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1 Biggs, S.; Farrington, J. 1991. Agricultural research and the rural poor: A review of social science analysis. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC. x, 139p. (IDRC-280e)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.72 G000 BIG Record No: H08803)
2 Watts, M. 1983. Silent violence: Food, famine & peasantry in Northern Nigeria. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. xxxi, 687p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G214 WAT Record No: H08806)
3 Lees, S. H. 1986. Farmers and farm communities as technology consumers. Paper prepared for meetings of the Society for Economic Anthropology, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 11-12 April 1986. 13p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 2478 Record No: H011623)
4 Narayanamoorthy, A.; Hanjra, M. A. 2006. Rural infrastructure and agricultural output linkages: A study of 256 Indian districts. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61(3):444-459.
Agricultural economics ; Productivity ; Rural communities ; Infrastructure ; Regression analysis / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H039411)
5 Dube, O. P.; Sekhwela, B. M. 2008. Indigenous knowledge, institutions and practices for coping with variable climate in the Limpopo Basin of Botswana. In Leary, N.; Adejuwon, J.; Barros, V.; Burton, I.; Kulkarni, J.; Lasco, R. (Eds.). Climate change and adaptation. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.71-89.
Climate change ; River basins ; Natural resources management ; Drought ; Rural communities ; Villages ; Poverty ; Income generation ; Livestock ; Rural development ; State intervention ; Public policy ; Rural economy / Botswana / Limpopo Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.25 G000 LEA Record No: H040838)
6 Qadir, Manzoor. (Ed.) 2008. Sustainable management of wastewater for agriculture: proceedings of the First Bridging Workshop, Aleppo, Syria, 11-15 November 2007. Aleppo, Syria: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 133p.
Wastewater management ; Crop production ; Rural communities ; Wastewater irrigation ; Water reuse ; Food security ; Sewage sludge ; Heavy metals ; Water quality ; Organic compounds ; Groundwater ; Farming systems ; Polluted soils ; Sanitation / Middle East / Africa / Jordan / Lebanon / Syria / Sudan / Uganda / Pakistan / Kampala / Jordan Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 GG30 QAD Record No: H041867)
http://www.icarda.org/docrep/Books/First_Bridging_Workshop.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041867.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041867.pdf
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7 Assayed, M.; Suleiman, W.; Hayek, B.; Dalahmeh, S. 2008. Meeting the Dublin principles in graywater management in rural communities in the northeastern Badia of Jordan. In Qadir, Manzoor (Ed.) 2008. Sustainable management of wastewater for agriculture: proceedings of the First Bridging Workshop, Aleppo, Syria, 11-15 November 2007. Aleppo, Syria: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.32-43.
Water resource management ; Rural communities ; Community involvement ; Research projects ; Wastewater management ; Water quality ; Water reuse ; Filters ; Wastewater treatment ; Women / Jordan / Northeastern Badia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 GG30 QAD Record No: H042140)
http://www.icarda.org/Announcement/2009/Int_Workshop_on_Saline_Water/2008ProcFirstBridgingWorkshop.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041867.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041867.pdf
8 van Koppen, Barbara. 2009. Guidelines for community-driven water resource management: as initiated by the Integrated Water Resource Management Demonstration Projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia. Pretoria, South Africa: SADC/Danida Water Sector Support Programme; Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 24p.
Guidelines ; Best practices ; Water resource management ; Water supply ; Multiple use ; Water use ; Community involvement ; Social participation ; Rural communities ; Participatory management ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Impact assessment ; Development projects / Africa / Malawi / Mozambique / Namibia / Swaziland / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042174)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/PDF/Guidelines_for_community-driven_water_resource_management.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042174.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042174.pdf
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These guidelines are based on the IWRM Demonstration Projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia, implemented by the SADC Regional Water Sector Programme supported by Danida, and synthesized by Barbara van Koppen. It provides a practical step-by-step guide on how to apply community-driven water resource management for improved livelihoods and sustainable water systems for multiple uses. The guideline is aimed at implementers of community water development projects, in particular the local government.
9 Olubode-Awosola, O. O.; Chilonda, Pius; Minde, I. 2008. Indicators for monitoring and evaluation of agricultural performance and shared goals in Southern Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System in Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA); Pretoria, South Africa: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 41p. (ReSAKSS-SA Working Paper 024)
Agricultural development ; Productivity ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Performance indexes ; Food production ; Poverty ; Rural communities ; Food security ; Economic aspects / Africa / Southern Africa / Congo / Madagascar / Malawi / Mozambique / Tanzania / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Angola / Namibia / Swaziland / Lesotho / Botswana / Mauritius / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.1 G100 OLU Record No: H042277)
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10 Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Weckenbrock, P.; Simmons, R.; Acharya, Sreedhar; Drescher, A.; Blummel, M. 2009. An atlas of water quality, health and agronomic risks and benefits associated with "wastewater" irrigated agriculture: a study from the banks of the Musi River, India. [Report prepared for the IWMI-BMZ project]. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 62p.
