The presentation looks at the current status of river systems of India from a basin perspective, and review how indicators of urbanization, such as demographics and migration, infrastructure development, growth of cities and towns, development of urban agglomerations, provision of utility services and land-use changes, have impacted the life of rivers.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2012India, Asia, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia, Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJuly, 2006India, Asia, Southern Asia
This workshop was conducted to assess the development prospects of India's livestock in the context of changing global economic environment and its impact on the rural poor, and to suggest politically feasible and practical strategies and approaches for pro-poor growth in livestock production. An additional aim of the workshop was to explore possibilities of enhanced research collaboration between the national agricultural research systems (NARS) and ILRI.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsApril, 2012Bangladesh, India, Southern Asia
Phase II of the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) is a multi-institutional and inter-disciplinary research for development initiative focused on increasing the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management for food production.Phase II in the Ganges Basin began in 2011 and is scheduled to end in 2014.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2013Bangladesh, India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2015India, Sri Lanka
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1998Sri Lanka, India, China
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2012India, Asia, Southern Asia
This paper highlights the need in South Asia for basin-wide water allocation plans that include environmental requirements. This paper also describes the application of a basin planning model (i.e., Water Evaluation and Planning model or WEAP) to assess present and alternative water management options which incorporate environmental flows in the Upper Ganges River in India (total area: 87000 km2). The paper summarizes the environmental flow assessment methodology which was conducted through a multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder approach (Building Blocks Methodology or BBM).
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2008India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsNovember, 2011Bangladesh, India, Asia, Southern Asia
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