The CPWF-supported project ‘Models for implementing multiple-use water supply
systems for enhanced land and water productivity, rural livelihoods and gender equity’
(‘CPWF-MUS’) innovated, tested, and documented homestead-scale and communityscale
models for Multiple Use water…
Water is scarce in India's semiarid zones of Rajasthan. Climate change is putting additional pressure on the rare resources. Irregular or no rainfall forces many small farmers to abandon their fields, at least temporarily, and seek work in the towns. Participative water management projects…
This Medium Term Plan (MTP) is written as the CPWF transitions from its first Phase (2004?
2008) to its second Phase (2009?2013). It describes the status of the CPWF as the newly
established Board discusses and approves plans for this second Phase. At the time of writing three of six…
This report focuses on the threats to biodiversity, status of implementation of the National Biodiversity Action Plan and progress achieved towards meeting the 2010 biodiversity target.
The format of the Fourth National Report is narrative and the contents are outcome oriented, elucidating…
This report focuses on the threats to biodiversity, status of implementation of the National Biodiversity Action Plan and progress achieved towards meeting the 2010 biodiversity target.
The format of the Fourth National Report is narrative and the contents are outcome oriented, elucidating…
“Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs”
The objective of the project was to contribute to the current research on reservoirs enhancement
fisheries in tropical countries through the implementation of a series of action-research activities
…
We quantify the emergence of biofuel markets and its impact on U.S. and world agriculture for the coming decade using the multi-market, multi-commodity international FAPRI (Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute) model. The model incorporates the trade-offs between biofuel, feed, and…
CGIAR-CPWF Project “International Training and Research Program on
Groundwater Governance in Asia: Theory and Practice” was designed and
implemented by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to address the
deficiencies in human capacity of managing groundwater in the…
The study looks into the work of two organizations- the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) and BAIF Research Foundation, towards Common Land Developmentin the two States of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. A representative sample of villages with different time-periods of…
This study was commissioned by the South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SAPPLPP), a joint nitiative of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). The study Common Land and Poor Livestock-keepers: Experiences from Common Land…
Imageries of Remote Sensing (RS) satellites provide data on the temporal and spatial status of natural resources. Repetitive coverage helps in understanding various changing physical processes in a particular area as also in monitoring closely, the changes taking place…