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Key and Smart Actions to Alleviate Hunger and Poverty Through Irrigation and Drainage

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10449/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ird.2225
10.1002/ird.2225
 
Title Key and Smart Actions to Alleviate Hunger and Poverty Through Irrigation and Drainage
 
Creator Unver, O
Wahaj, R
Lorenzon, E
Mohammadi, K
Osias, J R
Reinders, F
Wani, S P
Chuchra, J
Lee, P
Sangjun, I M
 
Subject Agriculture
Irrigation
Water Resources
Food Security
Poverty
 
Description In the pursuit of information to support policies and actions to alleviate hunger and poverty through irrigation and drainage, this
paper attempts to provide correlations between water scarcity, communities and poverty. Many reviews have found strong
direct and indirect relationships between irrigation and poverty. One of the main goals of the international community is to
eliminate hunger and poverty and in this perspective, through the Millennium Development Goals, much progress has been
achieved and evidence obtained. Sustainable Development Goals and various other United Nations initiatives intend to move
forward this agenda by making it a part of broader development frameworks. In this paper, the important elements of irrigation
and drainage that affect the alleviation of hunger and poverty are discussed. These elements are grouped into governance,
rights-based developments, water rights and pricing, management, efficiency improvement, and the role of technology. Both
the potential and the need for innovative technology and solutions in irrigation are underlined, which can be used to cater
for the challenges in different subsectors. The main focus of these solutions is on maximizing productivity and efficiency,
reducing water losses, achieving sustainable intensification and managing demands on water resources and the associated
trade-offs.
 
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10449/1/Unver_et_al-2018-Irrigation_and_Drainage.pdf
Unver, O and Wahaj, R and Lorenzon, E and Mohammadi, K and Osias, J R and Reinders, F and Wani, S P and Chuchra, J and Lee, P and Sangjun, I M (2018) Key and Smart Actions to Alleviate Hunger and Poverty Through Irrigation and Drainage. Irrigation and Drainage (TSI), 67 (1). pp. 60-71. ISSN 15310353