Farming Systems Development In Flood Prone Basins

Author : Satgur Saran,Murli Manohar Sinha,Ajay Kumar
Publisher : Daya Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8170352010

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Farming Systems Development in Flood Prone Basins by Satgur Saran,Murli Manohar Sinha,Ajay Kumar Pdf

Flood and water logging land situations are the natural features of Eastern India. These situations start from the foot hills of the Himalayas in Nepal and extended up to Bangla Desh covering the entire stretch of eastern India. The flood-prone basins of eastern India have their own traditional farming systems. Traditional technologies give low but stable yield. Improved technologies generated at experimental stations have not been able to outperform farmers traditional technologies. Efficacy of alternate technology development and dissemination process was explored through the Ford Foundation supported Farming Systems Research (FSR) programme in eastern India. The book deals with the approaches and experiences gained during implementing the FSR programme in a Gandak basin of Vaishali district in Bihar.The book highlights the role of people for developing local resource based technologies. While developing such technologies environment, ecology and social aspects were taken into account. This experience of the authors is being documented so that development workers working under similar situations can develop participatory technologies apart from directly using already developed appropriate technologies mentioned in this book. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Project Area; Chapter 3: Socio-Economic Profile; Chapter 4: Participatory Technology Development Process; Chapter 5: Outstanding Issues; Chapter 6: Impact Assessment; Chapter 7: Future Prospects.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251384589

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Integrated flood management for resilient agrifood systems and rural development by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This report presents a perspective on the impacts of flooding in rural areas and how to address them in an integrated way that delivers multiple long-term benefits for people (food, water, and economic security) and nature. The challenges faced by rural communities are illustrated and a strategic approach to flood management is presented. The approach advocated is based on a paradigm of planning that connects the short and long term, seeks to simultaneously manage flood risk to people, their agrifood systems, related livelihoods and the economy, while promoting the positive (and necessary) role floods play in maintaining productive agriculture (and aquaculture) and ecosystem health. In doing so, the approach embeds the concepts of disaster risk reduction (DRR) that are integral to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, which contributes to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the crucial need to progress at pace towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The report highlights how flood management practice has evolved throughout history largely in response to flood events. This heuristic approach has yielded some important advances in both policy and planning. Central to this has been the shift from a reactive emergency-based response towards a proactive approach aimed at reducing and managing flood risks. There is however more to do. Recognizing that rural areas have received disproportionately less attention, and current approaches to planning and management are less well established in rural areas compared to urban areas (Asian Development Bank, 2018), a small number of recommendations are set to help make more rapid progress towards flood resilience in rural settings.

Author : Sadiq I. Bhuiyan
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789712201974

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Rice Research and Development in the Flood-prone Ecosystem by Sadiq I. Bhuiyan Pdf

Author : Winston H. Yu
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821398746

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The Indus Basin of Pakistan by Winston H. Yu Pdf

This study, Indus basin of Pakistan: the impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture was undertaken at a pivotal time in the region. The weak summer monsoon in 2009 created drought conditions throughout the country. This followed an already tenuous situation for many rural households faced with high fuel and fertilizer costs and the impacts of rising global food prices. Then catastrophic monsoon flooding in 2010 affected over 20 million people, devastating their housing, infrastructure, and crops. Damages from this single flood event were estimated at US dollar 10 billion, half of which were losses in the agriculture sector. Notwithstanding the debate as to whether these observed extremes are evidence of climate change, an investigation is needed regarding the extent to which the country is resilient to these shocks. It is thus timely, if not critical, to focus on climate risks for water, agriculture, and food security in the Indus basin of Pakistan.

Author : J. Marsalek,W. Ed Watt,Evzen Zeman,Heiko Sieker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401005326

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Advances in Urban Stormwater and Agricultural Runoff Source Controls by J. Marsalek,W. Ed Watt,Evzen Zeman,Heiko Sieker Pdf

Notwithstanding past achievements, flood damage continues to rise throughout the world as the magnitudes of floods increase, partly as a result of poor land management and partly by climate change, growing populations and continuing development in flood-prone areas, and the aging and deterioration of flood defences. One of the major goals of water management is the protection of society from floods. That issue is addressed here in terms of such broad issues as flood analysis, flood impact, non-structural and structural flood management measures. Non-structural measures focus on flood plain management, flood insurance, flood forecasting and warning, and emergency measures during floods. Structural measures focus on catchment management, embankments and flood reservoirs. Post-flood measures are also discussed. Future planning of flood management should be based on a clear understanding of the effectiveness interventions and their impacts on river catchment ecosystems.

