Water for Food and Rural Development: Approaches and Initiatives in South AsiaPeter P Mollinga SAGE Publications, 26 oct. 2000 - 378 pages The concept of integrated water resources management has rapidly gained widespread it is important to clarify this concept so that it does not degenerate into an empty slogan. This important volume establishes the crucial relationship between the multiple uses of water resources on the one hand and food security and rural development on the other, and suggests innovative approaches and methodologies that can help resolve the deadlock in water resources development and management. |
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List of Tables | 7 |
Water for Food and Environment in the Mountains | 69 |
A Crucial Resource Base | 89 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
activities approach areas Bangladesh Bank basin canal CBOs cent cost crops dams Delhi Dhaka drainage drinking water economic efficiency ensure environmental equity farmers farming fish fisheries flood control floodplains food production food security groundwater groups Gujarat hectares Himalayan Himalayan rivers Himalayan waters hydropower ICIMOD implementation improved increase India inputs institutions integrated irrigation irrigation management irrigation systems isation issues Kathmandu labour land livelihood major ment million mountain Nepal NGOs Older Woman organisations Oxfam paddy Pakistan paper participation participatory planning political poor population potential poverty programme rainwater harvesting regional role rural development SEWA Shah Sindh social South Asia Sri Lanka strategy subsidies sustainable tubewells urban utilisation villages vision water development Water for Food water management water problems water projects water resources water resources development water resources management water rights water sector water supply water users watershed women WRSF