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CRITICAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES FOR
LIVELIHOOD AND WATER SECURITY IN NEPAL
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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1. Water security and equity
• Water security in Nepal is intricately connected to one’s position in the social structure.
• Vulnerability to water induced disasters can depend on the capacity of households to protect their crops or homesteads
• With regards to water for climate change adaptation, access is as big a problem as availability.
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Water access for groundwater and land tenure
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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Spatial geography of inequality and water security
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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2. Convergence of climatic and economic stress
• Too much focus on climate as a singular driver of change
• Climate induced water stress combines with economic pressures such as price rises for inputs – unique pattern of vulnerability.
• Different groups follow varied strategies to ‘adapt’ - with long term consequences for agrarian development and wellbeing.
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Monetisation, debt, and irrigation costs eastern
Tarai-Madhesh: Two patterns of ‘disinvestment’ Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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3. Migration, gender and water
• Male out- migration is critical part of livelihoods at a time of agrarian stress and climate change
• This is paving the way for an unprecedented range of new water access challenges
• Gendered water access has taken on a new dimension
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Women’s work burden and constraints to take up new crops - even with access to water
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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4. Migration and collective action
• Migration has resulted in a new set of social constraints to collective action
• Farmer and agency managed irrigation systems are under stress
• Women have failed to take on formerly ‘male roles’ in public sphere, despite their newfound on farm responsibilities
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Breakdown of indigenous irrigation institutions in Bajhang
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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5. Combining institutional and technical solutions
• In the context of the stresses outlined thus far, a key priority is to build resilience to agrarian stress through both technical and socio-economic solutions
• Important component is engaging with government and non-government partners in ‘action research’ partnerships
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Energy solutions for marginal farmers
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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MUS: a promising approach for food security
and gender equalityPhoto: Floriane Clement / IWMI
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Rethinking the agricultural collective – labour, land and technology pooling for tenant farmers
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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Working with water user committees in earthquake affected zones
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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• Sustainable development of Nepal’s hydrological resources for energy generation is critical for both climate change resilience and economic growth
• Persisting energy crisis in irrigation (dependence on diesel)
• Water storage to manage seasonal scarcity –significant irrigation potential
• Yet, there are equity trade offs
6. Contested hydropower development
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Fishing communities in the Koshi floodplainsPhoto: Fraser Sugden / IWMI
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Conclusion
• What are the critical challenges for water management and water security in Nepal in an era of climatic, economic and demographic stress and the post-earthquake context?
• What are the solutions and what investment and management decisions are needed?
• How can IWMI’s work in Nepal contribute to national priorities in the water sector
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Thank you
Photo: Fraser Sugden / IWMI