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Resource management at local level: "platform" approach for integration by Pant, Dhruba, Sharma, K. R.

“…Therefore, an action research was carried out in Nepal and India to examine the possibility of up-scaling the role of existing natural resource users? …”
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From improved water accounting to increased water productivity in the Fergana Valley by Karimov, Akmal A., David, S., Platonov, Alexander, Khamzina, A.

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Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment by Sharma, Bharat R.

“…As a consequence, pollution is increasing and rivers are drying up because of greater agricultural production and water consumption; land and water resources are being stressed through erosion, salinization, nutrient depletion and the intrusion of seawater; and groundwater levels are declining rapidly in densely populated areas of North Africa, North China, India, and Mexico because of overexploitation. Increasing water withdrawals and water depletion for irrigation under such stressed conditions further aggravates the severity of the already stressed environments. …”
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Environmental services and water use in South Asia: evidences from Indo-Gangetic basins by Xenarios, Stefanos, Sharma, Bharat R., Singh, A.

“…The research is based on results from an extensive survey in selected clusters of India, Pakistan and Nepal. The case studies are situated along Indo-Gangetic basins due to the presence of more evident environmental problem linked with irrigation. …”
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Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs by Béné, Christophe, Abban, E.K., Abdel-Rahman, S.H., Ayyappan, S., Brummett, R.E., Dankwa, H.R., Das, Anup K., Habib, O.A., Katiha, P.K., Kolding, J., Obirih-Opareh, N., Ofori, J.K., Shehata, M., Shrivastava, N.P., Vass, K.K.

“…“Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs” The objective of the project was to contribute to the current research on reservoirs enhancement fisheries in tropical countries through the implementation of a series of action-research activities implemented in two small reservoirs in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India, and two very large reservoirs in Africa, the Lake Nasser (Egypt), and the Volta Lake (Ghana). …”
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Integrated modeling framework to evaluate conjunctive use options in a canal irrigated area by Kumar, Saideepa, Pavelic, Paul, George, B., Venugopal, K., Nawarathna, B.

“…Applying the model to a case study area of the Srisailam Right Branch Canal project in Andhra Pradesh, India, indicated that regulating canal supplies to optimum levels can prompt sustainable groundwater use and save up to 48% of allocated canal water; these water savings could be reallocated elsewhere within the irrigated area to promote equity.…”
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Assessing wetland ecosystem services and poverty interlinkages: a general framework and case study by Kumar, R., Horwitz, P., Milton, G.R., Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali, Buckton, S.T., Davidson, N.C., Pattnaik, A.K., Zavagli, M., Baker, C.

“…The framework highlights ecological character as a social construct and, with the notion of wetlands as settings for human well-being, builds a concept for assessing the inter-linkages between ecosystem services and livelihoods.The value and broader applicability of our framework is then tested by applying it to a case study from India (Lake Chilika) to evaluate the degree to which the mutual goals of improving both human well-being and the ecological character of wetlands have been achieved. …”
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Malaria vectors in the changing environment of the southern Punjab, Pakistan by Klinkenberg, Eveline, Konradsen, Flemming, Herrel, N., Mukhtar, M., Hoek, Wim van der, Amerasinghe, Felix P.

“…Since the 1980s, however, malaria has been at a low ebb, while in other areas of Pakistan and neighbouring India malaria is on the increase. This raises the question of whether transmission in the Pakistani Punjab may have been in uenced by a change in vector species abundance or composition, possibly induced by environmental changes. …”
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The impacts of climate change on tropical and subtropical horticultural production by Mathur, P.N., Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Jarvis, Andy

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Castor seed oil brings smiles in Côte d'Ivoire by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The final conclusions of the trials should be awaited before people start trying to overtake India, world champion in castor seed oil production, but this is clearly a crop to watch. …”
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Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities by Rooijen, Daniel J. van, Smout, I., Drechsel, Pay, Biggs, Trent W.

“…Despite significant efforts to increase wastewater treatment, substantial volumes of untreated wastewater are applied in irrigated agriculture in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Accra (Ghana) and Hyderabad (India). Additional options for safeguarding public health are required to allow the cities to maintain the benefits from already existing, but largely informal, wastewater reuse.…”
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Hydrogeology of the eastern Ganges Basin: an overview by Natarajan, Rajmohan, Prathapar, Sanmugam A.

“…This study focuses on the Eastern Ganges Basin (EGB) and covers India (Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal), Bangladesh and the Nepal Terai. …”
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Evidence-Based Insurance Development for Nigeria’s Farmers: Briefing paper for Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD)-CCAFS Knowledge-Sharing Worksh... by Hellin, Jonathan, Hansen, James W., Araba D

“…Experiences from index insurance initiatives worldwide provide important lessons for the development of crop index insurance in Nigeria. Experiences from India, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Senegal suggest that there is demand for index insurance; that the bundling of insurance with key farm inputs e.g. improved seed and fertilizer, makes the insurance package more attractive to farmers; but that several challenges still to overcome, including data management, basis risk, logistical and client communication. …”
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Greenhouse gas measurement from smallholder production systems: guidelines for static chamber method by Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Rai, M., Singh, L.K., Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Jat, Mangi Lal, Sutaliya, Jhabar Mal, Bijarniya, Deepak, Jat MK, Jat, Kumar Raj, Parihar CM, Kapoor P, Jat HS, Dadarwal RS, Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Sharma, D.K.

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Climate-induced migration in South Asia: Migration decisions and the gender dimensions of adverse climatic events by Bhatta, Gopal Datt, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Poudel, S., Belgrave DA

“…Using data from a survey of 2,660 farm-families and focused group discussions in Bihar (India), Terai (plains) (Nepal) and coastal Bangladesh, we employed logistic regression to investigate household response towards migration and gender dimensions of adverse climatic events. …”
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Groundwater quality issues and management in Ramganga Sub-Basin by Natarajan, Rajmohan, Amarasinghe, Upali A.

“…Groundwater quality receives increasing attention in water management in India. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the emerging issues of groundwater quality in the Ramganga Sub-Basin (RSB), a tributary joining the Ganga River from the northern plains, which extends over 30,839 Sq. km and covers 15 districts in both Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. …”
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Potential negative consequences of geoengineering on crop production: A study of Indian groundnut by Yang, Huiyi, Dobbie, Steven, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Feng, Kuishuang, Challinor, Andrew J., Chen, Bing, Gao, Yao, Lee, Lindsay, Yin, Yan, Sun, Laixiang, Watson, James, Köhler, Ann-Kristin, Fan, Tingting, Ghosh, Sat

“…Using an ensemble of crop-climate model simulations, we illustrate that groundnut yields in India undergo a statistically significant decrease of up to 20% as a result of solar dimming geoengineering relative to RCP4.5. …”
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The challenges and benefits of employing a mobile research fellow to facilitate team work on a large, interdisciplinary, multi-sited project by Sugden, Fraser, Punch, S.

“…It is based on a five-site, cross-cultural project, involving nine partners with a mixture of natural and social science backgrounds, researching aquatic resource use, rural livelihoods, work and education in China, Vietnam and India.…”
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Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai by Mukherji, Aditi, Chowdhury, Devjit Roy, Fishman, Ram, Lamichhane, Nabina, Khadgi, Vijay, Bajracharya, Sugat

“…These models were based on policies of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), and similar schemes available in India and Bangladesh. Village Development Committees (VDCs) were randomly divided into three groups and one financial option was provided to each group of VDCs. …”
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Recent progress in cassava varietal improvement in Vietnam by Tran Ngoc Ngoan, Hoang, Kim, Kawano, Kazuo

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