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Book Synopsis Small Scale Irrigation And Sustainable Livelihoods by : Godwin Achana
Download or read book Small Scale Irrigation And Sustainable Livelihoods written by Godwin Achana and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa has always been hard hit by several problems for decades now.Seasonal drought has been part of the disasters that plaque the region and with the recent threat of Climate Change, the problems now assume a scary magnitude if efforts are not intensified to mitigate it.Besides, conflicts, lack of policy direction, formulation of policies with unrealistic assumptions, uncommitted political leadership, etc.have impinged on the region's food production and efforts at alleviating poverty. This book examines small scale irrigation schemes as poverty intervention measures in the drylands of Northern Ghana in the West African Region. Two small scale irrigation schemes have been examined to ascertain how a relevant poverty intervention measure can be effectively introduced and made to empower the poor as it has been designed to do especially in the drylands of the Tropics. Though the people in the various communities expressed satisfaction with the performance of the schemes, many problems were uncovered. The book will be relevant to young researchers and undergraduate students of Development Studies, Natural Resource Management and Social Science in general.
Book Synopsis Irrigation Initiated Projects and Rural Livelihoods. A case of Mushandike Irrigation Scheme by : Gaylord Munemo
Download or read book Irrigation Initiated Projects and Rural Livelihoods. A case of Mushandike Irrigation Scheme written by Gaylord Munemo and published by Great Zimbabwe University. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study has been undertaken in quest for understanding the seemingly unaddressed issues in irrigation schemes. Too habitually, studies in irrigation schemes are essentially purposeful on the issues of crop production and water supply and management. This study thus approaches the issue of rural livelihoods and irrigation initiated projects trying to weigh the viability and feasibility of those projects and assessing the problems faced by the participants. The study is highly qualitative and adopted investigative techniques like observation, focus group discussions and unstructured interviews. The study has been carried out in the Mushandike irrigation scheme with meticulous emphasis and specialisation on Village 12. The research thus seeks to give an anthropological elucidation of irrigation initiated projects as rural livelihoods and how sustainable they appear to be. The sustainable livelihoods framework by Ian Scoones has been employed in trying to explicate the findings of the study. It has thus been observed that irrigation initiated projects in the area of study are not sustainable, are very seasonal and vulnerable to shocks. However coping strategies have been put in place but goals are still not met in accordance to the plans.
Book Synopsis Small Scale Irrigation Systems by : Prachanda Pradhan
Download or read book Small Scale Irrigation Systems written by Prachanda Pradhan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth by : Viviana Re
Download or read book Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth written by Viviana Re and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth explores how groundwater, often invisibly, improves peoples’ lives and livelihoods. This unique collection of 19 studies captures experiences of groundwater making a difference in 16 countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Such studies are rarely documented and this book provides a rich new collection of interdisciplinary analysis. The book is published in colour and includes many original diagrams and photographs. Spring water, wells or boreholes have provided safe drinking water and reliable water for irrigation or industry for millennia. However, the hidden nature of groundwater often means that it’s important role both historically and in the present is overlooked. This collection helps fill this knowledge gap, providing a diverse set of new studies encompassing different perspectives and geographies. Different interdisciplinary methodologies are described that can help understand linkages between groundwater, livelihoods and growth, and how these links can be threatened by over-use, contamination, and ignorance. Written for a worldwide audience of practitioners, academics and students with backgrounds in geology, engineering or environmental sciences; Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth is essential reading for those involved in groundwater and international development.
Book Synopsis Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture by : Amitava Rakshit
Download or read book Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture written by Amitava Rakshit and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture: Improving Livelihoods and Sustainability is an invaluable resource focussing on the current state of knowledge and scientific advances about the complex and intertwined issues of innovation and how they relate to livelihood of small-scale farmers. This book exposes readers with a holistic overview on how agriculture is most associated with the development and transfer of technologies to farmers and their participation in research and development initiatives to improve the relevancy and usefulness of its outputs and innovation which is not well documented. The book offers comprehensive coverage of the most essential topics, including: Recent scientific advances on agricultural innovations for small farmers. Emphasizes on opportunities and constraints of techno-institutional paradigms. Highlight low-cost and eco-friendly interventions. Case studies on various innovations in agriculture spanning the different agricultural gamut.
