Author: Douglas Lynn Vermillion
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
The Turnover and Self Management of Irrigation Institutions in Developing Countries
Author: Douglas Lynn Vermillion
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Social Capital and Local Water Management in Egypt
Author: Dalia M. Gouda
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9774167635
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Water resources development; Egypt; social aspects; history.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9774167635
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Water resources development; Egypt; social aspects; history.
The privatization and self-management of irrigation. Final report submitted to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH by IIMI
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Advancements in IIMI's Research, 1992
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290901993
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290901993
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Metropolitan Water Use Conflicts In Asia And The Pacific
Author: James E. Nickum
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429715870
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Although Asia is the least urbanized continent, it contains half of the world’s megacities and many of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Urban growth is already stressing local water supplies and causing intense conflict among water users—between haves and have-nots in urban areas as well as between farmers and fishers outside the cities. In addition, concern is growing over the depletion and degradation of water sources and over the impact of water policies and patterns of water use on the natural environment. From the perspective of the maturing metropolitan water economy, the contributors to this volume consider the problems of urban water management in the region. They focus on the institutional and policy dimensions of conflict and seek to provide a range of viable options for reducing the growing frictions among water users. Eight specific case studies of urban areas in Asia and the Pacific span a wide range of economic levels of development, physical settings, and hydrological conditions. The book will be of interest to scholars and policymakers concerned with issues of water and environmental policy, urban management, and resource conflict in general.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429715870
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Although Asia is the least urbanized continent, it contains half of the world’s megacities and many of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Urban growth is already stressing local water supplies and causing intense conflict among water users—between haves and have-nots in urban areas as well as between farmers and fishers outside the cities. In addition, concern is growing over the depletion and degradation of water sources and over the impact of water policies and patterns of water use on the natural environment. From the perspective of the maturing metropolitan water economy, the contributors to this volume consider the problems of urban water management in the region. They focus on the institutional and policy dimensions of conflict and seek to provide a range of viable options for reducing the growing frictions among water users. Eight specific case studies of urban areas in Asia and the Pacific span a wide range of economic levels of development, physical settings, and hydrological conditions. The book will be of interest to scholars and policymakers concerned with issues of water and environmental policy, urban management, and resource conflict in general.
Review Paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa
Author: Douglas J. Merrey
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290908122
Category : Water conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the available knowledge and lessons learned from past experiences in promoting kitchen or home gardens for food production, with a special emphasis on water management. The benefits of home gardens for better family nutrition, health status of children and mothers, and as an entry point for empowering women have been documented in some studies. However, there is very little specific evidence to confirm these benefits. The paper also reviews some of the water management practices and garden technologies used in home and market gardens. It recommends building on current home gardening practices, starting with diagnostic appraisals of actual gardening practices, and moving on to participatory action research focused on evaluating promising water management technologies and testing implementation of strategies that empower women.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290908122
Category : Water conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the available knowledge and lessons learned from past experiences in promoting kitchen or home gardens for food production, with a special emphasis on water management. The benefits of home gardens for better family nutrition, health status of children and mothers, and as an entry point for empowering women have been documented in some studies. However, there is very little specific evidence to confirm these benefits. The paper also reviews some of the water management practices and garden technologies used in home and market gardens. It recommends building on current home gardening practices, starting with diagnostic appraisals of actual gardening practices, and moving on to participatory action research focused on evaluating promising water management technologies and testing implementation of strategies that empower women.
Gender Issues, Water Issues
Author: Margreet Zwarteveen
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
The World Bank and Irrigation
Author: William I. Jones
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821332498
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Annotation This book provides an independent and comprehensive review of World Bank irrigation lending and policy between 1948 and 1993. The Bank's role in irrigation lending has been large--more than $30 billion (in current U.S. dollars) spread over some 600 projects. Only 200 projects have been in place long enough to be assessed. The overall performance record is good, but there is room for improvement.The report finds that there are still pervasive problems in maintenance and operation. Operating chaos prevails in most large canal systems in the humid tropics. In drier areas, drainage is the biggest environmental problem associated with irrigation. The author argues for upgrading existing systems, improving service, involving irrigators, and saving water where it is scarce.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821332498
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Annotation This book provides an independent and comprehensive review of World Bank irrigation lending and policy between 1948 and 1993. The Bank's role in irrigation lending has been large--more than $30 billion (in current U.S. dollars) spread over some 600 projects. Only 200 projects have been in place long enough to be assessed. The overall performance record is good, but there is room for improvement.The report finds that there are still pervasive problems in maintenance and operation. Operating chaos prevails in most large canal systems in the humid tropics. In drier areas, drainage is the biggest environmental problem associated with irrigation. The author argues for upgrading existing systems, improving service, involving irrigators, and saving water where it is scarce.
Kirindi Oya Irrigation Settlement Project: Project impact evaluation study. Vol.II: Annexes (final report)
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Improving agricultural productivity for poverty alleviation through integrated service provision with public-private sector partnerships: Examples and issues
Author: Hussain, Intizar
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905360
Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Enduring low agricultural productivity is one of the major causes of rural poverty in South Asia. Based on a review of recent empirical studies, this paper focuses on three key questions: (1) why is agricultural productivity low in the region?; (2) what are the key constraints and opportunities for enhancing agricultural productivity; and (3) what are the effective mechanisms to improve access to key productivity enhancing technologies, factors and services. Two major points raised in the paper are: (a) improved management of land and water is important for increasing productivity, but equally important is farmer access to non land and water-related inputs and services, which through their complementary relationships with water, increase the productivity and value of water. Even if most of the constraints related to land and water are removed through improved management, the resulting gains in productivity may not be sufficient-in the presence of constraints related to other factors and services-to have any significant impacts on poverty. Therefore, in order to generate any major increases in productivity, improved access for farmers to non land and water-related factors and services is also important; (b) access to these factors and services can be improved by providing them in an integrated manner with public-private sector partnerships. Based on examples of various models, initiatives and practices from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, China, Sub-Saharan Africa and other countries, the study suggests a framework for integrated services provision in the agriculture sector, and raises key research issues and questions to be explored.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905360
Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Enduring low agricultural productivity is one of the major causes of rural poverty in South Asia. Based on a review of recent empirical studies, this paper focuses on three key questions: (1) why is agricultural productivity low in the region?; (2) what are the key constraints and opportunities for enhancing agricultural productivity; and (3) what are the effective mechanisms to improve access to key productivity enhancing technologies, factors and services. Two major points raised in the paper are: (a) improved management of land and water is important for increasing productivity, but equally important is farmer access to non land and water-related inputs and services, which through their complementary relationships with water, increase the productivity and value of water. Even if most of the constraints related to land and water are removed through improved management, the resulting gains in productivity may not be sufficient-in the presence of constraints related to other factors and services-to have any significant impacts on poverty. Therefore, in order to generate any major increases in productivity, improved access for farmers to non land and water-related factors and services is also important; (b) access to these factors and services can be improved by providing them in an integrated manner with public-private sector partnerships. Based on examples of various models, initiatives and practices from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, China, Sub-Saharan Africa and other countries, the study suggests a framework for integrated services provision in the agriculture sector, and raises key research issues and questions to be explored.