Water For Food Nature And Rural Livelihoods

Author : David Molden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113654853X
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water for Food Water for Life written by David Molden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use. This assessment describes key water-food-environment trends that influence our lives today and uses scenarios to explore the consequences of a range of potential investments. It aims to inform investors and policymakers about water and food choices in light of such crucial influences as poverty, ecosystems, governance, and productivity. It covers rainfed agriculture, irrigation, groundwater, marginal-quality water, fisheries, livestock, rice, land, and river basins. Ample tables, graphs, and references make this an invaluable work for practitioners, academics, researchers, and policymakers in water management, agriculture, conservation, and development. Published with IWMI.

Author : International Water Management Institute
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water for Food, Nature and Rural Livelihoods written by International Water Management Institute and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wright, A.
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290905409
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Center-commissioned external review of International Water Management Institute: Consolidated report, 19-29 May 2003 written by Wright, A. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Centre Commissioned External Review (CCER) of the International Water Management Institute, Headquarters (IWMI-HQ) was carried out in Colombo in the period 20–28 May 2003. This came immediately after the reviews of the Regional Offices (Africa–by Prof. Alaphia Wright, Asia–by Prof. A. Vaidyanathan, and South East Asia–by Dr. Beatriz P. Del Rosario). The review was undertaken within the context of the (then) ongoing IWMI review and strategic planning process for future priority setting.

Author : Biggs, E. M.
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290908076
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper written by Biggs, E. M. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Larry W. Harrington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317916360
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Scarcity, Livelihoods and Food Security written by Larry W. Harrington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews the evolution of ten years’ learning and discovery about water scarcity, livelihoods, and food security within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. It draws on the experiences of over 100 projects conducted in ten river basins in the developing world. The book describes how the program’s design evolved from an emphasis on water scarcity, water productivity, and water access to an emphasis on using water innovations to improve livelihoods and address development challenges in specific river basins. It shows how the research was used to foster change in stakeholder behavior, linking it to improved knowledge, attitudes, and skills, which were fostered by stakeholder participation, innovation, dialogue, and negotiation. The authors describe development challenges, their drivers and their political context, how to address them through technical, institutional, and policy innovations; and the consequences of change at different scales, time frames on equity, resilience, and ecosystem services. Overall, the work represents a major synthesis and landmark publication for all concerned with water resource management and sustainable development.

Author : Lyla Mehta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351747614
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water for Food Security, Nutrition and Social Justice written by Lyla Mehta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture. Apart from looking at the role of water and sanitation for human well-being, it proposes alternative and more locally appropriate ways to address complex water management and governance challenges from the local to global levels against a backdrop of growing uncertainties. The authors challenge mainstream supply-oriented and neo-Malthusian visions that argue for the need to increase the land area under irrigation in order to feed the world’s growing population. Instead, they argue for a reframing of the debate concerning production processes, waste, food consumption and dietary patterns whilst proposing alternative strategies to improve water and land productivity, putting the interests of marginalized and disenfranchized groups upfront. The book highlights how accessing water for FSN can be challenging for small-holders, vulnerable and marginalized women and men, and how water allocation systems and reform processes can negatively affect local people’s informal rights. The book argues for the need to improve policy coherence across water, land and food and is original in making a case for strengthening the relationship between the human rights to water and food, especially for marginalized women and men. It will be of great interest to practitioners, students and researchers working on water and food issues.

Author : Mrityunjay M. Jha
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9788180690969
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources Management and Livelihood Security written by Mrityunjay M. Jha and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Edited Volume Deals With Earth-Its Conservation, Management Of Natural Resources, Agriculture, Livestock And Water Resources Development. It Is Divided Into Five Parts-Natural Resources-Sustaible Livestock Development-Sustainable Agriculture-Policies-Foundation Day Lectures. Advocates Strategies Needed To Save Mankind And Our Planet In The New Millennium.

Author : Valentin, Christian
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290905336
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From soil research to land and water management: harmonizing people and nature. Proceedings of the IWMI-ADB Project Annual Meeting and 7th MSEC Assembly. written by Valentin, Christian and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil conservation / Reservoirs / Sedimentation / Environmental effects / Land use / Hydrology / Catchment areas / Rainfall-runoff relationships / Rain / Research projects / Agricultural research / Social participation / Development projects / Erosion / Watershed management / Water resource management / Soil management

Author : Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782548017
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Water Security written by Claudia Pahl-Wostl and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water security has received increasing attention in the scientific and public policy communities in recent years. The Handbook on Water Security is a much-needed resource that helps the reader navigate between the differing interpretations of water security. It explains the various dimensions of the topic by approaching it both conceptually and thematically, as well as in relation to experiences in different regions of the world. The international contributors explore the various perspectives on water security to show that it has multiple meanings that cannot easily be reconciled. Topics discussed include: challenges from human security to consumerism, how trade policies can help to achieve water security in a transboundary setting, the potential of risk-based governance arrangements and the ecology of water security. Scholars and postgraduate students in the social sciences working on water-related issues will find this book to be of substantial interest. It will strongly appeal to policymakers and practitioners looking at the strengths and limitations of water security.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251333726
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unpacking water tenure for improved food security and sustainable development written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing understanding of the role that secure water resources tenure plays in ensuring sustainable livelihoods, just resource governance, environmental protection, and sustainable economic development has led FAO to re-kindle the debate that had begun in 2012, when the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) were adopted by FAO, and that had culminated in 2016 with the publication of the FAO seminal study “Exploring the concept of water tenure”. Picking up from where that FAO publication had left off, an Expert Roundtable on Water Tenure was convened by FAO in Rome, in December 2019, to begin the process of developing a common conceptualization of water tenure and its scope within the broader context of water resources and tenure governance. Strengthening the position of individuals and communities within the political economy of water resources governance, particularly for the rural poor whose livelihoods and food security depend on secure and equitable access to - water and land - was central to the debates. This report includes the Policy Brief and the Expert Roundtable Summary that explored the bundle of water-related rights approach to un-packing the concept and the practical ramifications of water tenure. This report is based on recent research and analysis that have helped to identify the core elements of water tenure based on data demonstrating how water tenure systems are legally recognized at the national level and how they function across diverse countries.