Book Synopsis The Greening of Aid by : Czech Conroy
Download or read book The Greening of Aid written by Czech Conroy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of poor countries has so often meant the export of Northern technology for ambitious schemes designed to make money the latest giant dam, oil refinery, logging process or pesticide factory. But such 'aid' has frequently been ecologically destructive and its crippling cost has ended up making life immeasurably worse for those it was supposed to help. Using examples from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, this book shows there are forms of development that allow people to control their own resources while improving their condition and enhancing their environment. The 33 case studies from agriculture, fishing and industry were commissioned by the International Institute for Environment and Development from people closely involved in the projects, with overviews by Robert Chambers, John Michael Kramer, Marilyn Carr, David Butcher and Yves Cabannes. Originally published in 1988
Book Synopsis Farming Systems and Poverty by : John A. Dixon
Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Book Synopsis Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa by : Adrian Wood
Download or read book Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa written by Adrian Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered. Current policies and wetland management are too frequently underpinned by a perspective that views agriculture simply as a threat and disregards its important contribution to livelihoods. In rural areas where people are entrenched in poverty, wetlands (in particular wetland agriculture) have a critical role to play in supporting and developing peoples' livelihoods. Furthermore, as populations rise and climate change takes grip they will be increasingly important. The authors argue that an approach to wetland management that is much more people focused is required. That is an approach that instead of being concerned primarily with environmental outcomes is centred on livelihood outcomes supported by the sustainable use of natural wetland resources. The authors stress the need for Integrated Water Resource Management and landscape approaches to ensure sustainable use of wetlands throughout a river catchment and the need for wetland management interventions to engage with a wide range of stakeholders. They also assess the feasibility of creating incentives and value in wetlands to support sustainable use. Drawing on nine empirical case studies, this book highlights the different ways in which sustainable use of wetlands has been sought, each case focusing on specific issues about wetlands, agriculture and livelihoods.
Book Synopsis Sustainable Groundwater Development for Improved Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Paul Pavelic
Download or read book Sustainable Groundwater Development for Improved Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Paul Pavelic and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and challenges of intensifying groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for improving smallholder agrarian livelihoods. Only about 3% of the groundwater resources of Sub-Saharan Africa are used for irrigated agriculture despite the subcontinent’s relative abundance of groundwater. The majority of the region’s smallholders are highly dependent on seasonal dryland cropping, making them extremely vulnerable to uncertain weather patterns and droughts. Improved irrigation capabilities through sustainable groundwater development could unleash smallholder farming and make it a major driver of economic growth, poverty reduction, climate resilience, and improved food security. So, why is groundwater so underused? Tapping into groundwater requires a major shift in farming practices and it has its own challenges and requirements – smallholder access to land and finance for irrigation infrastructure and equipment, gendered and equitable adoption options. This whole list is framed in terms of what the smallholder farmers need. Hence, this should also be put in this context, supply chains, energy access, resource availability, and institutional support. The chapters in this book present a picture that is not only heterogeneous across the region, but also hold some common denominators. They serve to enrich the discourse and help better understand the barriers along the pathways toward the sustainable and transformative adoption of groundwater irrigation. The scientific information provided herein would be of interest to researchers, practitioners, decision makers and planners with interest in the region. This book was originally published as a Special Issue of Water International journal.
Book Synopsis Self-Sufficient Agriculture by : Robert Tripp
Download or read book Self-Sufficient Agriculture written by Robert Tripp and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low external-input technology (or LEIT) is an increasingly prominent subject in discussions of sustainable agriculture. There are growing calls for self-sufficient agriculture in an era experiencing diminishing returns from reliance upon expensive synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. There are many reasons to support strategies for low external input farming, including a concern for environmental sustainability, increased attention to resource-poor farmers and marginal environments, and the conviction that a better use of local resources in small-scale agriculture can improve farm productivity and innovation. But despite the increased attention to self-sufficient agriculture, there is little evidence available on the performance and impact of LEIT.This book examines the contributions and limitations of low external input technology for addressing the needs of resource-poor farmers. For the first time a balanced analysis of LEIT is provided, offering in-depth case studies, an analysis of the debates, an extensive review of the literature and practical suggestions about the management and integration of low external input agriculture in rural development programmes.
