Water, Land and Ecosystems - Thailand

Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:41:38 +0000

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Murzakulova, A.
Dessalegn, Mengistu
Phalkey, N.

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the context of global migration. From a migration perspective, the pandemic is a source of insecurities that challenge migrants, their livelihoods and migration governance. Meanwhile, curtailment in movement has led to economic decline affecting labour markets. For migrant origin and hosting countries, this poses multidimensional development challenges. Analysis from March to August 2020 of China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand highlights the varying ways in which they are all severely affected by the disruptions in migration, suggesting a potentially emerging complex situation in migration patterns and pathways. The disruptions in migration and remittances have had a profound impact on migrants and migrant-sending households. The uncertainty of migration returning to pre-pandemic levels and the potential of lasting consequences on migrants and migration patterns and pathways, suggests a future of greater risk and exploitation, and a wider gap between formal and informal migration. This paper calls for greater mobility cooperation between countries and suggests strengthening mobility migration frameworks and policies for safer migration and for the rights of migrants.

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Murzakulova, A.; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Phalkey, N. 2021. Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand. Comparative Migration Studies, 9:44. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00254-0]

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Influences of farming practices on soil properties and the 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline content of Khao Dawk Mali 105 rice grains

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:38:51 +0000

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Chinachanta, Kawiporn
Herrmann, Laetitia
Lesueur, Didier
Jongkaewwattana, Sakda
Santasup, Choochad
Shutsrirung, Arawan

Khao Dawk Mali 105 (KDML105) is a premium fragrant rice variety and is widely grown in )ung Kula Rong Hai (TKR), northeast )ailand. In the present study, the influence of organic and conventional rice farming (ORF and CRF, respectively) in TKR farmers’ paddy fields on soil properties and their relationship with 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP) in KDML105 rice grains were investigated. )e results indicated that the ORF system had a strong positive effect on major soil quality indicators and the 2AP content in the rice grains. )e soil organic matter (SOM) was approximately twice as much in the ORF than in the CRF system, thus leading to much higher total nitrogen (TN), humic acid (HA), and microbial populations in the ORF system.)ehigher SOM in the ORF system not only enhanced the soil quality indicators but also contributed to approximately 3.5 times higher 2AP than in the CRF system. Principle component analysis indicated a close correlation among SOM, TN, HA, and microbial population under the ORF system; these variables exhibited strong correlations with the 2AP contents in KDML105 rice grains.

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Chinachanta, K.; Herrmann, L.; Lesueur, D.; Jongkaewwattana, S.; Santasup, C.; Shutsrirung, A. (2020) Influences of farming practices on soil properties and the 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline content of Khao Dawk Mali 105 rice grains. Applied and Environmental Soil Science 2020: 8818922. 14 p. ISSN: 1687-7667

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Restoring Degraded Landscapes

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114992

Scaling up Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for agricultural resilience and flood-proofing livelihoods in developing countries

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:36:32 +0000

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Amarnath, Giriraj
Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh
Taron, Avinandan

This research report presents the first comprehensive framework of business models in terms of developing, marketing and scaling Index-based flood insurance (IBFI). The report evaluated ten case studies on agricultural insurance schemes (macro, meso and micro levels), globally, to develop public-private partnership business models for creating value (product development) and capturing value (product marketing). This report highlights four broad groups of interrelated factors that influence the uptake and scaling of agricultural insurance: (i) behavioral factors that influence farmers’ enthusiasm to invest in insurance; (ii) financial factors that stipulate governments’ willingness to provide financial support; (iii) legal and regulatory factors, which set ground rules for fair business and govern their adherence by stakeholders; and (iv) facilitating factors, including product design and development, business models, research and development, data availability, and awareness creation, which help ensure an efficient supply of insurance services. In summary, the report highlights the need for designing innovative IBFI and its potential benefits for uptake, and efforts for implementing IBFI as a potential risk transfer tool for comprehensive climate risk management among small-scale and marginal farmers.

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Amarnath, Giriraj; Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh; Taron, Avinandan. 2021. Scaling up Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for agricultural resilience and flood-proofing livelihoods in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 68p. (IWMI Research Report 180) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.213]

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114748

Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:36:32 +0000

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Reardon-Smith, K.
McCartney, Matthew
Rebelo, Lisa-Maria

Water markets are a potential approach for reallocating and improving the efficiency of water use in river basins in which water resources are under stress as a consequence of demographic and economic pressures. However, establishing water markets is not easy and to be successful a wide range of context specific criteria, relating to the legal and institutional framework as well as political and economic conditions, must be met. We applied the Water Market Readiness Assessment framework proposed by Wheeler et al. (2017) to investigate whether adequate policy and governance arrangements were in place to enable water markets to effectively operate in the countries of the Lower Mekong River Basin. We identify a number of key gaps and conclude that more conventional regulatory approaches, along with integrated basin planning and management, will likely better serve the communities and environments of the region.

