scholarly journals Social Learning in Integrated Land and Water Resource Management through Indigenous “Zabo System”: A Study from India Tribal State

2020 ◽  
pp. 589-601
Author(s):  
Priti Priyadarshni ◽  
R. N. Padaria ◽  
R. R. Burman ◽  
Rashmi Singh ◽  
Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay (Rtd.) ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Ecosystem Management ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
System A ◽  
Interview Methods ◽  
Land Water

Social learning has been cited as essential process for sustainable ecosystem management and enhancement of desirable behavioral change. The present study has focused on an integrated land water resource management through locally developed “zabo system” by the collective action of community. Focus discussion, PRA tools and personal interview methods were used to gather the data. The result reflected that farmers were co-acting together which highly enhanced their occupational capacity (53.3%), adaptive capacity (50%) and knowledge level (69.5%). This system provides 133% more yield of paddy than average yield of the Nagaland state under Jhum cultivation. The study showed that social learning could be an effective tool for bringing sustainability when ecosystem management is at stake.

scholarly journals Multi-stakeholder platforms: integrating society in water resource management?

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen Warner
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
International Water ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

Multi-Stakeholder Platforms are a currently popular concept in the international water world. It is however not a very well defined phenomenon. The present article unpacks the concept, proposes to see platforms as networks, and identifies two ´schools of thought´: social learning and negotiation. It attempts a preliminary typology of platforms encountered in real life, in which the Comités de Bacia in Brazil, for all their shortcomings, come out as a relatively influential type. In closing, the article then identifies reasons for non-participation, suggesting that it is an inevitable corollary of organised participation.

Catchment surveillance for water resource management

Waterlines ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-25
Author(s):  
Barry Lloyd ◽  
Teresa Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management

Water Resources Management in the Semi-Arid Central Valley of California

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
J. J. Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Ground Water ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Central Valley ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ground Water Resource ◽  
Semi Arid

Hater resource managers in semi-arid regions are faced with some unique problems. The wide variations in precipitation and stream flows in semi-arid regions increase man's dependence on the ground water resource for an ample and reliable supply of water. Proper management of the ground water resource is absolutely essential to the economic well being of semi-arid regions. Historians have discovered the remains of vanished advanced civilizations based on irrigated agriculture which were ignorant of the importance of proper ground water resource management. In the United States a great deal of effort is presently being expended in the study and control of toxic discharges to the ground water resource. What many public policy makers fail to understand is that the potential loss to society resulting from the mineralization of the ground water resource is potentially much greater than the loss caused by toxic wastes discharges, particularly in developing countries. Appropriations for ground water resource management studies in developed countries such as the United States are presently much less than those for toxic wastes management and should be increased. It is the reponsibility of the water resource professional to emphasize to public policy makers the importance of ground water resource management. Applications of ground water resource management models in the semi-arid Central Valley of California are presented. The results demonstrate the need for proper ground water resource management practices in semi-arid regions and the use of ground water management models as a valuable tool for the water resource manager.

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