Water, Land and Ecosystems - Mexico

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

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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

Groundwater governance and irrigated agriculture

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

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Latin America

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Shah, Tushaar

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Shah, Tushaar. 2014. Groundwater governance and irrigated agriculture. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership, Technical Committee (TEC).. 71p. (TEC Background Papers 19)

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Land and Water Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65257

Los beneficios de la reutilizacion de aguas y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish

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

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Latin America

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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier
González, G.
Moscoso, J.

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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Gonzalez, G.; Moscoso, J. 2017. Los beneficios de la reutilizacion de aguas y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. [Benefits of water reuse and examples in Latin America and the Caribbean] In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.21-27.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92795

Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies

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Suhardiman, Diana
Giordano, Mark
Rap, Edwin
Wegerich, Kai

Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists globally. This paper argues that addressing performance requires not simply more investment or different policy approaches, but reform of the bureaucracies responsible for irrigation management. Based on reform experiences in The Philippines, Mexico, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan, we argue that irrigation (policy) reform cannot be treated in isolation from the overall functioning of

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Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M.; Rap, Edwin; Wegerich, Kai. 2014. Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies. Water Alternatives, 7(3):442-463.

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Land and Water Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58403

The practices and politics of making policy: irrigation management transfer in Mexico

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Rap, Edwin
Wester, P.

This article argues that policy making is an interactive and ongoing process that transcends the spatio-temporal boundaries drawn by a linear, rational or instrumental model of policy. We construct this argument by analysing the making of the Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) policy in Mexico in the early 1990s, focusing on different episodes of its re-emergence, standardisation, and acceleration. During this period a standardised policy package was developed, consisting of a set of specific policy technologies to effect the transfer to Water Users' Associations (WUAs). These technologies were assembled in response to geographically dispersed trials of strength: experiments, consultations and clashes in the field, and negotiations at the national and international level. A newly installed public water authority increasingly succeeded in coordinating the convergence and accumulation of dispersed experiences and ideas on how to make the transfer work. Our analysis shows how this composite package of policy technologies worked to include a network of support and to exclude opposition at different levels, while at the same time stabilising an interpretation of policy-related events. In this way the policy gathered momentum and was 'made to succeed'.

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Rap, Edwin; Wester, P. 2013. The practices and politics of making policy: irrigation management transfer in Mexico. Water Alternatives, 6(3):506-531.

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Land and Water Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40236

Ecosystem services research in Latin America: the state of the art

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Latin America

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Ecosystems
Socio-economics

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Balvanera, Patricia
Uriarte, M.A
Almeida-Lenero, L.
Altesor, A.
DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.

Ecosystem services science has developed at a fast rate in Latin America, a region characterized by a high biological and cultural diversity, strong emphasis in foreign investment, and high socioeconomic inequities. Here we conducted the following analyses at the regional and national scales: (1) how and when did the study of ecosystem services arise in each country?, (2) what is our present understanding of ecosystem service supply, delivery to societies, and social and economic values?, (3) what is the state of the art in integrating tradeoffs among services and in using interdisciplinary perspectives?, and (4) how has ecosystem service research been connected to policy design or management for sustainability? A large literature review (>1000 references) showed that in Latin America ES supply and links to policy have been the most frequently assessed. Overall, emphasis has been placed on a few services, namely carbon and water. Payments for ecosystem services have received considerable attention in the region, though with strong differences across nations and with important limitations in their application. The future of the ecosystem service paradigm in Latin America will largely depend on its capacity to demonstrate effectiveness in meeting both conservation and development goals.

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Balvanera, P.; Uriarte, M.; Almeida-Lenero, L.; Altesor, A.; DeClerck, F. et al. (2012). Ecosystem services research in Latin America: the state of the art. Ecosystems Services 2: p. 56-70 ISSN: 2212-0416

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Restoring Degraded Landscapes

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34620

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Social equity

Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries

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Otoo, Miriam
Drechsel, Pay

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Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay. (Eds.) 2018. Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. 816p.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93011

Advances in groundwater governance

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Villholth, Karen G.
López Gunn, E.
Conti, K.
Garrido, A.
Gun, Jac van der

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Villholth Karen G.; Lopez-Gunn, E.; Conti, K.; Garrido, A.; Van Der Gun, J. (Eds.) 2018. Advances in groundwater governance. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. 594p.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92080

Costs and benefits of using wastewater for aquifer recharge

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Qadir, Manzoor
Boelee, Eline
Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.
Danso, George K.

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Qadir, Manzoor; Boelee, E.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Danso, G. 2015. Costs and benefits of using wastewater for aquifer recharge. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.153-167.

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Rural-Urban Linkages

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71167

Power from manure and slaughterhouse waste for industry's internal use (SuKarne, Mexico) - Case Study

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Reynoso-Lobo, J.
Rao, Krishna C.
Schoebitz, L.
Strande, L.

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Reynoso-Lobo, J.; Rao, Krishna C.; Schoebitz, L.; Strande, L. 2018. Power from manure and slaughterhouse waste for industry's internal use (SuKarne, Mexico) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.172-181.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93325