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Resources on Southeast Asian Deltas
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Towards co-management of hydro-agricultural infrastructure: lessons learnt from the Prey Nup project in Cambodia
Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques, 2006Numerous public hydro-agricultural infrastructures around the world are in crisis. Many are now in agreement that combining the rehabilitation of infrastructures with the transfer of responsibility for these infrastructures to farmers’ organisations is the way forward.DocumentWater management, livestock and the opium economy: opium poppy cultivation in kunduz and balkh
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2006This report draws together an initial set of field observations and working arguments in relation to the drivers of opium poppy cultivation in Kunduz and Balkh, Afghanistan.The authors note that Kunduz is valuable as a research location because of the current general absence of opium poppy cultivation, while in contrast, Balkh, with comparable conditions to Kunduz, is an area of expanding opiumDocumentSmall-scale irrigation dams, agricultural production, and health: theory and evidence from Ethiopia
World Bank Research, 2005Using the case study of the Sustainable Agricultural and Environmental Rehabilitation (SAERT) program in the northern Ethiopia regional state of Tigray, the author examines the potential and significance of installing small-scale irrigation dams to increase agricultural productivity and food production, particularly in areas prone to waterborne diseases.Some of the findings and policy implicatiDocumentCities versus agriculture: revisiting intersectoral water transfers, potential gains and conflicts
International Water Management Institute, 2006Making better use of the water we have- instead of increasing and diversifying supply, is proposed by many as a way of mitigating water-scarcity problems. Moving water away from agriculture to uses with higher economic value is widely seen as desirable. But does this notion really hold water?DocumentThe local politics of land and water: case studies from the Mekong Delta
Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques, 2005This document takes a historical view of the relations between individual and collective actors in local water management in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam.DocumentBeyond more crop for drop: water management for food and the environment
International Water Management Institute, 2006Why is so much water used for irrigation?DocumentCan river communities benefit from resettlement?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005The forced resettlement of river basin communities because of dam construction is a highly controversial process. It can be justified only if plans are implemented to enable resettlers to raise their living standards. They should be involved in all stages of project decision-making including project identification and, if a dam is selected, in project planning, implementation and monitoring.Pages