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In conversation with Ritesh Kumar : how can wetland management better take into account climate uncertainty, considering the risks posed to the important services wetlands provide?

Videos
March, 2014
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land management
water management
wetlands
How can wetland management better take into account climate uncertainty, considering the risks posed to the important services wetlands provide? Ritesh Kumar of Wetlands International --South Asia explains that climate change and environmental impacts are affecting the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people that rely on wetland services provided by Chilika Lagoon in India. The project team is working with local government authorities to identify strategies for improving community resilience to such changes.
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ICARDA Annual Report 2017: Pathways to impact for building thriving and resilient communities in dry areas

Reports & Research
July, 2018
Northern Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Southern Asia, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Western Asia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic
Land & Food Security
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
food security
resilience
rangelands
water management
capacity development
farmers
Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures and increasing water scarcity year on year. Resilience and climate change adaptation are at the heart of ICARDA’s new Strategic Plan 2017-2026 – a bold and ambitious effort to harness cutting-edge science and deliver the tools and technologies that smallholder farmers need to maintain agricultural production and protect their livelihoods.
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The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
India, Nepal, Bangladesh
Land, Climate Change & Environment
natural resources management
water management
land ownership
climate change
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Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin

Reports & Research
December, 2016
India, Nepal, South-Eastern Asia
natural resources management
water management
climate change
Although the Ganges River Basin (GRB) has abundant water resources, the seasonal monsoon causes a mismatch in water supply and demand, which creates severe water-related challenges for the people living in the basin, the rapidly growing economy and the environment. Addressing these increasing challenges will depend on how people manage the basin’s groundwater resources, on which the reliance will increase further due to limited prospects for additional surface storage development.
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Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Southern Asia
natural resources management
water management
climate change
The concept of ‘Underground Taming of Floods for Irrigation’ (UTFI) is introduced as an approach for co-managing floods and droughts at the river basin scale. UTFI involves strategic recharge of aquifers upstream during periods of high flow, thereby preventing local and downstream flooding, and simultaneously providing additional groundwater for irrigation during the dry season for livelihood improvement. Three key stages in moving UTFI from the concept stage to mainstream implementation are discussed.
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Water Resource Software

Application Overview and Review

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2016
India, Southern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
capacity development
water management
climate change
water rights
This document provides an overview of how water resource software’s (WRS) are used to manage water resources issues, criteria for WRS selection, and a high level review of WRS currently available that central and state governments of India can use for water management. The water resource issues covered include water allocation and planning, flood management, groundwater management, conjunctive use, water quality, and sediment transport.
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Land quality indicators and their use in sustainable agriculture and rural development

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1997
India, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Italy
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land
land suitability
sustainable land management
farming systems
land use
land administration
environment
fisheries
land management
rural development
natural resources management
water management
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Country Investment Brief Zambia - Mapping and assessing the potential for investments in agricultural water management

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Tanzania, India, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, Africa
climate change
water management
The Agricultural Water Solutions Project aims to unlock the potential of smallholder farming by identifying, evaluating and recommending a variety of agricultural water management (AWM) solutions - including technologies as well as the necessary supporting policies, institutions, financing arrangements and associated business models. This is being achieved through a series of interlinked activities in the seven project sites in Africa (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia) and in India (Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal).
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Modernizing irrigation management - the MASSCOTE approach

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
France, United States of America, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Morocco, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, India, Sudan, Vietnam
environment
agricultural land management
water management
The performance of many canal irrigation delivery systems is unsatisfactory in terms of: (i) water resources management; (ii) service to irrigated agriculture; and (iii) costeffectiveness of infrastructure management. In recent years, participatory approaches and management transfer reforms have been promoted as part of the solution for more cost-effective and sustainable irrigation services. Large agency-managed systems have been turned over partially or completely to various types of management bodies. However, the results have usually been disappointing.
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Country Investment Brief Tanzania - Mapping and assessing the potential for investments in agricultural water management

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Tanzania, India, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, Africa
climate change
water management
The Agricultural Water Solutions Project aims to unlock the potential of smallholder farming by identifying, evaluating and recommending a variety of agricultural water management (AWM) solutions - including technologies as well as the necessary supporting policies, institutions, financing arrangements and associated business models. This is being achieved through a series of interlinked activities in the seven project sites in Africa (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia) and in India (Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal).