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Groundwater has been noted as a major resource for irrigation water in Nepal Terai. The development of different methods of groundwater withdrawal has been promoted in Rupandehi District. Open dug wells were a major source for domestic water use in the 1980s due to cost and ease of construction. ...


Okwany, Romulus O.Prathapar, Sanmugam A.Bastakoti, Ram C.[Renovating open shallow dug wells for off-season home gardening in Nepal Terai]Renovating open shallow dug wells for off-season home gardening in Nepal Terai

Findings: Result revealed that the market actors of supply chain are taking significant benefit of value addition due to more investment in value creation. Vertical coordination is completely absent and the existence of horizontal coordination is in fragile form. The functional strategies in the ...


Timsina, K.P.Bastakoti, Ram C.Shivakoti, G.P.[Achieving strategic fit in onion seed supply chain]Achieving strategic fit in onion seed supply chain

Using biophysical and social analysis methods, this paper evaluated agricultural practices under changing climate in the Koshi Basin and assessed adaptation options. Agricultural trend analysis showed that in the recent three to four decades, the total cultivated area had declined in all parts of...


Bastakoti, Ram C.Bharati, LunaBhattarai, U.Wahid, Shahriar M.[Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin]Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin

Canal siltation is a pervasive problem in coastal Bangladesh causing water-logging and losses in crop yield. Although timely maintenance of canals through regular contributions from the community can solve this problem; it often breaks down because of the free riding issue, a common feature in th...


Mitra, A.Buisson, Marie-CharlotteBastakoti, Ram C.[Enhancing coordination in water management through communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh]Enhancing coordination in water management through communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh

Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data f...


Clement, FlorianeBuisson, Marie-CharlotteLeder, StephanieBalasubramanya, SoumyaSaikia, PanchaliBastakoti, Ram C.Karki, EmmaKoppen, Barbara C.M. van[From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis]From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis

Since the late 1990s, river basin planning has become a central idea in water resources management and a mainstream approach supported by international donors through their water programs globally. This article presents river basin planning as a function of power and contested arena of power stru...


Suhardiman, DianaBastakoti, Ram C.Karki, EmmaBharati, Luna[The politics of river basin planning and state transformation processes in Nepal]The politics of river basin planning and state transformation processes in Nepal

The impact of shallow subsurface drainage was investigated as a pilot study on a 0.13 ha plot of a farmer's field located in Batiaghata, Khulna District, Bangladesh, in the floodplain of the Bay of Bengal. The drainage design differed from traditional subsurface tile drains in two respects: (i) t...


Okwany, Romulus O.Prathapar, Sanmugam A.Bastakoti, Ram C.Mondal, Manoranjan K[Shallow Subsurface Drainage for Managing Seasonal Flooding in Ganges Floodplain, Bangladesh]Shallow Subsurface Drainage for Managing Seasonal Flooding in Ganges Floodplain, Bangladesh
Bastakoti, Ram C.Shivakoti, G.P.Lebel, L.[Local irrigation management institutions mediate changes driven by external policy and market pressures in Nepal and Thailand]Local irrigation management institutions mediate changes driven by external policy and market pressures in Nepal and Thailand

A large number of small- to medium-sized community ponds exist in most parts of the Terai region in Nepal. Such ponds could be a viable alternative for other forms of surface irrigation. But, with the lack of efficient management, many of these ponds remain underutilized. An effort was made to fa...


Bastakoti, Ram C.Prathapar, Sanmugam A.Okwany, Romulus O.[Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai]Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai

Using biophysical and social analysis methods, this paper evaluated agricultural practices under changing climate in the Koshi Basin and assessed adaptation options. Agricultural trend analysis showed that in the recent three to four decades, the total cultivated area had declined in all parts of...


Bastakoti, Ram C.Bharati, LunaBhattarai, UtsavWahid, Shahriar M.[Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin]Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin

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