overlap with the construction of a large hydraulic infrastructure, and how this can have repercussions at the international level. This paper draws on Robert Putnam’s (1988) two-level game theory to illustrate how the interrelation between the domestic and the international dimensions matters in transboundary water politics. Perspectives from IR, political geography, and water politics serve to present a conceptual framework which is then linked to studies on nationalism. This helps to highlight the analytical relevance of such a perspective to understand the issue of large dams. The paper takes the cases of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia and the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan as examples.
17 Fernando, S. (Ed.); Nadaraja, L. (Photographer). 2016. Sri Lanka: a heritage of water. [s.l.]: Author. 227p.
Water resources ; Watersheds ; Water quality ; Water use ; Hydraulic structures ; Cultural development ; Heritability ; History ; Ancestral technology ; Building construction ; Social groups ; Religion ; Women's participation ; Administrative areas ; Government policy ; Climate change ; River basins ; Seas ; Islands ; Nature reserves ; Forest cover ; Land use ; Lagoons ; Aquatic mammals ; Otters ; Crocodiles ; Waterfowl ; Habitats ; Biodiversity ; Aquatic plants / Jaffna / Kanneliya / Dediyagala / Nakiadeniya / Mahaweli River / Upper Mahaweli Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G744 FER Record No: H047921)
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18 Kumar, M. D. 2018. Water management in India: the multiplicity of views and solutions. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(1):1-15. (Special issue: Politics and Policies for Water Resources Management in India). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1351333]
Water management ; Water policy ; Government policy ; Water resources ; Groundwater ; Water supply ; Civil societies ; Advocacy ; Political aspects ; Bureaucracy ; Social sciences / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048482)
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There is very limited scientific evidence to support some of the ideas in the water sector that guide India’s government policies in these sectors. Further, the interdisciplinary perspective required for the design of economic instruments, institutions, and laws and regulations to implement existing policies is lacking in social scientists. This article discusses the growing debate on water management options for India, the tone and tenor of policy debate and the inconsistency. It summarizes 10 scholarly articles from various authors which reflect the multiplicity of views on water issues and solutions for water management in the country.
19 McMillan, M.; Rodrik, D.; Sepulveda, C. (Eds.) 2016. Structural change, fundamentals, and growth: a framework and case studies. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 305p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292147]
Structural change ; Economic growth ; Economic structure ; Frameworks ; Case studies ; Agricultural productivity ; Trade liberalization ; Gross national product ; Manufacturing ; Trade policies ; Industrialization ; Human capital ; Labour market ; Unemployment ; Government policy ; Private sector ; Tariffs ; Constraints ; Political aspects ; Social change ; Transformation ; Households ; Developing countries ; Urbanization / India / Vietnam / Botswana / Ghana / Nigeria / Zambia / Brazil / Gujarat / Maharashtra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.9 G000 MCM Record No: H049061)
https://www.ifpri.org/cdmref/p15738coll2/id/131168/filename/131379.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049061.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049061.pdf
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20 Keovilignavong, Oulavanh; Suhardiman, Diana. 2020. Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos. Land Use Policy, 90:104260. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104260]
Land tenure ; Perception of tenure security ; Food security ; Land use planning ; Land policies ; Household income ; Living standards ; Strategies ; Farmers' attitudes ; Non-farm employment ; Government policy ; Land governance ; Highlands ; Villages ; Rural areas ; Case studies / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Nambak / Houaykong / Namai
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049372)
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Land tenure, or access and rights to land, is essential to sustain people’s livelihoods. This paper looks at how farm households perceive land tenure (in)security in relation to food (in)security, and how these perceptions evolve throughout different policy periods in Laos. The paper highlights the centrality of farmers’ strategies in configuring the dynamic relationships between tenure (in)security and food (in)security, by demonstrating how farmers’ perceived and de facto land tenure insecurity shapes their decisions to diversify livelihood options to ensure food security. While the paper’s key findings reveal the close interlinkages between land tenure (in) security and food (in)security, we argue that the first does not automatically result in the latter. In contrast, we show how perceived and de-facto land tenure insecurity pushes farmers to explore alternative strategies and avenues to ensure food supply, through farm and non-farm employment. From a policy perspective, the paper highlights the need to put people’s livelihoods at the center of land governance, thus moving beyond the current positioning of land as merely a means for agricultural production or environmental conservation.
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