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• Fisheries and livelihoods in Tungabhadra basin, India: current status and future possibilities

  Management of water resources is crucial for supporting livelihoods, particularly marginal communities. The study aims at understanding the livelihood patterns of fishermen within the Tungabhadra sub basin, a tributary of river Krishna located in peninsular India. Household surveys, focus group discussions and interviews were carried out in order to understand the

  • 01/12/2009

  • Institute for Social and Economic Change
  • • Water Resources
    • Tungabhadra
    • Water Management
    • Fisheries
    • Aquaculture
    • Development
    • Fisherfolk
    • Women
    • India
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka
    • Bangalore
    • River Basin
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    • Institute for Social and Economic Change
    • K V Raju
    • Manasi S

• Strategies and recommendations towards an IWRM approach in Tungabhadra sub-basin, India

  In the Tungabhadra sub basin (TBSB), Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is currently seen in a number of smaller initiatives at local scale. The concept of integration is new in water sector and it has for the first time been specified in the National Water Policy (2000), the Karnataka State Water Policy (2002).

  • 01/06/2009

  • STRIVER
  • • Agriculture
    • Water Resources
    • Tungabhadra
    • Water Management
    • Drinking Water
    • Irrigation
    • India
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka
    • River Basin