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Gender equality and food security

Women's empowerment as a tool agains hunger

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Asia, China, Cambodia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
hunger
climate change
local communities
women
Fonte: FAO
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Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps Evidence from Karnataka

January, 2012
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
women
mining
women
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Just one in 10 women inherits land

January, 2013
India
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
women
land
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Greening rural development in India

January, 2012
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development
climate change
land use
research
environment
rural development
Greening rural development can stimulate rural economies, create jobs and help maintain critical ecosystem services and strengthen climate resilience of the rural poor. This report by the Ministry of Rural Development, India, with support from the United Nations Development Programme, presents strategies for inclusive rural development embodying the principles of environmental sustainability. It defines ‘green’ outcomes for major rural development schemes, reviews the design and evidence from the field to highlight potential green results and recommends steps to improve green results.
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Custodian farmers of agricultural biodiversity: selected profiles from South and South East Asia

January, 2013
India, Southern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land use
agriculture
farmers
Agriculture is the largest global user of biodiversity. Over-reliance on a handful of crops puts global food security at great risk especially in the context of climate change. Selected and used by generations of farmers, agricultural biodiversity contributes to reducing malnutrition, alleviating poverty and combating climate change challenges. This diversity has been in decline for decades and is now in danger of disappearing and efforts needed to conserve them using both ex situ and in situ approaches.
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Transboundary landscape management framework for ecological and socioeconomic resilience

January, 2012
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, China, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Southern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land
climate change
land use
research
environment
Current land management approaches focus on achieving ecological resilience for natural resources and biological diversity, and socioeconomic resilience for the people who depend on the land for their livelihoods and wellbeing. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, landscapes extend across national boundaries and their effective management requires cooperation among the countries sharing the transboundary area, particularly in light of the impacts being experienced from a wide range of drivers of change, including climate change.
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Where the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration

January, 2012
Bangladesh, Vietnam, Guatemala, Peru, Tanzania, Ghana, India, Thailand, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
food security
research
This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory research sessions involving 2,000 individuals. The results reveal that migration is an important risk management strategy for vulnerable households. Land scarce households trying to cope with food insecurity send migrants during the hunger season to find food or money to buy food.
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Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India

January, 2013
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
waste (abuse)
research
Urban wastewater management has become a major challenge in India as infrastructural development and regulations have not kept pace with population growth and urbanisation. This study argues that against the backdrop of water scarcity and climate change, it is important to examine issues related to wastewater reuse more holistically and to investigate the challenges and opportunities for its safe and efficient reuse.
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Potential and challenges in up-scaling micro-irrigation in India: experiences from nine states.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
India, Asia, Southern Asia
water management
farmers
Studies from nine states indicate that adoption of micro-irrigation (MI) technologies - drip and sprinkler systems - has a positive impact in terms of water saving, yield and income enhancement at farm level. However, the overall impression among the farmers is that MI is capital intensive and suited only to large farmers who have Access to capital and technical knowhow. As such, only 12.2 percent of potential drip irrigation area and 7.8 percent of potential sprinkler area is covered in the country with large variations across states.
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Moving towards environmentally sustainable water allocation in South Asia.

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2012
India, Asia, Southern Asia
natural resources management
water management
assessment
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).