Water for food production and nature
Water for Food – Anti-hunger, pro-Earth Producing food without water is inconceivable. Food security is totally dependent on the availability of sufficient water for farming purposes. However, unfortunately, agriculture’s use of water is still extremely inefficient, not to mention the pollution caused by fertilisers and pesticides and their impact on consumption. So, the SDC’s programmes stress improving farming practices and protecting water-producing ecosystems. Under this block you will find sites and publications on "Water for Food production and nature": |
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Forests, Landscapes & Governance: multiple roles, multiple actors September 2009 Author: Carter, J. et al. The overwhelming conclusion of the two workshops documented in this publication is that the future of the world’s forest depends not so much on technical knowledge or financial investment (although both are important), but on their good governance – based on mutual respect and agreement between different stakeholders on the way forward. Simply said (but far more difficult to implement), political, social and economic decisions over resource management, use and benefit sharing should be based on legal frameworks and procedures that are equitable, transparent, and broadly accepted by members of society. Society here encompasses different levels – from the very local level (that of individual village or forest), to the landscape level, to the national, regional and also the international level.
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InfoResources: News, Focus, Trends May 2008 InfoResources News: If you wish to be updated on the latest developments and debates, subscribe to the newsletter. InfoResources Focus: provides a general overview of pertinent and topical subjects to guide one through the information jungle. Each issue focuses on a current theme relative to forests, agriculture, natural resources and the environment, in the context of international development cooperation. InfoResources Trends: compiles personal assessments of predicted changes by experts from the realms of politics and science, as well as from implementing agencies of NGOs around the world, and it makes these assessments accessible to a broader professional public.
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Scientific Facts on Water Resources March 2008 Water is essential for human survival and well-being and important to many sectors of the economy. However, resources are irregularly distributed in space and time, and they are under pressure due to human activity. How can water resources be managed sustainably while meeting an ever increasing demand? http://www.greenfacts.org/en/water-resources/index.htm
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Greenfacts - Facts on health and environment 2008 Author: Greenfacts Greenfacts’ Mission is to bring complex scientific consensus reports on health and the environment to the reach of non-specialists. Greenfacts publishes clear and faithful summaries of existing scientific reports on environmental and health topics: GreenFacts Digests and GreenFacts Co-Publications. Greenfacts are an independent non-profit organization with a multi-stakeholder governance and a non-advocacy policy.
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Where the land is greener: case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worl December 2007 Author: WOCAT ‘where the land is greener’ looks at soil and water conservation from a global perspective. In total, 42 SWC technologies and 28 approaches are described as applied in case studies in more than 20 countries around the world. This unique presentation of case studies draws on WOCAT’s extensive database, gathered in over 12 years of field experience. Various land use categories are covered, from crop farming to grazing and forestry. The technologies presented range from terrace-building to agroforestry systems; from rehabilitation of common pastures to conservation agriculture; from vermiculture to water harvesting. Several of these technologies are already wellestablished successes – others are innovative, relatively unknown, but full of promise.
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India - Watershed Management adaptation to climate hazards with poor farming communities September 2007 Author: SDC - South Asia Division While the agriculture sector in India has slipped into a deep crisis, Switzerland has helped improve the living conditions of small, marginalised farmers in the dry regions of the country by bringing innovations to the management of scarce land and water resources.
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Water for food, water for life: A comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture February 2007 Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use.
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CGIAR Annual Report 2007 Author: The CGIAR partnership This report celebrates the partnerships through which demand-driven research is conducted to mold discoveries made in the laboratory and the field into international public goods. These public goods are the tools with which regional, national and local organizations — as well as individual farm families — help to foster economic growth and build more sustainable livelihoods for all. Millions of people worldwide benefit directly from CGIAR innovations and interventions, while thousands have a hand in producing the international public goods from which these benefits derive. But the process begins with the contributions of the few, the 64 Members of the CGIAR.
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Water, land and people: voices and insights from 3 continents: capitalisation of experience December 2006 Author: Intercooperation / SDC A learning initiative implemented in Bolivia, Mali and India. This initiative aims at sharing and deepening the knowledge base of SDC and partners in order to improve the development strategies and policies with regard to Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) with emphasis on the aspect Water for Food. During 2005-2006 learning groups in Bolivia, India and Mali identified and analyzed specific topics related to water management based on the experience of its members applying innovative learning approaches like story telling.
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Water 2015 - Policy principles and strategic guidelines for Integrated Water Resource Management December 2005 Author: SDC The guidelines take the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and its four categories of water use (water for people, water for food, water for nature and for other uses) as a departing point to develop SDC’s approach in the water sector. Water for people and water for food are priority areas for SDC support because of their relevance for poverty reduction and the sustainable management of water resources. In these two areas, projects and programs adapted to the specific context are supported, and SDC is active in the policy dialogue at the international and national level.
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