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Working together for impact

Reports & Research
October, 2011
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Laos, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, South-Eastern Asia, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, Southern Africa, South America, Western Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
Despite challenges in many river

basins, overall the planet has

enough water to meet the full range

of peoples’ and ecosystems’ needs

for the foreseeable future, but

equity will only be achieved through

judicious and creative management.
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Review of the CPWF small grants initiative

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Laos, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Africa, Asia, South-Eastern Asia
farming systems
This working paper reviews the experiences of the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) with 14 “small

grants for impact” that were contracted in early 2006 and operated for periods of 12 to 18 months. For a total

investment of under US$1 million – less than the equivalent of a typical 3-5 year CPWF research for development

project in Phase 1, the small grant projects made significant contributions to identifying water and food technology

for specific end users (thus showing the potential of CPWF research in general); to better understanding of
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Research analysis on the effects of agricultural water and landholdings to rural livelihoods in Indo-Gangetic Basin: with emphasis on Bihar State. [Report of the NAIP-IFAD Project on Water and Rural Livelihoods]

Reports & Research
December, 2011
India, Southern Asia
land ownership
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Mapping extrapolation domains for technology targeting in the Ganges Coastal Zone

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2011
Bangladesh, India, Asia, Southern Asia
land management
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Estimating regional water productivity of the Indus-Gangetic Basin: Areas of concern and scope for improvement

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2011
India, Asia, Southern Asia
water management
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Aus-Aman cropping system: A new approach for increasing cropping intensity ?in southwest coastal Bangladesh

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2011
Bangladesh, India, Southern Asia
farming systems
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Aerobic Rice - responding to water scarcity, An impact assessment of the ‘STAR in Asia’ project

Reports & Research
April, 2011
China, India, Philippines, Asia
farming systems
Rice, a staple food for over 70% of Asians, is also the single biggest user of water, requiring 2-3 times more input (irrigation plus rain) water per unit of grain produced than crops such as wheat and maize. With growing populations, increased urbanisation and environmental degradation, the supply of fresh water is depleting. Recognising the water constraints to rice yield, the aim of the project entitled ‘Developing a System of Temperate and Tropical Aerobic Rice (STAR) in Asia’ was to develop water-efficient aerobic rice technologies.
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Open government data study: India

Reports & Research
May, 2011
India
land governance
This report looks at some of the landscape relevant to open government data (OGD) in India, starting from the current environment in government, the state of civil society, the media, the policies that affect it from the Right to Information Act, standards-related policies, e-governance policies and he copyright policy. It also looks at a few case studies from government, civil society organisations (CSOs) and public-private partnerships, and profiles some civic hackers.
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The implications of policy settings on land use and agricultural technology adoption in North-West India

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2011
India
The irrigated rice-wheat cropping system is the predominant and most profitable farmingsystem in north-west India, especially in Punjab. However, there are growing concerns aboutthe environmental effects of the system, particularly with the practice of burning rice stubbles,due to its adverse effects on human health and air pollution. In this paper we consider thewide array of policy settings that tend to favour current land uses and management practicesand their impact on the farming system over time.
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Diffusion of Bt Cotton in India: Impact of Seed Prices and Technological Development

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2011
India
Recent studies in the literature examining impact of government seed price intervention on adoption of Bt cotton get different results depending on the specifics of the situation analyzed. According to one study, reduction in seed prices enables farmers to buy seeds at lower prices and this can result in surge of area sown under Bt cotton. The other view holds that seed price interventions have little impact on the adoption rates rather these interventions may adversely affect firms’ incentives to innovate. Which of the two views characterize adoption of Bt cotton in India?