The document discusses issues with public irrigation systems in South Asia, noting low water duties, inequitable water distribution, declining reliability and flexibility over time. It analyzes factors influencing water productivity and service levels, finding that duty is the most important variable. The document also examines lessons learned on improving irrigation management and service through modern concepts like proportional flow division and improving employee management.
Toolkit part 4 - A3 Posters: how to work with scenarios; filtering ideas; val...Forum for the Future
Consumer Futures 2020 is designed as a practical tool to help organisations throughout the global consumer goods industry plan for the future. It contains four different but entirely plausible scenarios which explore how patterns of onsumption and consumer behaviour may have changed by 2020.
Our component accounting factsheet sets out the findings from a survey carried out by Grant Thornton, to the housing sector about their experience of component accounting to date.
Up-scaling and out-scaling conservation agriculture technologies: The case of...CIMMYT
Poster by Alfred Micheni (KARI), Fred Kanampiu (CIMMYT), Onesmus Kitonyo (CIMMYT), James Ouma (KARI), Mekuria Mulugetta (CIMMYT) , George Mburathi (ACIAR) and Ezekiel Ngoroi (KARI) presented at 3rd International Agronomy Congress New Delhi , India on 26-30 November, 2012
Netherlands to help promote Vietnam tourism image abroad. Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi won the PATA gold award 2010. Contest to seek new slogan for National Tourism Campaign. International Tourism Festival to be held with Hanoi’s millennial years. Vietnam Water Puppetry.....
The document discusses an upcoming sailing race from Hong Kong to Vietnam that will finish in Nha Trang, noting that the scenic city provides an ideal location. It also provides details about the race such as its length and participating boats. The Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa, which overlooks the bay, will host the awards celebration for the race.
The document summarizes the reopening of the Movenpick Hotel Saigon following a $15 million renovation. Key points include:
1) The renovation included updating each room, public spaces, restaurants, and retail outlets with a modern design incorporating local Vietnamese style.
2) Twenty-seven new rooms were added for a total of 278 rooms. New chefs have also revitalized the dining options.
3) Updates were made with business travelers in mind, including modern meeting spaces, a large wine selection, and high-speed internet access throughout the hotel.
Mubadala Petroleum hired Omnia to develop a new brand identity to unite its various oil and gas subsidiaries acquired across Asia under one banner. Omnia conducted brand research and workshops to develop a brand strategy and visual identity. This included creating a brand mark, applications, guidelines, and launching collateral like a website and brand book. The project was completed on an expedited timeline to introduce the new brand to key stakeholders in the UAE oil industry, governments, employees, and shareholders.
Red River ceramic road recognized as Guinness World Record. HCMC expected to start development project of Waterway Tourism. Accor signs two new Pullman hotels in Vietnam. Dragon festival to mark 1,000th anniversary Of Thang Long-Hanoi. MITT Organisers Made a Decision Expected by the Market.....
Toolkit part 4 - A3 Posters: how to work with scenarios; filtering ideas; val...Forum for the Future
Consumer Futures 2020 is designed as a practical tool to help organisations throughout the global consumer goods industry plan for the future. It contains four different but entirely plausible scenarios which explore how patterns of onsumption and consumer behaviour may have changed by 2020.
Our component accounting factsheet sets out the findings from a survey carried out by Grant Thornton, to the housing sector about their experience of component accounting to date.
Up-scaling and out-scaling conservation agriculture technologies: The case of...CIMMYT
Poster by Alfred Micheni (KARI), Fred Kanampiu (CIMMYT), Onesmus Kitonyo (CIMMYT), James Ouma (KARI), Mekuria Mulugetta (CIMMYT) , George Mburathi (ACIAR) and Ezekiel Ngoroi (KARI) presented at 3rd International Agronomy Congress New Delhi , India on 26-30 November, 2012
Netherlands to help promote Vietnam tourism image abroad. Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi won the PATA gold award 2010. Contest to seek new slogan for National Tourism Campaign. International Tourism Festival to be held with Hanoi’s millennial years. Vietnam Water Puppetry.....
The document discusses an upcoming sailing race from Hong Kong to Vietnam that will finish in Nha Trang, noting that the scenic city provides an ideal location. It also provides details about the race such as its length and participating boats. The Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa, which overlooks the bay, will host the awards celebration for the race.
The document summarizes the reopening of the Movenpick Hotel Saigon following a $15 million renovation. Key points include:
1) The renovation included updating each room, public spaces, restaurants, and retail outlets with a modern design incorporating local Vietnamese style.
2) Twenty-seven new rooms were added for a total of 278 rooms. New chefs have also revitalized the dining options.
3) Updates were made with business travelers in mind, including modern meeting spaces, a large wine selection, and high-speed internet access throughout the hotel.
