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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2002
    Burkina Faso, South Africa, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

    Although gender issues are today a priority on the agendas of irrigation policy makers, interventionists, farm leaders and researchers, there is still a considerable gap between positive intentions and concrete action. An important but hitherto ignored reason for this is the lack of adequate generic concepts and tools that are policy-relevant and can accommodate the vast variation in irrigation contexts worldwide. The Gender Performance Indicator for Irrigation (GPII) aims to fill this gap.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2009
    India, Southern Asia

    This report explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) based on a detailed field study in the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A five-step framework is used to analyze the extent to which AWM is practiced and how it could be improved. The analysis shows that the LBP system has increasingly fulfilled the criteria of a complex adaptive system over the years. The main uncertainty factor, rainfall variability, has been considered in a stepwise way during the system change cycles and has been included in the LBP system design.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa

    More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1997
    Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Estonia, Zimbabwe

    This report summarizes recent experiences with the application of PRA methods in the fields of irrigation and water management in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Estonia, and Zimbabwe. Methods of group dynamics, sampling, semi-structured interviewing and dialogue, visualization and diagramming are explained, with examples.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Southern Asia

    Discusses and illustrates concepts for identifying ways of improving productivity of water within basins. The results of applying a water accounting procedure to four sub-basins in South Asia (Bhakra in India; Chishtian in Pakistan; Huruluwewa in nothern Sri Lanka; and Kirindi Oya in southern Sri Lanka) are presented. The methodology used identifies the quantities and productivity of various uses of water within a basin. This information is then used to identify the water-saving potential, and the means of improving the productivity of the managed supplies.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2015
    Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Southern Asia

    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.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1997
    Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Sudan, Egypt, United States of America, Niger, Philippines, China, Indonesia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Colombia, Western Africa, Asia, Africa

    This volume reviews the findings and results of research of the International Irrigation Management Institute during its first decade. The book also reviews several of the institute?s major institutional strengthening activities.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1998
    India, Southern Asia

    Explores the theoretical and actual responses of farmers faced with irrigation supplies that are limited in relation to available land and labor resources, and where the actual schedule and available volume for delivery are uncertain.

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