Maps ; Wastewater irrigation ; Rivers ; Water quality ; Rural communities ; Parasitoses ; Health hazards / India / Pakistan / Musi River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042566)
http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/6963/pdf/India_Atlas_Wastewater_Irrigation_Project.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042566.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042566.pdf
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This atlas provides information on the salient findings of the project entitled "Ensuring Health and Food Safety from Rapidly Expanding Wastewater Irrigation in South Asia" coordinated by the International Water Management Institute (Hyderabad office). The three year project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung - BMZ) was carried out in two countries, India and Pakistan, in collaboration with a number of international and local partners. This atlas highlights the findings from India. The atlas comprises thematic maps and their corresponding descriptions highlighting the key findings of the project. The wastewater use in agriculture described here is associated with a polluted riverine system, due to all types of city discharges. As such, it can be expected that the water quality can change considerably in different stretches of the 40 km stretch of the river, with the head end being more polluted than the tail end. Therefore in order to avoid a rigid classification, the descriptions to the maps refer to the term "(Musi) river water". In the rest of text, the term "wastewater" is used in the context of the chemical and biological attributes associated with agronomic and health risks in any given stretch of the river. The atlas was prepared as a summary document of the key findings of the project, to promote a discussion on the wastewater use in agriculture, at the dissemination workshop held in October 2008.
11 Pant, Dhruba. 2008. Linking community-based water and forest management for sustainable livelihoods of the poor in fragile upper catchments of the Indus-Ganges Basin. Project Completion Report CP 23 “Resource Management for Sustainable Livelihood” submitted to the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 46p.
Forest resources ; River basins ; Maps ; Common property ; Rural communities ; Households ; Water policy ; Water law ; Irrigation canals ; Water supply / Nepal / India / Indus-Ganges Basin / Begnas-Rupa Basin / Uttarakhand / Hilaungad Watershed / Dund Khola
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042736)
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The project CP 23, “Resource Management for Sustainable Livelihood” was a three year project, starting from April 2005 and ending in September 2008 with a no cost extension of six months from April 2008. It aimed at contributing to enhanced livelihood opportunities and reduced vulnerability for poor rural people in upper catchments, through understanding of legal, policy and institutional provisions for resource management in Nepal and India, resource assessment and livelihood analysis in the studied area, exploring expanded mandates for the existing resource users’ groups and possibility for scaling up their activities. To fulfill the objectives, researchers advanced a range of activities such as household survey, PRA exercises, formal and informal meetings, GIS, establishment of rain gauge stations, data interpretation and analysis, etc.
12 ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA). 2010. CTA Annual Seminar, Closing the Knowledge Gap: Integrated Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture, Johannesburg, South Africa, 22–26 November 2010. Abstracts. Wageningen, Netherlands: ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA). 49p.
Climate change ; Water scarcity ; Adaptation ; Water productivity ; Water availability ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation programs ; Water resource management ; Soil management ; Irrigation methods ; Water storage ; Water harvesting ; River basins ; Models ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Privatization ; Water user associations ; Rice ; Water rights ; Women ; Domestic water ; Water supply ; Households ; Rural communities ; Water governance ; Case studies / Africa / South Africa / Cameroon / Caribbean / Kenya / West Africa / Africa South of Sahara / Ethiopia / Nigeria / Ghana / Malawi / Mozambique / Rwanda / Tanzania / Niger / Morocco / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G100 TEC Record No: H043464)
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13 Women and Water Network, India (WWN); Capacity Building Network, India (CAPNET); Society for Promoting Participative Eco-System Management (SOPPECOM). 2007. Water for livelihoods: a gender perspective. India: Women and Water Network, India (WWN); India: Capacity Building Network, India (CAPNET); Pashan, Pune, India: Society for Promoting Participative Eco-System Management (SOPPECOM). 90p.
Gender ; Equity ; Water management ; Rural communities ; Women ; Domestic water ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Cost recovery / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 WOM Record No: H043653)
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14 Wani, S. P.; Rockstrom, J.; Sahrawat, K. L. (Eds.) 2011. Integrated watershed management in rainfed agriculture. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. 472p.
