FAO E-workshop "Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds"

Case Studies

These cases were submitted by participants as background material for the workshop discussions.

For more case studies documenting experiences with economic valuation of hydrologic and sediment-related impacts of land use and cooperation mechanisms to share the resulting benefits and costs between upstream and downstream people in rural watersheds, please visit:

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Optimizing soil fertility and plant nutrition to prevent groundwater pollution

Peter Cepuder Volker aus der Schmitten

	Inter-relationships between agriculture and hydrology in lowland areas. The case of the Kangura watershed	C. Cudennec Y. Sinaré Daurensan
	Interrelations entre agriculture et hydrologie en zone de bas-fond. Exemple du bassin versant de Kangura  (French)

	Impact of irrigation upstream dams on surface hydrology. The case of the Yvel watershed	C. Cudennec M. Sarraza
	Impact de retenues collinaires agricoles sur l'hydrologie de surface. Example du bassin versant de l'Yvel   (French)
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	Can participatory land use planning at community level in the highlands of northern Thailand use GIS as a communication tool?	Oliver Puginier
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Canada	Back to top
Case Study No. 5	English

Agricultural Practices and Water Quality in Saskatchewan, Canada: A Sociological Perspective

Randall Kehrig

Economic effects of changing water quality on an irrigation scheme: a case study from South Africa

Jack Armour

	Desarollo de pequeñas cuencas hidrográficas Development of small watersheds	Miguel Hernández Bauzá Nilo Alfonso González
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Integrating biophysical, ecological, and social research for catchment-scale management of water resources: The Motueka River Initiative

Breck Bowden

Tracing sediment transport with Cs-137 isotopes: The Chasovenko catchment case study, Central Russia.

Valentin Golosov Vladimir Belyaev

Australia	Back to top
Case Study No. 10	English

Southern Highlands Irrigation Infrastructure Refurbishment Project

Stephen Arnold

Relations terre-eau dans le bassin versant du Niger supérieur Land-water linkages in the upper Niger watershed

Sény Soumah

Watershed development – or should it be watershed management? The KAWAD Project, Karnataka

C. Batchelor M. Rama Mohan Rao K. Mukherjee

Indo-German Watershed Development Programme Gujarat:  A baseline survey

Andreas Groetschel Ingrid Müller-Neuhof Ines Rathmann Hermann Rupp Ximena Santillana Anja Söger Jutta Werner

Combating drought in Rajasthan through the watershed approach

B.K. Kakade

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Case Study No. 15	English

Environmental impacts and vulnerability of water resources in the Berdawni rural watershed, Bekaa

T. Darwish M. Khawlie I. Jomaa R. Chihny

Water quality and management in peri-urban Kumasi

D.F.M. McGregor D. A. Thompson D. Simon

Agriculture et pollution azotée des eaux en Bretagne Agriculture and nitrogen pollution of water in Brittany

Séverine Gibet

La petite hydraulique et son impact sur la vie du paysan, les eaux de ruissellement, la conversation en eau et en sol et les ressources en eau vers l'aval dans un bassin versant: cas de deux bassin versants de Siliana et du Kef Small hydraulic structures and their impact on farmers' lives, streamflow, soil and water conservation and downstream water resources: The cases of the Siliana and Kef watersheds

Mohamed Mechergui

The Romwe catchment study – the effects of land management on groundwater resources in semi-arid Zimbabwe

P.B. Moriarty C.J. Lovell

Zimbabwe	Back to top
Case Study No. 20	English

The influence of a headwater wetland on downstream river flows in Sub-Saharan Africa

Matthew McCartney

A quantitative treatment on the influence of catchement features, based on GIS, on fish production in Sri Lankan reservoirs

Sena S. De Silva U.S. Amarsinghe C. Nissanka

The Goulburn Broken Water Quality Strategy

Pat Feehan

Integrated land and water management in the upper watersheds of the Aral Sea basin

S. Aslov

Action concertée de lutte contre l''erosion des sols à la Réunion Collective action to fight soil erosion in Réunion

Denis Groene Alain Hébert G. Benoit

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Case Study No. 25	English

	Micro-dams for rainfall water retention in central-west Brazil: Pilot project on water and soil conservation in the micro-basin of the Paiol	Luciano Cordoval de Barros
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Rôle du drainage agricole enterre sur les écoulements annuels: un exemple en région de grande culture Brie The impact of drainage of agricultural soils on annual runoff: An example from the Brie region

Claude Cosandey Marie-Josée Penven Tatiana Muxart

Calidad de agua y sociedad rural, riesgos potenciales de salud en la cuenca baja del río Colorado: el caso del Valle de Mexicali Water quality and rural society: Potential health risks in the lower Río Colorado watershed. The case of the Mexicali Valley

Alfonso Cortez Lara

	Estimation of basin sediment flux in the Pang Khum Experimental Watershed in northern Thailand: The contributions of roads and agricultural lands	Alan D. Ziegler Thomas W. Giambelluca Ross A. Sutherland
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Influence of land use on the hydrological properties of volcanic soils: the case of catchments providing water to Andean cities

W. Buytaert B. De Bièvre J. Deckers G. Dercon

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Case Study No. 30	Spanish

El Fondo para la Protección del Agua y las Cuencas FONAG como mecanismo para la conservación de las Reservas Cayambe- Coca y Antisana en Ecuador The Fund for the protection of water and watersheds (FONAG) as a mechanism for the conservation of the Cayambe-Coca and Antisana reserves, Ecuador.

M. Echavarría

Impacts of irrigation development on small-scale aquatic resources: a case study of southern Laos

Sophie Nguyen Khoa Kai Lorenzen Caroline Garaway Robert Arthur Bounthanom Chamsingh Douangchith Litdamlong Nick Innes-Taylor Darrell Siebert