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Book (stand-alone)Water and the Rural Poor
Interventions for Improving Livelihoods in Asia
2014Also available in:
No results found.Investments in water have played a critical role in promoting socio-economic development in rural Asia. Sustainable management of water resources remains a prerequisite for development and reducing poverty and hunger. Water is a key factor affecting agricultural production and reduction of rural poverty. Most small farmers live in areas with poor natural resource conditions, where water-related constraints are a root cause of low production and increasing vulnerability to natural disasters and c limate variability. The importance of securing water availability for rural livelihoods is therefore increasing. This report demonstrates that there is tremendous potential for well-targeted water interventions to enhance livelihoods and support rural development even in water-scarce environments. It argues that future investments in agricultural water management should complement other interventions to support rural transformation and poverty reduction programmes. The region is confronted with a double transitional challenge of maintaining rapid economic growth and managing natural resources sustainably. Rural livelihoods are in transition and are evolving in complex ways, shaped by both global forces and local contexts. -
No Thumbnail AvailableDocumentGUYANA: Poor Rural Communities Support Services Project - Drainage and Irrigation Component
Socio-economic and Production Systems Study - 1997
1997Also available in:
No results found.In preparing an investment project, development strategies and project components are defined and revisited during project formulation through a consultative process that often includes Socio-economic and Production Systems Studies. These studies are conducted to develop an appreciation of the situation in which the intended beneficiaries live, and their perceptions of their problems, needs and priorities. The main objective of the present study was to increase the understanding of the character istics of the physical resources, the farming systems and the communities concerned by the project in Guyana, and to identify and describe the farmers' needs and priorities. This survey was undertaken with the view to determine mechanisms for the sustainable rehabilitation of the drainage and irrigation system involving farmer participation and to focus the project activities for poverty alleviation purposes. -
Book (stand-alone)Land-water linkages in rural watersheds 2002It is often assumed that upstream land use practices have important impacts on water resources and affect the downstream users at a watershed scale. Payments by downstream users to upstream users for "environmental services" such as good water quality, less sediments or more regular water flow are widely discussed. However, much controversy exists about the direction and magnitude of such impacts, how they influence the relationships between upstream and downstream users, and which mechanisms al low for a sharing of resulting benefits and costs by all resource users in a watershed context. To address these issues, the FAO Land and Water Development Dicvision organized the electronic workshop "Lan-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds" from 18 September to 27 October 2000. The present publication contains the proceedings of the workshop and two papers that set the stage for the workshop discussions. The complete workshop documentation, including discussion archive, background papers and cas e studies, is included on the CD-ROM that accompanies the document.
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