Mubadala Petroleum hired Omnia to develop a new brand identity to unite its various oil and gas subsidiaries acquired across Asia under one banner. Omnia conducted brand research and workshops to develop a brand strategy and visual identity. This included creating a brand mark, applications, guidelines, and launching collateral like a website and brand book. The project was completed on an expedited timeline to introduce the new brand to key stakeholders in the UAE oil industry, governments, employees, and shareholders.
Red River ceramic road recognized as Guinness World Record. HCMC expected to start development project of Waterway Tourism. Accor signs two new Pullman hotels in Vietnam. Dragon festival to mark 1,000th anniversary Of Thang Long-Hanoi. MITT Organisers Made a Decision Expected by the Market.....
The document discusses a new patented product called the Electroluminescent Vehicle License Plate Frame. Some key points:
1) The frame uses electroluminescent technology to provide a visually appealing display for vehicle license plates.
2) It has applications for advertising and displaying messages, logos, or designs.
3) The frame fits into existing vehicle license plate mounting systems and provides opportunities for consumers and companies to creatively display messages.
Presented to the Texas Hospital Association in June 2009. .Covers the basics of social media and its application to business, and details the metrics that are available for tracking performance. Based on my book "Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day."
This mobile app called Queen Tea allows users to easily schedule and track meetings and appointments. It notifies users if someone will be late and shares their location through geolocation. The app aims to help users arrive on time for their commitments. The company plans to market the app and build relationships with customers who need help managing their schedules, including friends, family, and important contacts. The goal is to provide a safe and reliable way for people to know each other's locations.
This document provides an agenda and overview for a webinar on keeping tabs on travel and Facebook. The agenda includes discussing the current state of the travel industry, vacation intent versus consumer confidence trends, and exploring the value of Facebook users. It outlines who will be presenting, logistics for the webinar, and provides brief updates on the recovery of the hotel, flight, and car rental industries in recent years.
This installment of the 2012 Kelly Global Workforce Index looks at the emergence of the highly virtual workforce, characterized by employees that are connected to their workplace around the clock by virtue of mobile technologies.
This document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Junichi Fujino from the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. The presentation discusses Japan's efforts to transition to a low carbon society through
This document is a product listing for a Hawaii Flower/Rainbow Print Skirt One-piece Swimdress on a website called 77and7.com. The listing provides details about the product such as the original price, special price, description, size options and includes an option to write a product review. It also contains information about the website's payment and shipping policies.
I received confirmed buyers from three countries without leaving my office even for a single day. Previously, losing one buyer meant losing 20% of business and growing required spending large sums for global exposure. What was needed was increased product visibility worldwide with low marketing costs and business enquiries from global buyers while focusing on production and existing customers.
An information system monitoring the situation of women and children in CEECIS.
TransMONEE provides trends against common and comparible benchmarks across the following 28 countries since 1989. Annual updates can be seen at this dedicated web-based database www.transmonee.org and its user-friendly version www.moneeinfo.org.
This document describes an agricultural facility called Alpha Farm. It includes several components such as solar panels, a lightweight steel frame, venting systems, a chicken run, bee hives, and spaces for auxiliary growth, storage, and education. The primary growing space utilizes hydroponics and aeroponics. There is also an external growing space with reflective mirrors. The facility aims to be sustainable by including algae production, duckweed, protozoa, plankton, shrimp, and a fish farm. It also has systems for composting and oxygen circulation.
This document advertises a two-day conference on social media marketing taking place in Singapore and Hong Kong. The conference will feature case studies and presentations from companies like Intel, Nokia, McDonald's, and The Wall Street Journal on how they have incorporated social media into their marketing strategies. Attendees will learn how to develop social media campaigns, engage customers, measure results, and handle crises on social platforms. The agenda includes sessions on trends, branding, engagement, integration, and measurement. Discounts are available for members of supporting organizations.
This document summarizes strategies for increasing revenues from Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) presented at the 2012 County Forum on Innovative Waste Management. It discusses the evolution of MRFs and single-stream recycling, the importance of understanding commodity markets and the recyclables stream, and contracting strategies like revenue sharing models and long-term contracts. Key points emphasized include understanding the value of recyclables, tracking packaging trends, optimizing cart programs, and negotiating assertively but flexibly with MRF operators.
This brochure provides a summary of Airbnb in 3 sentences:
Airbnb is an online marketplace that allows people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences in over 19,732 cities across 192 countries. The brochure highlights how Airbnb provides an affordable way for travelers to experience cities like locals and how it allows people to earn extra income by listing available spaces.
1. The document outlines a "Singles Lifecycle" with four stages: Post-Trauma, Thrill, Stagnation, and Surrender.
2. Each stage is associated with a "single type" - for example, in the Post-Trauma stage the types are "Dumper" and "Dumpee," and in the Thrill stage the types are "Relationship seeker" and "Self actualizer."
