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1 Lewin, T.; Harvey, B.; Page, S. (Eds.) 2012. New roles for communication in development? IDS Bulletin, 43(5):132p.
Communication technology ; Development ; Research ; Scientists ; Capacity building ; Climate change ; Gender ; Women ; Policy ; Agricultural sector ; Knowledge sharing ; Radio ; Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Private sector / Africa South of Sahara / Africa / Egypt / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 302.072 G000 LEW Record No: H045491)
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2 Sharma, Bharat; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Amarnath, Giriraj; Miltenburg, I. 2013. Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the Mobile Services that Empower Vulnerable Communities, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) 5th Conference on Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D), Accra, Ghana, 19-21 March 2013. 1p.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Weather ; Smallholders ; Water resources / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045902)
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We implemented an IFAD-supported project to promote ICT-based technologies for weather, water and crop –related information and advice to smallholders in Africa. A detailed user need assessment was carried out at four project sites in Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and Mali. About 60 farmers at each of the site receive customised information allowing them to plan at the individual field scale not just what to plant and irrigate, but when the weather conditions will be just right for maximum success. Additionally, the farmers in Sudan shall receive forecast on the potential floods. This has hugely empowered the small farmers of the vulnerable communities.
3 Amarnath, Giriraj; Simons, G.; Sharma, Bharat; Mohammed, Y.; Gismalla, Y.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2013. Smart-ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa. In UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. Conference on New Nile Perspectives Scientific Advances in the eastern Nile Basin, Khartoum, Sudan 6-8 May 2013. Advance copy of extended abstracts. Delft, Netherlands: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. pp.117-125.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Weather ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Water resources ; Spate irrigation ; Flooding ; Mapping ; Rivers ; Catchment areas ; Satellite surveys ; Satellite imagery ; Evapotranspiration ; Crops ; Biomass / Africa / Sudan / Gash River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046103)
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Climate change, water scarcity and food security are becoming increasingly important topics for the growing population of Africa. Due to a general lack of water resources in semi-arid and arid zones, water is an increasingly scarce input in agriculture. The impact of climate change exacerbates this situation further. Even in areas with abundant water resources, optimal use is hampered by insufficient infrastructure to capture these resources and knowledge on appropriate use. With the increased demand and competition for limited water resources the challenge is to increase agricultural production while reducing water consumption (“more crop per drop”). Solutions must be found to enable rural people to overcome poverty, and a start can be made by assisting in food production and water management to combat food insecurity. Local solutions must be adopted in which rural people’s access to new technologies increases. Therefore, smart and affordable technologies need to be adapted to customize farm management for this group of African farmers. Poor farmers need to access real-time information, be able to exchange and apply it: smart ICT (e.g. cell-phones backed up by the web) can play a fundamental role in the communication process.
4 Bedson, C.; Lynch, V.; Cargeeg, D.; Matthews, S. 2006. Humanities alive geography. 2nd ed. Queensland, Australia: John Wiley. 189p.
Humanities ; Geography ; Maps ; GIS ; Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Weather ; Natural disasters ; Volcanoes ; Earthquakes ; Rain forests
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 917.94 G000 BED Record No: H046058)
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5 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2014. 2013 global food policy report. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 141p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295629]
Food policy ; Indicators ; Food security ; Food production ; Statistics ; Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural research ; Hunger ; Poverty ; Legislation ; Farmers ; Investment ; Marketing ; Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Regional development ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects / Central Asia / South Asia / East Asia / India / Africa / Arab countries / Russia / Latin America / Carribbean
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.8 G000 INT Record No: H046637)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/gfpr2013.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046637.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046637.pdf
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6 Anwar, Arif; Ali Shah, Muhammad Azeem; Aslam, Muhammad. 2014. Modernizing a public irrigation scheme: a case study of Pakistan’s Hakra Canal Scheme. In India. Central Board of Irrigation and Power. Proceedings of the Seminar on Reforms in Management of Public Irrigation System, Bangalore, India, 30-31 October 2014. New Delhi, India: Central Board of Irrigation and Power. pp.35-43.
Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation water ; Canals ; Groundwater ; Water resources ; Wells ; Tube wells ; Farmers ; Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Case studies / Pakistan / Punjab / Shakra Canal Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046825)
7 Prasad, J. D.; Gangaiah, B.; Chandra, K. S. (Eds.) 2015. Agricultural risk management. Hyderabad, India: Centre for Good Governance; Hyderabad, India: B.S. Publications. 384p. [Based on presentations made at the National Seminar on Agricultural Risk Management: Challenges and Strategies in Making Small and Marginal Farm holdings Sustainable and Profitable, Hyderabad, India, 3-4 January 2014]
Sustainable agriculture ; Risk management ; Strategies ; Small scale farming ; Smallholders ; Climate change ; Farming systems ; Rainfed farming ; Farmers associations ; Agricultural development ; Crop insurance ; Diversification ; Pilot projects ; Agricultural population ; Agricultural policy ; Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Agricultural trade ; Financing ; Profitability ; Institutions ; Land ownership ; Living standards ; Rural areas ; Case studies / India / Andhra Pradesh / Odisha
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630.68 G635 PRA Record No: H047068)
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8 Gulati, M.; Pahuja, S. 2015. Direct delivery of power subsidy to agriculture in India. Vienna, Austria: Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All); Washington, DC, USA: World Bank Group. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). 92p.
Agricultural sector ; Groundwater irrigation ; Electrical energy ; Electricity supplies ; Subsidies ; Tariffs ; Metering ; Incentives ; Water resources ; Water use ; Tube wells ; Solar energy ; Pumps ; Information and Communication Technologies (icts) ; Models ; Performance evaluation ; State intervention ; Stakeholders ; Costs ; Farmers ; Income ; Rural areas ; Sustainability ; Questionnaires / India / Bihar / Karnataka / Punjab / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047223)
http://www.se4all.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/SE4All-Direct_Delivery_of_Power_Subsidy_to_Agriculture_in_India.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047223.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047223.pdf
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9 Hong, E.-M.; Choi, J.-Y.; Nam, W.-H.; Kim, J.-T. 2016. Decision support system for the real-time operation and management of an agricultural water supply. Irrigation and Drainage, 65(2):197-209. (Special issue: Selected Papers of the ICID Gwangju Congress). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.1935]
Agriculture ; Water supply ; Water management ; Decision support systems ; Irrigation water ; Canal regulation techniques ; Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) ; Water levels ; Monitoring ; Water delivery ; Water requirements ; Irrigation scheduling ; Models ; Irrigation systems / South Korea / Dongjin River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047563)
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Agricultural uses are responsible for approximately 48% of the total annual water use in South Korea. While approximately 70% of the annual rainfall is received during the summer season, most of the agricultural water is utilized from May to June. Therefore, irrigation facilities including reservoirs, canals and pumps were installed to efficiently manage agricultural water. Efficient operation of irrigation systems is important for sustainable irrigated agriculture, which is undermined due to the low water efficiency of the irrigation systems. Irrigation water management using web-based decision support systems is necessary to resolve water efficiency problems. In this study, automatic water gauges were installed at the main and secondary irrigation canals in the Dongjin River Basin, South Korea. The water levels in each canal were monitored and the irrigation water supply calculated. An irrigation model considering intermittent irrigation was developed to compare the estimated irrigation demands with the actual supplies for decision-making and demand strategies. Using this model and water-level data, a risk-based decision support system for the operation and management of agricultural water was developed and evaluated. Using this system. it is possible to optimally manage irrigation water and to make plans for efficient agricultural water operation and management.
10 Leshan, J.; He, L.; Ying, L.; Dan, D. 2017. Case study on the use of information and communication technology in the management of rural groundwater in China. Bangkok, Thailand: FAO; Beijing, China: China Agricultural University. 66p.