Book Synopsis Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth by : Viviana Re
Download or read book Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth written by Viviana Re and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Groundwater, sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth explores how groundwater, often invisibly, improves peoples' lives and livelihoods. This unique collection of 19 studies captures experiences of groundwater making a difference in 16 countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Such studies are rarely documented and this book provides a rich new collection of interdisciplinary analysis. The book is published in colour and includes many original diagrams and photographs. Written for a worldwide audience of practitioners, academics and students with backgrounds in geology, engineering or environmental sciences"--
Book Synopsis Rainfed Agriculture by : Sukhadeo Thorat
Download or read book Rainfed Agriculture written by Sukhadeo Thorat and published by Anamika Pub & Distributors. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study with special reference to Maharasshtra.
Book Synopsis Water resources and irrigation development in Ethiopia by : Seleshi Bekele Awulachew
Download or read book Water resources and irrigation development in Ethiopia written by Seleshi Bekele Awulachew and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2007 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irrigation programs / Water use / Reservoirs / Lakes / River basins / Water potential / Water resources
Book Synopsis Organic Agriculture, Environment and Food Security by : Nadia Scialabba
Download or read book Organic Agriculture, Environment and Food Security written by Nadia Scialabba and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic agriculture is defined as an environmentally and socially sensitive food supply system. This publication considers the contribution of organic agriculture to ecological health, international markets and local food security. It contains a number of case studies of the practical experiences of small farmers throughout the world (including India, Iran, Thailand, Uganda and Brazil) who have adopted fully integrated food systems, and analyses the prospects for a wider adoption of organic agriculture. The book also discusses the weakness of institutional support for nurturing existing knowledge and exchange in organic agriculture.
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Book Synopsis Field guide to improve water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Field guide to improve water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of irrigation in gearing agriculture development towards a broader economic growth is undeniable. Accordingly, irrigation is growing into key operational strategy for governments and their agencies to increase agricultural productivity, thus combatting food insecurity and boosting overall growth. While agriculture absorbs rural workforce, generates income and increases food security, it has become the most important driver in freshwater exploitation. The rapid expansion of water demand leads to the generalized phenomena of imbalance between water supply and water demand. This increasing pressure on water resources urges enhancing Water Use Efficiency. Enhancing Water Use Efficiency requires actions at all levels, from agricultural practitioners to scheme managers, and up to the policy-makers. The objective of this Field Guide is to show practical measures to improve Water Use Efficiency in small-scale agriculture based on case studies from Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda. The Book not only presents applicable Water Use Efficiency measures, but also guide the readers through their real-term implementation. While the Guide provides complete set of instructions to improve Water Use Efficiency in order to reach optimal irrigation practices, the successful outcome still depends on the farmers’ willingness to embrace and adopt the recommended measures. The Guide holds in evidence that farmers are often constrained by available resources to improve their practices in terms of budget, inputs or labour. In order to take these issues into account, the recommendations are limited on practical measures, which can be followed by farmers without requiring additional resources.
Book Synopsis Factors Affecting Sustainability of Small Scale Irrigation Projects by : Gona William
Download or read book Factors Affecting Sustainability of Small Scale Irrigation Projects written by Gona William and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government and Donors saw the potential and in exploiting this potential came up with small scale irrigation projects along river Galana with sole aim of attaining food security and improvement of the social-economic well being of the residents. These failed after the donors closed the projects and interventions continue to fail. Galana river is the second longest river in Kenya but to date there is no irrigation scheme which is operational. The study scope was Chakama location which falls under the ASAL region thus rain fed agriculture is a challenge thus irrigation is the the only alternative. Two schemes in this area; Chakama and Shakahola irrigation schemes were of interest as they are the oldest and have the highest number of Donor Agencies intervention. Three basic motivational theories; Theories X and Y, Mallows hierarchy of needs and contingency theory formed the basis of the literature review leading to a a conceptional framework relating poverty, flooding of river, scheme management practices and design to sustainability. These relations helped to determine the factors affecting sustainability of small scale irrigation proje
Book Synopsis Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Mountainous Region by : Praveen Kumar Rai
Download or read book Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Mountainous Region written by Praveen Kumar Rai and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