3. The document describes the strategy employed by each single type to deal with their stage in the lifecycle. For example, Dumpers explore possibilities after a breakup while Dumpees cope with feelings of victimization.
This document analyzes opportunities and barriers for mobile financial services in Latin America and the Caribbean. It details a methodology of studying international best practices and the environment in several Latin American countries. It also describes cooperation with a telecommunications foundation to hold workshops on mobile banking. The document notes large remittance flows and low access to formal financial services in the region as opportunities for mobile financial services to expand access.
The documents discuss challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry, including reputation issues, pricing pressures, impending patents expiring, and an aging population in Europe putting pressure on healthcare systems. They also discuss the need for pharmaceutical companies to shift to a more customer-centric model focused on providing value to customers rather than just selling products, and for sales forces to have a deeper understanding of disease states and healthcare economics.
Here are the key points about the Visual Diagnostic System (VDS):
- The VDS uses control-mounted indicators and lighted component cords to troubleshoot issues at a glance.
- It allows you to see if a component is receiving the proper voltage.
- You can check if a fuse has blown.
- By pressing a switch, you can verify the system is receiving voltage from the breaker panel.
- If a VDS light is illuminated, refer to the owner's manual for troubleshooting details.
- The VDS makes troubleshooting simple by doing it for you and clearly indicating the source of any issues.
So in summary, the VDS is a diagnostic tool that
Here are the key points about the Visual Diagnostic System (VDS):
- The VDS consists of control-mounted indicators and possibly lighted component cords.
- It allows you to visually check if components are receiving proper voltage or if a fuse has blown.
- By pressing the power detection switch, you can check if the system is receiving voltage from the breaker panel.
- The control will troubleshoot for you and indicate at a glance if there is a problem with a component's power supply.
- If a VDS light is illuminated, refer to the owner's manual for details on what that light indicates and how to address any issues.
- The VDS makes troubleshooting easy by
The document discusses a new patented product called the Electroluminescent Vehicle License Plate Frame. Some key points:
1) The frame uses electroluminescent technology to provide a visually appealing display for vehicle license plates.
2) It has applications for advertising and displaying messages, logos, or designs.
3) The frame fits into existing vehicle license plate mounting systems and provides opportunities for consumers and companies to creatively display messages.
Presented to the Texas Hospital Association in June 2009. .Covers the basics of social media and its application to business, and details the metrics that are available for tracking performance. Based on my book "Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day."
This mobile app called Queen Tea allows users to easily schedule and track meetings and appointments. It notifies users if someone will be late and shares their location through geolocation. The app aims to help users arrive on time for their commitments. The company plans to market the app and build relationships with customers who need help managing their schedules, including friends, family, and important contacts. The goal is to provide a safe and reliable way for people to know each other's locations.
This document provides an agenda and overview for a webinar on keeping tabs on travel and Facebook. The agenda includes discussing the current state of the travel industry, vacation intent versus consumer confidence trends, and exploring the value of Facebook users. It outlines who will be presenting, logistics for the webinar, and provides brief updates on the recovery of the hotel, flight, and car rental industries in recent years.
This installment of the 2012 Kelly Global Workforce Index looks at the emergence of the highly virtual workforce, characterized by employees that are connected to their workplace around the clock by virtue of mobile technologies.
This document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Junichi Fujino from the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. The presentation discusses Japan's efforts to transition to a low carbon society through
This document is a product listing for a Hawaii Flower/Rainbow Print Skirt One-piece Swimdress on a website called 77and7.com. The listing provides details about the product such as the original price, special price, description, size options and includes an option to write a product review. It also contains information about the website's payment and shipping policies.
I received confirmed buyers from three countries without leaving my office even for a single day. Previously, losing one buyer meant losing 20% of business and growing required spending large sums for global exposure. What was needed was increased product visibility worldwide with low marketing costs and business enquiries from global buyers while focusing on production and existing customers.
An information system monitoring the situation of women and children in CEECIS.
TransMONEE provides trends against common and comparible benchmarks across the following 28 countries since 1989. Annual updates can be seen at this dedicated web-based database www.transmonee.org and its user-friendly version www.moneeinfo.org.
This document describes an agricultural facility called Alpha Farm. It includes several components such as solar panels, a lightweight steel frame, venting systems, a chicken run, bee hives, and spaces for auxiliary growth, storage, and education. The primary growing space utilizes hydroponics and aeroponics. There is also an external growing space with reflective mirrors. The facility aims to be sustainable by including algae production, duckweed, protozoa, plankton, shrimp, and a fish farm. It also has systems for composting and oxygen circulation.