Groundwater management ; Rural areas ; Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) ; Technological changes ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water resources ; Irrigation water ; Agriculture ; Water use ; Water pricing ; Cost benefit analysis ; Cash flow ; Energy ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Villages ; State intervention ; Econometric models ; Case studies / China / Dashigezhuang / Nanzhaogezhuang / Xinjuntun / Fuxinzhuang / Xiaocuigezhuang / Nannie / Xiazhuang / Dacaozhuang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048706)
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11 Amarnath, Giriraj; Simons, G. W. H.; Alahacoon, Niranga; Smakhtin, V.; Sharma, Bharat; Gismalla, Y.; Mohammed, Y.; Andrie, M. C. M. 2018. Using smart ICT to provide weather and water information to smallholders in Africa: the case of the Gash River Basin, Sudan. Climate Risk Management, 22:52-66. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2018.10.001]
Irrigation methods ; Flood irrigation ; Flooded land ; Remote sensing ; Geographical information systems ; Weather forecasting ; Weather data ; Smallholders ; River basins ; Information and Communication Technologies (icts) ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Monitoring ; Water use ; Biomass ; Farmers ; Rain ; Case studies / Africa / Sudan / Gash River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048976)
In the Gash Delta of Eastern Sudan, spate irrigation (flood-recession farming) contributes substantially to rural livelihoods by providing better yields than rainfed dryland farming. However, spate irrigation farmers are challenged by the unpredictability of flooding. In recent decades, the number of farmers practicing spate irrigation has decreased, due to varying rainfall intensity and frequency, insufficient infrastructure and farmers’ limited capacity to manage such variations. One solution that may help farmers face such challenges is for them to access real-time water-related information by using smart Information and Communication a Technology (ICT). This paper shows how integrating remote sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), flood-forecasting models and communication platforms can, in near real time, alert smallholder farmers and relevant government departments about incoming floods, using the Gash basin of Sudan as an example. The Ministry of Water Resources of Sudan used the findings of this study to transform farmers’ responses to flood arrival from being ‘reactive’, to planning for the flood event. Intensive on-site and institutional efforts to build the capacity of farmers, farmer organizations, development departments and officers of the Ministry helped to develop the initiative from simply sending ‘emergency alerts’ to enabling stakeholders to visually see the flood event unfolding in the region and to plan accordingly for storing water, operating spate-irrigation systems and undertaking cropping activities. The research, initially conducted on a 60 × 60 km site, was later extended to the entire Gash basin. The paper outlines how to develop tools that can monitor plot-specific information from satellite measurements, and supply detailed and specific information on crops, rather than providing very general statements on crop growth. Farmers are able to use such tools to optimize their farm profits by providing water to their crops in the right place, at the right time and in the right quantity. Finally, the work demonstrates the high potential of combining technology, namely remote sensing data and simple a agro-meteorological model with limited parameters, for large-scale monitoring of spate irrigation systems and information sharing to advise farmers as to how to apply this information to their managerial decisions.
12 Funk, C.; Sathyan, A. R.; Winker, P.; Breuer, L. 2020. Changing climate - changing livelihood: smallholder's perceptions and adaption strategies. Journal of Environmental Management, 259:109702. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109702]
Climate change adaptation ; Living standards ; Smallholders ; Strategies ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Soil erosion ; Watersheds ; Irrigation ; Farmers attitudes ; Diversification ; Livestock ; Rain ; Temperature ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) ; Cooperatives ; Models / India / Kerala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049688)
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Experts expect that climate change will soon have a severe impact on the lives of farmers in the region surrounding Kerala, India. This region, which is known for its monsoon climate (which involves a distinct temporal and spatial variation in rainfall), has experienced a decrease in annual rainfall over the last century. This study is aimed at investigating how smallholder farmers perceive climate change and at identifying the methods that these smallholders use to adapt to climate change. We use data collected from a survey of 215 households to compare the climate vulnerability of three watershed communities in Kerala. We find that the farmers perceive substantial increases in both temperature and the unpredictability of monsoons; this is in accordance with actual observed weather trends. The selection of effective adaptation strategies is one of the key challenges that smallholders face as they seek to reduce their vulnerability. The surveyed households simultaneously use various adaptation methods, including information and communication technology, crop and farm diversification, social networking through cooperatives, and soil and water conservation measures. The results of a binary regression model reveal that the household head's age, education and gender, as well as the farm's size and the household's size, assets, livestock ownership, poverty status and use of extension services, are all significantly correlated with the households' choices regarding adaptations to cope with climate change.
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