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    Climate change, out-migration and agrarian stress: the potential for upscaling small-scale water storage in Nepal.

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    Bharati, Luna
    Gurung, Pabitra
    Maharjan, L.
    Janmaat, J.
    Price, J. I.
    Sherpa, Tashi Yang Chung
    Bhattarai, Utsav
    Koirala, S.
    Timilsina, B.
    Date
    2014
    Language
    en
    Type
    Book; Report
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    Open Access
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    Sugden, Fraser; Shrestha, L.; Bharati, Luna; Gurung, P.; Maharjan, L.; Janmaat, J.; Price, J. I.; Sherpa, Tashi Yang Chung; Bhattarai, Utsav; Koirala, S.; Timilsina, B. 2014. Climate change, out-migration and agrarian stress: the potential for upscaling small-scale water storage in Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 38p. (IWMI Research Report 159).
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/51399
    External link to download this item: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub159/rr159.pdf
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2014.210
    Abstract/Description
    Climate change could have a critical impact on agriculture in Nepal due to dry-season water shortages, and changes in the variability of water availability and associated uncertainty. This makes water storage systems (most notably ponds and tanks) increasingly important. This report explores the potential role of small-scale water storage infrastructure in two subbasins within the larger Koshi River Basin in central and eastern Nepal, yet shows that upscaling such infrastructure requires an appreciation of the other drivers of change in agriculture aside from climate (e.g., rising cost of living and poor terms of trade for agriculture). It also identifies the social relations and dynamics (distribution of land, water and labor) which could mediate the success of future interventions. It is clear from the research that, while small-scale water storage has the potential to significantly strengthen livelihoods in the Nepali hills, it is necessary to tailor projects to the existing political-economic context.
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
    AGROVOC Keywords
    WELLS; IRRIGATED FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; DRILLING
    Subjects
    MIGRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; GENDER; WOMEN FARMERS; AGRARIAN STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGY; MODELS; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; LAND MANAGEMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; CASE STUDIES;
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    NEPAL
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