This document advertises a two-day conference on social media marketing taking place in Singapore and Hong Kong. The conference will feature case studies and presentations from companies like Intel, Nokia, McDonald's, and The Wall Street Journal on how they have incorporated social media into their marketing strategies. Attendees will learn how to develop social media campaigns, engage customers, measure results, and handle crises on social platforms. The agenda includes sessions on trends, branding, engagement, integration, and measurement. Discounts are available for members of supporting organizations.
This document summarizes strategies for increasing revenues from Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) presented at the 2012 County Forum on Innovative Waste Management. It discusses the evolution of MRFs and single-stream recycling, the importance of understanding commodity markets and the recyclables stream, and contracting strategies like revenue sharing models and long-term contracts. Key points emphasized include understanding the value of recyclables, tracking packaging trends, optimizing cart programs, and negotiating assertively but flexibly with MRF operators.
This brochure provides a summary of Airbnb in 3 sentences:
Airbnb is an online marketplace that allows people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences in over 19,732 cities across 192 countries. The brochure highlights how Airbnb provides an affordable way for travelers to experience cities like locals and how it allows people to earn extra income by listing available spaces.
1. The document outlines a "Singles Lifecycle" with four stages: Post-Trauma, Thrill, Stagnation, and Surrender.
2. Each stage is associated with a "single type" - for example, in the Post-Trauma stage the types are "Dumper" and "Dumpee," and in the Thrill stage the types are "Relationship seeker" and "Self actualizer."
3. The document describes the strategy employed by each single type to deal with their stage in the lifecycle. For example, Dumpers explore possibilities after a breakup while Dumpees cope with feelings of victimization.
This document analyzes opportunities and barriers for mobile financial services in Latin America and the Caribbean. It details a methodology of studying international best practices and the environment in several Latin American countries. It also describes cooperation with a telecommunications foundation to hold workshops on mobile banking. The document notes large remittance flows and low access to formal financial services in the region as opportunities for mobile financial services to expand access.
The documents discuss challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry, including reputation issues, pricing pressures, impending patents expiring, and an aging population in Europe putting pressure on healthcare systems. They also discuss the need for pharmaceutical companies to shift to a more customer-centric model focused on providing value to customers rather than just selling products, and for sales forces to have a deeper understanding of disease states and healthcare economics.
Here are the key points about the Visual Diagnostic System (VDS):
- The VDS uses control-mounted indicators and lighted component cords to troubleshoot issues at a glance.
- It allows you to see if a component is receiving the proper voltage.
- You can check if a fuse has blown.
- By pressing a switch, you can verify the system is receiving voltage from the breaker panel.
- If a VDS light is illuminated, refer to the owner's manual for troubleshooting details.
- The VDS makes troubleshooting simple by doing it for you and clearly indicating the source of any issues.
So in summary, the VDS is a diagnostic tool that
Here are the key points about the Visual Diagnostic System (VDS):
- The VDS consists of control-mounted indicators and possibly lighted component cords.
- It allows you to visually check if components are receiving proper voltage or if a fuse has blown.
- By pressing the power detection switch, you can check if the system is receiving voltage from the breaker panel.
- The control will troubleshoot for you and indicate at a glance if there is a problem with a component's power supply.
- If a VDS light is illuminated, refer to the owner's manual for details on what that light indicates and how to address any issues.
- The VDS makes troubleshooting easy by
Christmas Tree Weed Identification and ControlA_Irish
This document provides an outline for a presentation on identifying and controlling Christmas tree weeds. It discusses weed biology concepts like weed seedbanks, seed dormancy, and factors that influence germination. It also covers the "Dirty Dozen" most common broadleaf and grassy weeds. The presentation will cover weed identification, herbicide sites of action and efficacy, and finding weed control information online.
Christmas Tree Weed Identification and ControlA_Irish
This document provides an outline for a presentation on Christmas tree weed identification and control. It discusses weed biology concepts like weed seedbanks and how factors like water, temperature, oxygen, light and depth of emergence influence germination. It also covers herbicide site of action groups and which herbicides work best at different application timings for common Christmas tree weeds like horseweed, annual sowthistle and barnyardgrass. The effectiveness of different herbicides on these weeds is summarized in a table.
A Moon Township woman perished in the 1990s at the center of the assisted-suicide storm caused by Dr. Jack Kevorkian helping terminally ill patients end their lives. Kevorkian helped over 100 people die and was eventually convicted of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a patient on television. The woman from Moon Township was one of the first people Kevorkian helped die, thrusting the issue of physician-assisted suicide into the national spotlight.
This document discusses modern irrigation and fertigation methods for higher sugarcane yields. It describes Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., an Indian agriculture company that provides turnkey irrigation projects using drip irrigation systems, fertilizers, and other services to help farmers increase production. The company also processes and markets vegetables and fruits. Sugarcane is a highly remunerative crop for India that requires a lot of water and fertilizer. This document outlines best practices for sugarcane cultivation using drip irrigation and fertigation to improve yields.
