Water for Food and Rural Development
Approaches and Initiatives in South Asia
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2000
Book
Hardback
378 pages
978-0-7619-9484-8 (ISBN)
Description
This important book addresses two fundamental questions: First, what is the relation, in South Asia, between the development and use of water resources on the one hand, and food security and rural development on the other? Second, which innovative approaches and methodologies can help resolve the deadlock in water resources development and management?
This volume of 17 original essays presents views and experiences on these important questions from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The authors argue strongly for an integrated approach to water resource management which would make it part of the broader agenda of rural transformation. They cite concrete examples to show how a shift away from an exclusive focus on infrastructure development and increased production is possible in practice. All water-related interventions, they recommend, should be made conditional on the inclusion of strategies for sustainable biomass production; resource-rights and asset creation through generating employment (especially for the landless, the land-poor and women); equity in resource access and distribution; and principles of democratic planning and management.
This volume of 17 original essays presents views and experiences on these important questions from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The authors argue strongly for an integrated approach to water resource management which would make it part of the broader agenda of rural transformation. They cite concrete examples to show how a shift away from an exclusive focus on infrastructure development and increased production is possible in practice. All water-related interventions, they recommend, should be made conditional on the inclusion of strategies for sustainable biomass production; resource-rights and asset creation through generating employment (especially for the landless, the land-poor and women); equity in resource access and distribution; and principles of democratic planning and management.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
579 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9484-8 (9780761994848)
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Person
Peter P Mollinga is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Development Studies (ZEF) in Bonn, Germany. Prior to this, he was Associate Professor at the Irrigation and Water Engineering group at Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. He is also Convener of SaciWATERs (South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies), Hyderabad, India. He has worked on irrigation management and reform, and more generally on the politics of water. He is presently involved in land and water management related research in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and India. His academic interest lies in the integration of natural and social science perspectives through the interdisciplinary study of water resources.
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Introduction - Peter P Mollinga1
Water for Food Production in South Asia - C W J Roest
An Overview of ICID Draft Country Papers
Water Against Poverty - Tushaar Shah
Livelihood-oriented Water Resource Management
Water for Food and Environment in the Mountains of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - Mahesh Banskota, Suresh R Chalise and Syed Z Sadeque
PART TWO: WATER, FOOD SECURITY, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Himalayan Waters - Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
A Crucial Resource Base for Sustainable Human Development
Water and Food Security - Anjan Datta
Perspectives from Bangladesh
Flood Control - M Youssouf Ali
A Death Knell for the Inland Open Water Fishery Resources of Bangladesh
Water Resources Development in Nepal - Upendra Gautam and Rajan Subedi
Poverty, Gender and Project Affected Persons
Longer than the Kitchen Spoon - Kusum Athukorala
Gender, Food Security and Rural Development in Sri Lanka, 2025
Resource Conservation and Civil Society - Zaigham Habib
Water and Food Security in Pakistan
Water as an Agent of Social and Economic Change in Nepal - Ajaya Dixit
PART THREE: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
Participatory Irrigation Management for Water Rights in Sindh, Pakistan - Abid Shah
Civil Society Organisations and Irrigation Management in Gujarat, India - E M Shashidharan
Women, Water and Work - Reema Nanavaty
SEWA's Millennium Campaign
Regenerative Agriculture and Rural Development in India - K R Datye, Suhas Paranjape and K J Joy
A new Paradigm
Urban and Rural Watershed Development - Vijay Paranjpye
Examples from India
The Impact of Financial Innovation in Sri Lanka's Irrigated Settlement - Lionel Siriwardena
Introduction - Peter P Mollinga1
Water for Food Production in South Asia - C W J Roest
An Overview of ICID Draft Country Papers
Water Against Poverty - Tushaar Shah
Livelihood-oriented Water Resource Management
Water for Food and Environment in the Mountains of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - Mahesh Banskota, Suresh R Chalise and Syed Z Sadeque
PART TWO: WATER, FOOD SECURITY, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Himalayan Waters - Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
A Crucial Resource Base for Sustainable Human Development
Water and Food Security - Anjan Datta
Perspectives from Bangladesh
Flood Control - M Youssouf Ali
A Death Knell for the Inland Open Water Fishery Resources of Bangladesh
Water Resources Development in Nepal - Upendra Gautam and Rajan Subedi
Poverty, Gender and Project Affected Persons
Longer than the Kitchen Spoon - Kusum Athukorala
Gender, Food Security and Rural Development in Sri Lanka, 2025
Resource Conservation and Civil Society - Zaigham Habib
Water and Food Security in Pakistan
Water as an Agent of Social and Economic Change in Nepal - Ajaya Dixit
PART THREE: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
Participatory Irrigation Management for Water Rights in Sindh, Pakistan - Abid Shah
Civil Society Organisations and Irrigation Management in Gujarat, India - E M Shashidharan
Women, Water and Work - Reema Nanavaty
SEWA's Millennium Campaign
Regenerative Agriculture and Rural Development in India - K R Datye, Suhas Paranjape and K J Joy
A new Paradigm
Urban and Rural Watershed Development - Vijay Paranjpye
Examples from India
The Impact of Financial Innovation in Sri Lanka's Irrigated Settlement - Lionel Siriwardena