Download or read book Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation UTFI written by Alam, Mohammad Faiz and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin written by Pavelic, Paul and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. An analysis of prospects in the Ganges River Basin are revealed from the earliest stage of mapping of suitability at the watershed level through to the latest stages of identifying and setting up the first pilot trial in the Upper Ganges, where a comprehensive evaluation is under way. If UTFI can be verified then there is enormous potential to apply it to address climate change adaptation/mitigation and disaster risk reduction challenges globally.

Download or read book Mitigating Floods for Managing Droughts through Aquifer Storage written by Paul Pavelic and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interventions that are robust, cost effective, and scalable are in critical demand throughout South Asia to offset growing water scarcity and avert increasingly frequent water-related disasters. This case study presents two complementary forms of intervention that transform water hazards (floodwater) into a resource (groundwater) to boost agricultural productivity and enhance livelihoods. The first intervention, holiya, is simple and operated by individual farmers at the plot/farm scale to control local flooding in semiarid climates. The second is the underground transfer of floods for irrigation (UTFI) and operates at the village scale to offset seasonal floods from upstream in humid climates. Rapid assessments indicate that holiyas have been established at more than 300 sites across two districts in North Gujarat since the 1990s, extending the crop growing season and improving water quality. UTFI knowledge and experience has grown rapidly since implementation of a pilot trial in western Uttar Pradesh in 2015 and is now embedded within government programs with commitments for modest scaling up. Both approaches can help farmers redress the multiple impacts associated with floods, droughts, and groundwater overexploitation at a range of scales from farm plot to the river basin. The potential for wider uptake across South Asia depends on setting up demonstration sites beyond India and overcoming gaps in technical knowledge and institutional capacity.

Download or read book Mitigating floods for managing droughts through aquifer storage written by Pavelic, Paul and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience written by Peter Dillon and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a hard copy of the editorial and all the papers in a Special Issue of the peer-reviewed open access journal ‘Water’ on the theme ‘Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience’. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is the purposeful recharge of water to aquifers for subsequent recovery or environmental benefit. MAR is increasingly used to make water supplies resilient to drought, climate change and deteriorating water quality, and to protect ecosystems from declining groundwater levels. Global MAR has grown exponentially to 10 cu.km/year and will increase ten-fold within a few decades. Well informed hydrogeologists, engineers and water quality scientists are needed to ensure that this investment is effective in meeting increasingly pressing needs. This compilation contains lessons from many examples of existing projects, including several national and continental summaries. It also addresses the elements essential for identifying and advancing projects such as mapping aquifer suitability and opportunities, policy matters, operational issues, and some innovations in MAR methods and monitoring. This collection exemplifies the state of progress in the science and practice of MAR and is intended to be useful, at least to water managers, water utilities, agricultural water users and urban planners, to facilitate water resilience through new MAR projects.

Download or read book Utilizing floodwaters for recharging depleted aquifers and sustaining irrigation written by Pavelic, Paul and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Green Technology Book written by World Intellectual Property Organization and published by WIPO. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green Technology Book puts innovation, technology and intellectual property at the forefront in the fight against climate change. This inaugural edition focuses on three important areas: agriculture and forestry, water and coastal regions, and cities, showcasing 200 available solutions that aim to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate impacts.

Download or read book Managing aquifer recharge written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book IWMI Annual report 2020 written by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scaling up Index based Flood Insurance IBFI for agricultural resilience and flood proofing livelihoods in developing countries written by Amarnath, Giriraj and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Reports The publications in this series cover a wide range of subjects—from computer modelling to experience with water user associations—and vary in content from directly applicable research to more basic studies, on which applied for work ultimately depends. Some research reports are narrowly focused, analytical and detailed empirical studies; others are wide-ranging and synthetic overviews of generic problems. Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff, and by external reviewers. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgement

Download or read book Analysis of water reuse potential for irrigation in Lebanon written by Eid-Sabbagh, K. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Solar photovoltaic technology for small scale irrigation in Ghana written by Gebrezgabher, Solomie and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Examining social accountability tools in the water sector written by Dhungana, H. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Climate Change and Agricultural Development written by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of the greatest current challenges are climate change (and variability) and food security. Feeding nine billion people by 2050 will require major efforts aimed at climate change adaptation and mitigation. One approach to agriculture has recently been captured by the widely adopted term of "Climate Smart Agriculture" (CSA). This book not only explains what this entails, but also presents practical on-the-ground studies of practices and innovations in agriculture across a broader spectrum, including agroecology and conservation agriculture, in less developed countries. It is shown that CSA is not a completely new science and a number of its recommended technologies have been used for some time by local farmers all over the world. What is relevant and new is ‘the approach’ to exploit their adaptation and mitigation potential. However, a major limitation is the lack of evidence-based knowledge that is necessary for policy makers to prepare strategies for adaptation and mitigation. This book assembles knowledge of CSA, agroecology and conservation agriculture, and perspectives from different regions of the world, to build resilient food systems. The first part analyzes the concept, opportunities and challenges, and provides a global perspective, drawing particularly on studies from Africa and Asia. The second part of the book showcases results from various studies linked to soil, water and crop management measures from an ongoing program in India as well as experiences from other regions. The third section assesses the needs for an enabling policy environment, mainstreaming gender and sime final recommendations for up-scaling and/or out-scaling innovations.

Download or read book Water Security Climate Change and Sustainable Development written by Asit K. Biswas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book pursues a comprehensive approach so as to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of climate change on sustainable development, focusing on the perspective of water. Climate change is one of today’s most pressing global issues and will become increasingly important in the decades to come, as societies will feel its pervasive impacts in many aspects of their lives. Given that the majority of these climate change impacts will be felt through the medium of water, the book explores the interrelationships and inter-linkages between water, climate change and sustainable development.

Download or read book Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Climate Change written by Seo, S. N. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situating a comprehensive microbehavioral analysis of the economics of climate change within a discussion of the most pressing global climate change issues and policy negotiations, the Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Climate Change is a timely collection of new research on the behaviors of economic agents that are essential to an exposition of climate change economics and policy making.