U.S. Renewable Energy Market And GrowthBrookeHeaton
This document summarizes a presentation on renewable energy in the United States given in Berlin, Germany on December 1, 2009. It discusses current US energy consumption and sources, which are dominated by fossil fuels. Renewable energy makes up around 9% of total energy supply. The presentation then covers various renewable energy resources in the US and recent growth in the renewable energy market. It also describes state-level policy tools like renewable portfolio standards and incentives that have supported this growth. Finally, it discusses federal policies including tax credits that have driven renewable energy development.
Here are the key points about the Visual Diagnostic System (VDS):
- The VDS uses control-mounted indicators and lighted component cords to troubleshoot the system at a glance.
- It allows you to see if a component is receiving the proper voltage.
- You can check if a fuse has blown.
- By pressing a switch, you can verify the system is receiving voltage from the breaker panel.
- If a VDS light is illuminated, refer to the owner's manual for troubleshooting details.
- The VDS makes troubleshooting easy by doing it for you and clearly indicating the source of any issues.
So in summary, the VDS is a diagnostic tool
This 3 sentence summary provides the high level information from the document:
The document is a system operation manual that includes important safety instructions and illustrations of the major components and operation of an Ultimate Series solid-state pool system. It describes the system components, shows how the system works, and provides procedures for operation and troubleshooting.
This document contains summaries of several brochures produced by a company called El Encanto for their properties in Punta Mita, Mexico. The brochures were designed as sales and marketing tools to showcase properties available for rent or purchase and encourage potential customers to inquire. Specific brochures highlighted an overall view of El Encanto properties and amenities, individual properties for sale, and a spa at a related resort in the British Virgin Islands.
Mobile Marketing, a copy of the presentation delivered by Mark Challinor, Telegraph Media Group from the CIM Peterborough, Digital Marketing Boot Camp held on 25th May 2011 at Perkins Innovation Centre
Idenitifying the fit for perennial forage options in a crop-livestock system:...Joanna Hicks
The document describes using a whole-farm optimization model called MIDAS to evaluate the profitability and environmental impacts of incorporating forage shrubs into a typical 3000 hectare crop-livestock farm in Australia's low rainfall Mallee region. The model simulates over 200 crop-pasture rotations across 7 different land management units and considers interactions between enterprises. Model results show that incorporating up to 10% forage shrubs has little impact on whole-farm profit, but above 10% profit sharply declines. Higher shrub biomass production and nutrient levels increase potential profitability. Changes to commodity prices also impact the optimal shrub allocation.
Similar to Improving the performance of public irrigation in South Asia, by Thierry Facon, FAO and Aditi Mukherji, IWMI (20)
Benefits of Transboundary Cooperation in Neman and Pregolya River BasinsGlobal Water Partnership
The document summarizes a project on transboundary cooperation in the Neman and Pregolya River Basins between Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, and Kaliningrad Oblast. The project aimed to compile GIS maps of the shared river basins and strengthen professional links between water managers. Experts from the countries collaborated to create GIS databases and maps showing hydrology, pollution sources, and water quality. The outputs benefited river management planning and identified data gaps. Future benefits of continued cooperation could include improved health, ecology, tourism, and regional water management in the Baltic Sea region.
High Level Panel on Water and Climate Change in the context of the #SDGs - Ru...Global Water Partnership
This document discusses opportunities to scale up investments for water security and climate resilience in Africa. It describes how the Water Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) is supporting regional development and transboundary cooperation across several river basins in Africa. WACDEP is also supporting national processes like integrating water issues into national climate strategies. The document outlines some of WACDEP's projects that are building community resilience and enhancing climate resilience. It discusses opportunities to scale up investments in Africa through investment planning processes and facilities. Lastly, it discusses lessons learned on scaling up and proposes establishing think tanks to support better project development and exploring innovative financing mechanisms.
Water for Development and Development for Water - Realizing the New SDG's VisionGlobal Water Partnership
Mohamed Ait Kadi presented at the SWWW2015 conference on realizing the vision of the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to water. He argued that development strategies must consider water's role in economic growth, social wellbeing, and environmental sustainability. He outlined a conceptual framework showing the dynamics between water security and sustainable growth. Achieving the vision of SDG #6 on water will require governments to take a leadership role in water resources management, investing in sequenced projects combining institutions, information systems, and infrastructure to manage water and risks, and overcoming knowledge gaps in vulnerable countries.
This document discusses how large-scale land acquisitions could impact transboundary water management. It notes that water is often not explicitly mentioned in land agreements but any use of water on acquired lands could affect shared river basins. The document examines cases in the Niger and Nile River basins and concludes that principles for responsible investment must acknowledge water needs and sustainable use to help regulate impacts on transboundary waters.