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. River Basin Survey Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : UGA:32108034233620

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Tombigbee River Basin, Alabama and Mississippi, Water and Related Land Resources by United States. Department of Agriculture. River Basin Survey Staff Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : ERDC:35925003040570

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Tombigbee River Basin, Alabama and Mississippi, Water and Related Land Resources by Anonim Pdf

Author : Regassa E. Namara,Boubacar Barry,Eric S. Owusu,Andrew Ogilvie
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290907428

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An Overview of the Development Challenges and Constraints of the Niger Basin and Possible Intervention Strategies by Regassa E. Namara,Boubacar Barry,Eric S. Owusu,Andrew Ogilvie Pdf

The Niger River Basin covers 7.5% of the African continent and is shared between nine riparian countries. The human population of the basin is growing at an average annual rate of about 3%, which makes the Niger River Basin one of the areas with the highest fertility rates in the world. The desert margin is expanding; climate change is negatively impacting rainfall; and urbanization, industrialization, and the human and livestock population are threatening the quantity and quality of available water resources. The basin population already suffers from chronic poverty. Based on a literature review, this paper suggests some key water-related and other interventions that are capable of easing the basin’s development challenges.

Author : Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1995-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309588393

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Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin by Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council Pdf

This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, with attention to the contingency assumptions, hydrologic methods, and other analyses supporting the flood control options. This book provides detailed comments on many technical issues, including a careful review of the 1991 National Research Council report American River Watershed Investigation, and looks beyond the Sacramento case to broader questions about the nation's approach to flood risk management. It discusses how to utilize information available about flood hazard reduction alternatives for the American River basin, the potential benefits provided by various alternatives, the impacts of alternatives on environmental resources and ecosystems, and the trade-offs inherent in any choice among alternatives which does not lie in the realm of scientists and engineers, but in the arena of public decisionmaking.

Author : Hong Quan Nguyen,Heiko Apel,Quang Bao Le,Minh Tu Nguyen,Venkataramana Sridhar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323914505

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The Mekong River Basin by Hong Quan Nguyen,Heiko Apel,Quang Bao Le,Minh Tu Nguyen,Venkataramana Sridhar Pdf

The Mekong River Basin: Ecohydrological Complexity from Catchment to Coast, Volume Three presents real facts, data and predictions for quantifying human-induced changes throughout the Mekong watershed, including its estuaries and coasts, and proposes solutions to decrease or mitigate the negative effect and enable sustainable development. This is the first work to link socio–ecological interaction study over the whole Mekong River basin through the lens of ecohydrology. Each chapter is written by a leading expert, with coverage on climate change, groundwater, land use, flooding drought, biodiversity and anthropological issues. Human activities are enormous in the whole watershed and are still increasing throughout the catchment, with severe negative impacts on natural resources are emerging. Among these activities, hydropower dams, especially a series of 11 dams in China, are the most critical as they generate massive changes throughout the system, including in the delta and to the livelihoods of millions of people and they threaten sustainability. Presents an extensive collection of eco-hydrological changes in the river basin driven by both nature and anthropological factors Provides state of the art modeling, data analysis methodologies for complex socio-ecological complexity applied in the Mekong river basin Includes specific cases of ecohydrology in the river basin, especially from the Mekong delta

Author : Miguel R. Peña,C. T. Dhanya,Richard J. Dawson,Ashvani Gosain,Zulkifli Yusop
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832535257

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Water security and sustainable development in an uncertain world by Miguel R. Peña,C. T. Dhanya,Richard J. Dawson,Ashvani Gosain,Zulkifli Yusop Pdf

Author : Nikesh SHARMA
Publisher : Rating Academy Ar-Ge Yazılım Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık ve Organizasyon Ticaret Limited Şirketi
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9786257047142

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PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF RAVI RIVER BASIN IN HIMACHAL PRADESH by Nikesh SHARMA Pdf

Subject Headings -Geo-Physical Background of Ravi Basin In Himachal Pradesh -Morphometrıc Analysıs Of Ravı Rıver Basın In Hımachal Pradesh -Socıal Analysıs Of Ravı Rıver Basın In Hımachal Pradesh

Author : United States. Soil Conservation Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Kankakee River Basin (Ind. abd Ill.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112104610537

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Kankakee River Basin, Indiana by United States. Soil Conservation Service Pdf

Author : Barbara A. Miller,Richard B. Reidinger
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0821343084

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Comprehensive River Basin Development by Barbara A. Miller,Richard B. Reidinger Pdf

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the United States represents one of the few successful examples of comprehensive river basin development. Established to guide the development of the resources within the Tennessee River Basin, TVA operates a wide variety of water, power, economic development, and environmental programs within the region. This report presents an overview of TVA's growth and development, its institutions, and its operational programs.

Author : WWAP
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Water quality management
ISBN : 9789231002649

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The United Nations world water development report 2018 by WWAP Pdf