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Book (series)Technical studyRevaluing multiple-use water services for food and water security 2023
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No results found.Water is an indispensable resource that lies at the heart of sustenance and prosperity for communities worldwide. In low- and middle-income countries, households and communities have long relied on a single water source to fulfil a multitude of needs, encompassing drinking, washing, cooking, livestock raising, and irrigation. Traditional water supply systems have served as hydraulic structures for multiple purposes, catering to diverse water requirements. As countries progressed towards modernization, the emphasis shifted towards single-use water infrastructure, inadvertently neglecting the multifaceted nature of water demands that contribute to people's livelihoods. In developing countries, water resources management centered around large-scale irrigation and water development projects to spur economic growth. Infrastructure, institutions, policies, and practices were organized around single-use sectors. Consequently, prevailing models of water modernization unintentionally disregarded or even discouraged the acknowledgement of multiple uses. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookMultiple uses of water services in large irrigation systems
Auditing and planning modernization The MASSMUS Approach
2013Also available in:
No results found.The use of water is essentially multiple and people live in environments supported by water. These two fundamentals seem to be straightforward common sense; in fact, the patterns of water management are not included. The inheritance of the ‘silo’ approach has mostly led to clear-cut sectoral approaches in the water sector where water agencies are mainly organized around a single use of water. What has been observed, however, and noted throughout rural and urban areas is that multiple u ses of water within a water infrastructure command area is more common than single use. Multiple uses of water may be the result of a multipurpose scheme’s design, or more frequently arises from local practices. Most water systems are run on the principle of ‘non exclusion’: once built it is almost impossible to prevent local people from using the water for any needs for which they have no alternative. Not having any other water source people living near the irrigation infrastructure will use the water for their animals, bathing, domestic use, the environment and fishing. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookMapping Systems and Service for Multiple Uses in Shahapur Branch Canal Upper Krishna Project KJBNL - Karntaka - India
MASSMUS Application
2010Also available in:
No results found.The MASSMUS application presented here has been initialized through a MASSCOTE training workshop in Karnataka for engineers and managers from the KJBNL focussing on Upper Krishna Project in 2009. The contributions of participants made during the working group sessions at this workshop have been largely included in this report.
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BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018.