Womens empowerment and increased food security through increased access to la...Global Water Partnership
1) The organization Swadhina worked to empower women in Jharkhand, India through increased access to land and water resources. They formed women's committees to oversee activities and identify key issues of water, land rights, and women's positions.
2) To address water challenges, they constructed irrigation boxes and desilted tanks to improve water storage. They encouraged sustainable farming practices. For land, they reclaimed unused land and introduced new crop varieties. They gave women possession certificates for resources to establish land rights.
3) These interventions improved food security, economic conditions, and women's leadership roles. Women gained confidence through skills training and decision-making power over resources. Community development minimized migration from the area
This document discusses the need for coordinated governance of land and water resources that places people at the center. It argues that people have holistic perspectives on natural resources that support their livelihoods. Coordinated governance is needed to address issues like growing competition for water resources and ensuring access for all. Water constituencies can learn from land constituencies' focus on marginalized people, customary rights, and global rights-based dialogue. The document calls for voluntary guidelines that frame land and water tenure through joint people-centered processes respecting customary entitlements and human rights to resources.
Responding to the global food security challenge through coordinated land and...Global Water Partnership
The Yacambu-Quíbor Project in Venezuela aims to transfer water from the Yacambu River watershed to the Quíbor valley to increase irrigation and agricultural production. The Quíbor valley has highly fertile land but lacks sufficient water, relying on groundwater extraction. The project would build a dam on the Yacambu River and tunnel to carry 330 million cubic meters per year to the valley. Key strategies include reinforcing sustainable irrigation practices, exploring equitable water distribution, and establishing institutions and policies to regulate groundwater use and protect water resources long term.
This document summarizes a land and water workshop held in Ethiopia from June 15-16, 2015 that took a rights-based approach to land and water governance in Africa. It discusses Oxfam's work on women's land rights, land tenure governance, responses to large-scale land investments, and engagement with partners like the African Union. It also outlines Oxfam's Global Water Governance Program focusing on the Mekong, Indus, and Limpopo river basins, and challenges in the Limpopo basin like unequal water access. Oxfam's solutions for the Limpopo include capacity building, linking communities, documenting best practices, and influencing policies to achieve more inclusive water governance.
Links between land use and groundwater - governance provisions and management...Global Water Partnership
The document discusses the links between land use and groundwater, noting that while there is a causal chain from need for resources to land use change to groundwater impacts, these links are not deterministic. It provides examples of how land use planning can address groundwater quality and quantity through techniques like limiting land use in hydrogeologically defined zones. Governance instruments at national, regional, and local levels can help implement these techniques through policies, planning, and regulatory frameworks, though there are also legal, institutional, and economic obstacles.
Just in time chances for a holistic approach for land and water governanceGlobal Water Partnership
1. The document discusses the Cisadane Watershed Multistakeholders Forum in Indonesia and RMI's involvement in promoting a holistic approach to watershed management in the area.
2. It describes RMI's projects on river and biodiversity conservation in the watershed since 2009 and their role in facilitating the watershed forum since 2011.
3. A key benefit of the forum and holistic approach is that it allows different stakeholders to have input, acknowledges their different needs, and leads to more comprehensive management plans that address issues like land rights and education.
Food security exists when all people have reliable physical, social, and economic access to sufficient nutritious food to live an active and healthy life. Food security has three key pillars - availability, which examines if coordination of land and water governance improves food availability; access, which looks at if systems and policies enable access to available food; and utilization, which considers if acquired food can be properly used. Any assessment of food security must consider the specific context.
The document summarizes the implementation of the AU Assembly Declaration on land issues in Africa. It discusses Africa's commitments to land governance including frameworks, guidelines, and declarations adopted between 2009-2014. It reflects on the 2014 Land Conference in Africa, noting the need to translate frameworks into benefits at the local level and empower communities. Going forward, it emphasizes advocacy, capacity building, partnerships, and institutionalizing the conference to set a common research and policy agenda on African land issues.
Are current land and water governance systems fit for purpose in promoting su...Global Water Partnership
This document summarizes the results of a study on whether current land and water governance systems in sub-Saharan Africa are suitable for promoting sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments. The study analyzed systems in 6 countries and found that in all countries, land and water are governed separately without coordination. Within countries, multiple inconsistent property rights regimes exist. The study also found a lack of clarity and enforcement of water access and use rights for investments. It concludes that coordinated land and water governance systems are needed that recognize all rights, have clear planning, pricing, and dispute resolution, and improve legal and institutional reforms and monitoring.