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Reardon-Smith, K.; McCartney, Matthew; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria. 2021. Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin? In Wheeler, S. A. (Ed.). Water markets: a global assessment. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp.91-111. [doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976930.00015]

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115184

Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): exploring potential at the global scale

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 11:37:41 +0000

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Alam, Mohammad Faiz
Pavelic, Paul

This report presents a spatial analysis conducted at global scale to identify areas of high suitability for implementing the Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI) approach. The study used multiple global spatial datasets, and the related data were arranged under three categories – water supply, water demand and water storage – to assess global UTFI suitability. Among the river basins with high suitability, the Awash in Ethiopia, Ramganga in India (one of the major tributaries of the Ganges River Basin) and Chao Phraya in Thailand were selected for the economic analysis in this study. The results from this study are intended to provide a first step towards identifying the broad areas (at the river basin or country scale) where more detailed investigation would be worthwhile to ascertain the technical and economic feasibility of UTFI, with greater confidence.

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Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul. 2020. Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): exploring potential at the global scale. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 58p. (IWMI Research Report 176) [doi: 10.5337/2020.204]

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109588

Human-induced movement of wild food plant biodiversity across farming systems is essential to ensure their availability

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:41 +0000

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Cruz García, Gisella S.
Price, Lisa L

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Cruz-Garcia, Gisella; Price, Lisa L. 2014. Human-induced movement of wild food plant biodiversity across farming systems is essential to ensure their availability. Journal of Ethnobiology 34(1):68-83.

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Variability, Risks and Competing Uses

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57002

WLE focal region brief: WLE greater Mekong

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:41 +0000

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Ecosystems
Governance
Water Management
Water use

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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).2015.WLE focal region brief: WLE greater Mekong.Colombo, Sri Lanka:CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).2p.

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Assessing the value of resource recovery and reuse: social, environmental and economic costs and benefits for value creation and human well-being

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:41 +0000

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Lazurko, Anita

To understand the full value of Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR), a systematic assessment approach that balances complexity with practicality is required. This report highlights the methods available for quantifying and valuing social, environmental and economic costs and benefits of RRR, focusing on Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) as the primary framework. Rather than prescribing a standardized technique for conducting CBA for RRR, this report presents broad frameworks and several examples that can be catered to individual contexts. This results in a suggested eight-step process accompanied with suggested assessment techniques which have to be tailored to the type of question the assessment is meant to answer and related system boundaries.

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Lazurko, Anita. 2018. Assessing the value of resource recovery and reuse: social, environmental and economic costs and benefits for value creation and human well-being. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).. 41p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 13) doi: 10.5337/2018.229

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99293

Between interests and worldviews: the narrow path of the Mekong River Commission

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:41 +0000

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Suhardiman, Diana
Giordano, Mark
Molle, Francois

Hydropower development is occurring at a rapid, though controversial, pace in the Mekong. We highlight the role of scientific assessment in shaping the Mekong hydropower debate, taking the strategic environmental assessment of the twelve planned mainstream dams as a case study. While environmental impact assessments are designed as science-based decision-making tools, they have often been criticized in practice as a political means to justify already made development decisions. In this case we demonstrate how the Mekong River Commission, operating in a constrained political environment, has instead used environmental impact assessment as a way of providing political space and opening the discussion on dams to a wider public. The main argument of this paper is that scientific assessment can be politically maneuvered to shape governance alliances at both national and transboundary levels, and to a certain extent democratize decision-making processes.

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Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M.; Molle, Francois. 2014. Between interests and worldviews: the narrow path of the Mekong River Commission. Environment and Planning C-Government and Policy, 33(1), 199–217. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c11191

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58421

Water productivity responses and adaptation to climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:41 +0000

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Mainuddin, M.
Kirby, M.
Hoanh, Chu Thai

A crop growth simulation model was used to study the impact of climate change for the period 2010-2050 on water productivity of rainfed rice. In general, the results suggest that water productivity of rainfed rice may increase significantly in the upper basin in Laos and Thailand and may decrease in the lower basin in Cambodia and Vietnam. Significant net increases in water productivity can be achieved by applying simple adaptation options such as shifting the planting dates, applying supplementary irrigation, and increasing fertilizer inputs.

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Mainuddin, M.; Kirby, M.; Hoanh, Chu Thai. 2012. Water productivity responses and adaptation to climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin. Water International, 37(1):53-74. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2012.645192

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