Project title: Test marketing low cost irrigation solutions in Bihar and Jharkhand: Irrigation solution matrix for smallholder farmers (SG512) Introduction Bihar and Jharkhand states in India have a low rate of urbanization and poverty is predominantly rural, and associated with limited access to land, irrigation sources, livestock, poor education and [...]
Project title: Selecting and scaling up water-efficient farming and groundwater recharge systems among 3,000 small-scale farmers (SG508) Introduction Water availability especially the groundwater is a big concern in the project area in Rajasthan, India. Farmers grow water intensive crops with inefficient irrigation practices due to several reasons: wasteful practices, socio-economic [...]
Project title: Development and testing of training materials and information for scaling up dissemination of micro-irrigation and associated water-control technologies designed for small plot systems (SG507) Introduction In India and Nepal, International Development Enterprises (IDE) water control technologies are not used but experience with watershed management and water conservation exists. [...]
Project title: Improving water productivity, reducing poverty and enhancing equity in mixed crop-livestock systems in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (PN68) Introduction The livelihoods of millions of farmers in the Indo-Gangetic Basin – particularly for the landless and the small landholders for which incomes from land are not sufficient to meet their [...]
Project title: Tackling water and food crisis in South Asia: Insights from the Indo-Gangetic Basin (PN60) Introduction The indo-Gangetic basin is currently witnessing an unstoppable boom in groundwater pumping in its northwestern region. At the same time a large region in the eastern part of the basin (eastern India, Nepal [...]
Project Preface – From the projects’ website: http://cpwfbfp.pbworks.com The Basin Focal Projects of the Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) provide strategic insight of the links between water, food and poverty in river basins. Based on the best scientific analysis within ten River Basins these projects answer the following key [...]
Project title: Strategic analysis of India’s river linking project (PN48) Introduction Coping with annual floods and droughts as well as meeting the huge demand for water to enhance and diversify food production has been a major challenge for policy makers in India. One mooted yet controversial solution was the National [...]
Project title: The international training and research program on groundwater governance in Asia: Theory and practice (PN42) Introduction Poor understanding of the resource and potential management options and associated weak governance leads to over-exploitation of groundwater in some areas, while under-utilization co-exists in other parts in the Indus-Gangetic and the [...]
Project title: Community-based fish culture in irrigation systems and seasonal floodplains (PN35) Introduction Fish harvesting in the reservoirs and canals of irrigation systems are important sources of protein and livelihoods for the poor and landless households. Floodplain aquaculture represents an alternative use of floodplain resources that has the potential to [...]
Project title: Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs (PN34) Introduction An ever-growing number of small, medium and large reservoirs are being built in the world for irrigation or hydro-power purposes. While some fishing activities take place on these water-bodies, the productivity of their fisheries is in many cases [...]
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