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  Food, water, and energy security in South Asia: a nexus perspective from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

  Science Direct, 2014

  With limited land resources, inadequate energy supply, and growing water stress, South Asia faces the challenge of providing enough water and energy to grow enough food for the burgeoning population.
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  Drought in Jalna: community-based adaptation to extreme climate events in Maharashtra

  Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2014

  This booklet is based on outcomes from a two-year Indo-Norwegian research and capacity development project titled, ‘Extreme Risks, Vulnerabilities and Community-Based Adaptation in India (EVA)’. The findings draw upon empirical data from rural communities in Jalna District in the dryland region of Marathwada of Maharashtra.
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  Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project.

  International Water Management Institute, 2012

  This report provides practical recommendations and tools for governments, the private sector, donors and organisations to effectively support farmer-led initiatives to improve water managment with a focus on Africa and India. It is a collaborative research report with inputs from IWMI, FAO, iDE, IFPRI and SEI. 
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  Water for Food, water for life: The comprehensive assessment of water in agriculture

  International Water Management Institute, 2007

  This summary of the International Water Management Institute's 2007 Earthscan book of the same name describes key water-food-environment trends that infuence our lives today and uses scenarios to explore the consequences of a range of potential investments.
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  Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)

  Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation founded in 1993, currently operating in five 5 Indian states: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan a
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  GRAIN — Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab

  GRAIN, 2012

  Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse.
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  Integrated solutions to the water, agriculture and climate crises

  2009

  This report investigates the role of agriculture in addressing global challenges related to climate, water and food.
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  The future of sustainability in the Arab region

  International Union for Conservation for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) - West Asia/Middle East Regional Office (WAME), 2008

  The absence of a unified Arab perspective towards the sustainability approach and a lack of local capacity to generate a knowledge body which can contribute to the global debate on this, prompted the development of a regional forum to consolidate a south-based perspective with a special emphasis on Arab countries.
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  Conserving land, protecting water

  International Water Management Institute, 2008

  Following from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture project, this book examines the relationships and linkages between land use and water management and social systems.
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  Forests and water

  Unasylva, FAO, 2008

  Water-related problems are an increasingly important challenge to sustainable development, and the availability and quality of water are strongly influenced by forests.

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