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Historical Transformations of the Lower Jordan
River Basin: Changes in Water Use and Projections (1950 - 2025).
Courcier, R., J.P. Venot and François Molle
The Lower Jordan river basin
(LJRB), defined as a hydrological entity, is a region of prime
importance for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: this area includes
83 percent of the total population of Jordan, and most of the
main industries in the country, 80 percent of irrigated agriculture,
and receives 80 percent of the national water resources. During
the last 50 years, because of a demographic boom and generalized
economic development, the Jordanian part of the LJRB has experienced
an intensive and rapid process of mobilization of its rare water
resources. This report presents a qualitative and quantitative
assessment of the history of water resources mobilization and
uses within the LJRB.
Meta-Analysis to Assess Impact of Watershed Program and People's Participation
Joshi, P.K., A.K. Jha, S.P. Wani, Laxmi Joshi and R.L. Shiyani
The study assessed the performance of watershed programs by
employing meta analysis. Meta analysis is a statistical procedure
that integrates and upscales numerous spatially and temporally
distributed combinable micro-level studies to distil logical
macro-level policy inferences. The inferences drawn, based on
meta analysis, are often more objective and authentic. Based
on an exhaustive review of 311 case studies on watershed programs
in India, the study attempted to document efficiency, equity
and sustainability benefits
Impacts of
Irrigation on Inland Fisheries: Appraisals in Laos and Sri Lanka
Sophie Nguyen-Khoa, Laurence Smith and Kai Lorenzen
There is an increasing recognition of the need for improved approaches
for integrated water resources management (IWRM). In many river
basins irrigation is the largest water use, and attention must
be paid to its socioeconomic and environmental impacts, and to
the potential for multiple-use of irrigation systems. This requires
improved approaches for the planning, impact assessment and management
of irrigation projects, and an important component, the assessment
and management of impacts on inland fisheries.
Macro Policies and Investment Priorities for Irrigated Agriculture in Vietnam
Randolph Barker, Claudia Ringler, Nguyen Minh Tien and Mark Rosegrant
This report discusses the experience of the recent past and
future prospects of the agriculture sector. We examine the trends
and changes in agricultural taxation and expenditures noting
the constraints to agricultural growth related to policies in
the non-agriculture as well as the agriculture sector. We focus,
in particular, on irrigation, which has accounted for over half
of agricultural expenditure over the past decade and which has
been a major contributor to both rapid growth in exports and
agricultural employment.
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