Watershed management ; Rainfed farming ; Rural poverty ; Rural communities ; Sustainable development ; Property rights ; Resource allocation ; Institutions ; Policy ; Land ownership ; Equity ; GIS ; Remote sensing ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Rain water management ; Investment ; Living standards ; Smallholders ; Economic aspects ; Agricultural production ; Dry farming ; Water use efficiency ; Climate change ; Adaptation / Africa South of Sahara / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WAN Record No: H045110)
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15 Keraita, Bernard; Jensen, P. K. M.; Konradsen, F.; Akple, M.; Rheinlander, T. 2013. Accelerating uptake of household latrines in rural communities in the Volta Region of Ghana. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, (1(1):26-34. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2013.035]
Households ; Latrines ; Sanitation ; Rural communities ; Organizations ; Surveys ; Financing / Ghana / Volta Region / Ho District / Hohoe District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045618)
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This study was done in four rural communities in Ghana to assess uptake of household latrines. A total of 156 household interviews, 16 focus group discussions and 8 in-depth interviews with key informants were conducted. Study findings show that only 8.5% of households were using improved sanitation facilities with more than 75% of the households relying on open defecation and communal trench latrines. Knowledge of technological options was very limited and the cost for preferred latrines was unaffordable. Though health-related benefits motivated household latrine uptake, those related to personal security, privacy, social status and convenience were ranked higher. Sanitation uptake was constrained mainly by finances, poor sanitation promotion and general biophysical factors. High costs of latrine construction could be reduced by introducing cheaper technological options, using low-cost construction materials and labor contributions from households. Financing models like microcredit financing can also be explored and adapted for use in Ghana. We recommend the use of approaches aimed at behavior change while giving households a range of technological options such as community led total sanitation (CLTS). Hence, despite the low coverage of improved sanitation in rural Ghana, there exist real opportunities to accelerate sanitation uptake.
16 Mwendera, Emmanuel; Chilonda, Pius. 2013. Methodological framework for revitalisation of small-scale irrigation schemes in Southern Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Science Research, 2(3):67-73.
Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Infrastructure ; Cropping systems ; Socioeconomic environment ; Stakeholders ; Rural communities / Southern Africa / Zimbabwe / Masvingo Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046299)
http://www.academeresearchjournals.org/download.php?id=480755476405472449.pdf&type=application/pdf&op=1=
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046299.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046299.pdf
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This paper presents a methodological framework for revitalising small-scale irrigation schemes which are no longer performing well due to a combination of infrastructural, social-economic, institutional and governance problems, among others. The framework was developed as part of a project to revitalise small-scale irrigation schemes in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe. The framework is based on the understanding that an irrigation scheme consists of four mutually interlinked systems: the physical system, the cropping system, the economic system and the social-organisational system. The methodological framework combines both hardware and software rehabilitation processes to lead to a comprehensive revitalisation of an irrigation scheme. The framework consists of systematic steps which lead to achieving predetermined outputs, which then lead to intermediate outcomes and goal outcomes. The framework has indicative timelines for the steps. The application of the proposed framework and the hypothesis that improved understanding of existing scheme and improved training of farmers which result in sustainable and improved performance of revitalised irrigation schemes are yet to be investigated. However, the authors invite reaction of readers on the proposed methodological framework.
17 Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon; Wegerich, Kai. 2014. Integration of villages into WUAs-the rising challenge for local water management in Uzbekistan. International Journal of Water Governance, 2:153-170. [doi: https://doi.org/10.7564/13-IJWG19]
Water management ; Water user associations ; Water use ; Water control ; Farmers ; Gender ; Rural communities ; Households ; Irrigation systems ; Cotton ; Wheat ; Case studies / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046310)
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Although originally conceived as farmer organizations, today water user associations (WUAs) are expected to incorporate different water users and uses. However, the inclusion of different client groups in WUAs’ governance and management structure and the expansion of their service provision appear to present certain challenges. Using a case study from Uzbekistan, this paper explores whether a recently established WUA is able to integrate small users in village settlements and to provide services to meet the rising water demands of the rural population in Ferghana province. The finding shows that traditional water control, including technical, organizational, political and socio-economic components, is ill equipped to integrate the rural community. This challenge will increase with increasing population pressure and finite resources.
18 Kumara, S. K.; Weerakkody, P. R. 2011. Changing role of women in rural agrarian communities. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 48p. (HARTI Research Report 138)
Women's participation ; Rural communities ; Agriculture ; Arid zones ; Rural areas ; Villages ; Infrastructure ; Income ; Households / Sri Lanka / Aththanakadawala Village / Palugama Village / Bandagiriya Village
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 330.082 G744 KUM Record No: H046414)
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19 Hayward, B. 2005. From the mountain to the tap: how land use and water management can work for the rural poor. Aylesford, Kent, UK: Natural Resources International (NR International) Limited. 54p.
Water management ; Water resources ; Water governance ; Water policy ; Land use ; Rural communities ; Living standards ; Socioeconomic environment ; Watershed management ; Farmers ; Projects / Africa South of Sahara / South Africa / Tanzania / India / Costa Rica / Grenada / Luvuvhu catchment / Himachal Pradesh / Madhya Pradesh / Rio Chiquito Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 HAY Record No: H046458)
http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk/PDF/Outputs/Forestry/ZF0173-From_the_mountain_to_the_tap_book.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046458.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046458.pdf
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20 Naz, Farhat. 2014. The socio-cultural context of water: study of a Gujarat village. New Delhi, India: Orient BlackSwan. 255p.
Sociocultural environment ; Watershed management ; Development projects ; Water policy ; Water supply ; Natural resources management ; Rural communities ; Community involvement ; Gender relations ; Farmers ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation canals ; Wells ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater development ; State intervention ; Political aspects ; Land tenure ; Living standards / India / Gujarat / Sabarkantha / Mathnaa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 NAZ Record No: H046391)
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