Download or read book Community managed groundwater irrigation on the Vientiane Plain of Lao PDR written by Clement, C. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth written by Viviana Re and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth explores how groundwater, often invisibly, improves peoples’ lives and livelihoods. This unique collection of 19 studies captures experiences of groundwater making a difference in 16 countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Such studies are rarely documented and this book provides a rich new collection of interdisciplinary analysis. The book is published in colour and includes many original diagrams and photographs. Spring water, wells or boreholes have provided safe drinking water and reliable water for irrigation or industry for millennia. However, the hidden nature of groundwater often means that it’s important role both historically and in the present is overlooked. This collection helps fill this knowledge gap, providing a diverse set of new studies encompassing different perspectives and geographies. Different interdisciplinary methodologies are described that can help understand linkages between groundwater, livelihoods and growth, and how these links can be threatened by over-use, contamination, and ignorance. Written for a worldwide audience of practitioners, academics and students with backgrounds in geology, engineering or environmental sciences; Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth is essential reading for those involved in groundwater and international development.
Download or read book Global Groundwater written by Abhijit Mukherjee and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions presents a compilation of compelling insights into groundwater scenarios within all groundwater-stressed regions across the world. Thematic sub-sections include groundwater studies on sources, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions. The chapters in these sub-sections provide unique knowledge on groundwater for scientists, planners, and policymakers, and are written by leading global experts and researchers. Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions provides a unique, unparalleled opportunity to integrate the knowledge on groundwater, ranging from availability to pollution, nation-level groundwater management to transboundary aquifer governance, and global-scale review to local-scale case-studies. Provides interdisciplinary content that bridges the knowledge from groundwater sources to solutions and sustainability, from science to policy, from technology to clean water and food Includes global and regional reviews and case studies, building a bridge between broad reviews of groundwater-related issues by domain experts as well as detailed case studies by researchers Identifies pathways for transforming knowledge to policy and governance of groundwater security and sustainability
Download or read book Research to support sustainable groundwater development and governance in Laos written by Pavelic, Paul and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book IWMI Annual report 2018 written by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender dimensions of community based groundwater governance in Ethiopia written by Nigussie, Likimyelesh and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From the mountains to the plains written by Bharati, Luna and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mechanizing water lifting through pumps written by Aheeyar, Mohamed and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2019-05-12 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unpacking the water energy environment food nexus working across systems written by Sood, Aditya and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving the availability and effectiveness of rural and Micro finance for small scale irrigation in Sub Saharan Africa written by Merrey, D. J. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small reservoirs in Africa a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment written by Saruchera, D. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Gold The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin written by Rob Cramb and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their food security and well-being. In the past four decades, rice has also become a commercial crop of great importance to Mekong farmers, augmenting but not replacing its role in securing their subsistence. This book is based on collaborative research to (a) compare the current situation and trajectories of rice farmers within and between different regions of the Lower Mekong, (b) explore the value chains linking rice farmers with new technologies and input and output markets within and across national borders, and (c) understand the changing role of government policies in facilitating the on-going evolution of commercial rice farming. An introductory section places the research in geographical and historical context. Four major sections deal in turn with studies of rice farming, value chains, and policies in Northeast Thailand, Central Laos, Southeastern Cambodia, and the Mekong Delta. The final section examines the implications for rice policy in the region as a whole.
Download or read book Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM Approach in Water Governance in Lao PDR written by Sari Jusi and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water resources are essential for socio-economic development, enabling, for example, hydropower and irrigation. Water resources management and development are expected to become more complex and challenging and to involve new uncertainties as water development increases and accelerates in different water use sectors and is coupled with increasing population, urbanisation, and climate change. Hence, water resources need to be managed in more integrated and sustainable way, both in Lao PDR and in the whole Mekong Basin area. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has become a universal paradigm of enhancing and promoting sustainable and equal water resources management and use. However, integrating water functions is a very complex task as it involves many actors with different interests. This research analyses application of the IWRM approach and related principles of integration, decentralisation and participation in the development and management of water resources in Laotian water regime at the water use sectors of hydropower and irrigation. A case study approach was used for the research and for the four appended articles in order to examine hydropower and irrigation sectors, institutional structures, and processes of institutional change -- Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at constitutional, organisational, and operational levels. The constitutional level refers to water policy and law, organisational to water resource managment, and operational to water use. The Management and Transition Framework (MTF) and one of its components, Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, have been used for the research to explore processes, institutions, and actors related to water governance reforms including the adoption of the IWRM paradigm, and to increase understanding of the strengths and weaknesses related to different institutional contexts and levels in Laotian water management. Through Action Situations, IAD and MTF have provided a platform or framework to incorporate actors into the analysis and to produce a richer analysis and understanding of actors involved in the policy arena as well as their features and interactions. The rhetoric of the IWRM approach is quite well adopted by the Lao PDR but the actual implementation is still halfway. Significant changes to water management policies have been made and new water policies and legislation among environmental safeguard policies have been developed or are under development in the country.
Download or read book Institutional Reform and Co operation in Irrigated Agriculture written by Charles L. Abernethy and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Assessment of Groundwater Use for Improving Livelihoods in the Dry Zone of Myanmar written by Paul Pavelic and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Dry Zone of Myanmar, improved access to water is widely acknowledged as being vital for livelihood enhancement and the general well-being of around 10 million people, most of whom depend on agriculture. Thus, expanding the sustainable use of groundwater is of great importance for socioeconomic development. According to this study, opportunities for accessing groundwater are generally good, and development of the resource has steadily increased over the years. However, there still appears to be good prospects for expanding groundwater use for irrigation, with a view to increasing agricultural production. Provision of affordable mechanical technologies for drilling wells and support with credit facilities to purchase small-capacity motorized pumps for irrigation could improve food security and livelihoods, where there is potential to expand groundwater use. Replenishable groundwater resources of the Dry Zone are likely to be less than previously thought. Thus, it is important to find the right balance between increasing development of the resource for enhanced irrigation, while also protecting its existing beneficial use for communities and the environment.
Download or read book Improving water management in Myanmar s dry zone for food security livelihoods and health written by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irrigators Organisations written by Charles L. Abernethy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