Ecosystem services mapping as a framework for integrated natural resource man...Global Water Partnership
This document discusses integrated natural resource management in South Africa. It notes that while South Africa has comprehensive environmental laws and increasing budgets for management, assessments show many ecosystems are threatened. This is due to a lack of holistic planning, failure to consider resource value, poor coordination, and inadequate local capacity. The document proposes using an ecosystem services approach to integrate natural systems, social needs, and economic factors. It presents a case study applying this framework in UThukela District through tools like social simulation, scenario analysis, and economic incentives to match interventions with drivers of environmental change. Key to success are effective stakeholder consultation, institutional coordination, and an appropriate governance structure.
The document discusses agricultural irrigation development in Burkina Faso. It notes that Burkina Faso has developed over 42,973 hectares of irrigated land as of 2013, up from 13,043 hectares in 2000. The irrigation techniques discussed include major irrigation schemes near dams covering over 1,000 hectares each, medium schemes from 20-100 hectares, and small-scale irrigation under 100 hectares using various water sources. Crops grown include rice as well as dry season gardening. The development of irrigated agriculture is aimed to increase food production and farmers' incomes in Burkina Faso.
This document discusses the need for coordinated governance of land and water resources to address food security challenges. As population and demand for food increases, business as usual approaches to managing land and water separately will lead to crossing planetary boundaries for water use and loss of agricultural land. Coordinated governance considers land and water as an integrated system and establishes interrelations in their management at various scales from local to national to regional levels. This helps overcome barriers like sectors working in isolation, improves resource use efficiency, and leads to more coherent policies that secure access to both land and water for improved food production.
Community/farmers-led land and water governance - An experience from NepalGlobal Water Partnership
This document discusses community-led land and water governance experiences in Nepal. It finds that farmer-managed irrigation systems irrigate 70% of agricultural land and produce 40% of Nepal's food. However, private land ownership and control of irrigation systems by government bureaucracies have negatively impacted small farmers and food security. The experience of CSRC shows that by supporting land rights and establishing people's organizations, farmers in Nepal have successfully developed local frameworks to manage land and water resources, diversified production, and increased yields over 5 times through small-scale, community-led irrigation projects.
Bioenergy large scale agriculture investments in africa - food security pers...Global Water Partnership
1. The document discusses large scale investments in agriculture in Africa for food and biofuel crops, and how this can impact food security. It examines the opportunities and risks of growing non-food bioenergy crops as part of land use systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
2. The FAO's Bioenergy and Food Security approach is presented as a way to design sustainable bioenergy policies that contribute to agricultural development and food and energy security. Case studies of the approach in Tanzania, Malawi, and other countries are provided.
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2. Public irrigation in South Asia in short
• India • Pakistan
– Protective irrigation – Indus system
– Low duties: 0.35 l/s/ha – Protective irrigation
– Warabundi – Low duties
– Shejpahi – Warabundi
– Block – Salinization
– Structured design – Waterlogging
-Impact on food security, poverty alleviation and economic
growth
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-Stagnation/decline
-Low flowrates and poor service push farmers to groundwater
which has allowed intensification
5. Multifunctionality
• Multiple Uses of Water is a common practice !
• On a subset of 30 systems only 2 appear as single use !
• Actual water productivity much higher than WP(crop) !
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Types of systems for SERVICES & L&W PRODUCTIVITY
Group High High 1965 $/ha 0.18 $/m3
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18. THE PROBLEM OF CANAL LINING
• Canal lining is a very expensive element in canal construction. Cost of
lining typically represents about 40% of total cost.
• Before making such a large investment, there must be a clear idea of the
benefits to be obtained
• Seepage losses typically represent 10 to 40 percent of diverted water
• The reduction of seepage losses is often assumed to be constant for the
expected life of the lining to have a chance of achieving a favorable
economic return
• Most favored by agencies
• There is now strong evidence that hard
surface linings deteriorate within a few
years until seepage losses return to that
for an unlined canal
19. Questions related to decision-
making
• What is the reality do we want to
improve?
• Water scarcity: what does it mean?
• How are decisions made?
• What are our objectives?
20. Virtual water reality …
Officially a dry crop system
Virtual water reality
THE TAIL-ENDER PROBLEM?
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Coello, Colombia
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Cupatitzio, Mexico
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24. • Head of WUCS
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27. Virtual reality 1: pretend that it
does not exist
Types of problems with virtual reality:
• Policy: maybe what we see outside the window is good but are the
bad aspects? What can be made more sustainable and how to fix it?
• We ignore problems: because infrastructure exists does not mean it is
alright and that the only problem is governance or management
• We invent problems that don’t exist to justify a favored solution
• We ignore opportunities:
• WUAs focused on canal management- can we reduce their
pumping costs?
• Multiple Use Systems: more MDGs per drop, more $/m3
28. Improving productivity or
efficiency?
“As irrigation is inefficient (30% of the water
diverted reaches the plant), we can reduce the
waste and losses and reallocate this to other
users by increasing irrigation efficiency”
Physical water scarcity
• Basin closure
• What is recoverable is recovered
29. Irrigation efficiency
• Confusion between field/system efficiency and
basin efficiency is common and underpins
many policies and investments
• Field efficiency and more efficient
technologies can be very good (energy, water
quality, sometimes in-stream flow, reducing
drainage, money, labor, etc.)
30. River basin closure processes
• overbuilding of river basins
• overallocation of entitlements
• overdraft of reservoirs and aquifers
• double squeeze of agricultural water use, due
to declining water availability and quality and
rising urban and environmental needs
31. Virtual reality 2: “problems are serious but we can
easily save much and/or get additional water”
• Some water can be saved but not as much as is
claimed
• When agricultural water management is moderately
good, things tend to a zero sum game
• Increasing efficiency, more efficient technologies (and
thus water rights and water pricing) often leads to
increased water consumption (ET)
• Problems are becoming wicked
32. Irrigation agencies
• Development ethos
• Bureaucratic top-down management
• Accountability, clientelism
• Rigidity and path dependency:
– How things are seen
– Education
– Management style and incentives
– Standard designs
– Consulting firms
– Vested interests
33. South Asia
• Many trends favor atomistic/informal except energy
prices
• The groundwater crisis and energy prices may generate
a pressure to improve public irrigation
• Need to manage atomistic irrigation within large scale
canal commands
=> Incentives for large-scale effects of individual behavior may be
needed in addition to interventions on the surface side
34. South Asia
A BIG STRATEGIC CHOICE TO MAKE:
ignore or acknowledge atomistic irrigation and groundwater issues
AFFECTS ALL FORMS OF IRRIGATION AND LARGE SCALE
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• Existing large-scale to mimic atomistic irrigation
35. Modernization:
From supply-driven to service-oriented
management
Service:
• Equity
• Reliability
• Flexibility
– Rate
– Duration
– Frequency
• Adequacy
• Lift/ pressure
37. Working out evolution paths
• Unbundling
– Different levels, each providing service to the lower level
(this may include recharge)
– At each level:
• Service transactions: water, information, money
• Nature of operator
• Conveyance technology: canal/pipe
• Seepage or no seepage
• Surface/pressure
• Interface: extend or separate management:
» Buffer reservoir or pond/tank
» Pumping
38. Working out evolution paths
• Major decisions:
• Radical or progressive improvement
– Service to farmers and other uses and users
– Service/technology to farmers
– If competition from atomistic or unsustainable atomistic
• Match/mimic
• Conjunctive management
– Energy an increasing factor => surface or lower lift or water
conservation
– How many levels of operators (not PIM committees)
– Costs: Financial or investment strategies at each level
– Final delivery point
39. Improving the decision making process
• Exit the virtual reality
• Water auditing and accounting
• Strategic planning
• Capacity building
• Institutions
• Policy
• Governance
• Monitoring of investments and results
40. Policy
• Acknowledge the nature of the water economy
• Monitoring of investments and results
• Plan B, second-best and lateral options
• Policy/politicians: the art of the possible
• Change the practice on the ground to improve
conditions for feasibility or acceptability of new
policies: build a constituency for change
• Focus on important details
41. Institutions
• Beyond classical IMT/PIM
• Not just PPP
• Improve service to water user federations/associations
• Many institutional innovations in both informal economies
and formal economies
• MASSCOTE, large powerful professional farmer-owned
organizations managing (not necessarily themselves) canal
supply, rainfall and groundwater
• How to combine service orientation and regulation of
atomistic irrigation?
42. Governance
• Can one separate evolution of governance from the
political system?
• From representative democracy to monitory
democracy : a lot of action and political innovation in
the water area (because water is important), e.g.
yellow score cards, mass social movements
(John Keane, Life and death of democracy)
43. CONCLUSIONS
• Existing large scale systems need to transform
• Towards a fluid logic of complementarily, combination and
convergence between public, small scale and atomistic
irrigation
• There are some good ideas and strategies, inspiring
examples, tools/knowledge
44. ONE ISSUE
• Will the present crises and challenges in cluding
food crisis, economic crisis, energy crisis, climate
change … will be met by more of the same supply-
driven top-down responses or by a wholesale
change of management of the sector and innovation?
=> Strategies to bring about this change?
=> What/who can serve as catalysts?
45. Revitalizing Asia’s irrigation
1. Modernise yesteryears’ schemes for tomorrow’s
needs
2. Go with the flow by supporting farmers’ initiatives
3. Look beyond conventional PIM/IMT recipes
4. Build for the future: Expand capacity and
knowledge
5. Look beyond irrigation: Invest outside the water
sector
Combine elements from all 5 strategies for
improving the performance of irrigation