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    Reservoir operation for recession agriculture in Mekong basin, Laos

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    Reis, J.
    Culver, T.B.
    Lacombe, Guillaume
    Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
    Date
    2014
    Language
    en
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Reis, J.; Culver, T. B.; Lacombe, Guillaume; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali. 2014. Reservoir operation for recession agriculture in Mekong basin, Laos. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 9p. (Online first) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000485
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58414
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000485
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    As hydropower dam construction in rapidly growing economies dislodges communities, rural development experts must help the displaced make their livelihoods in new lacustrine environments. One question is whether the dam infrastructure can directly benefit those who remain within the vicinity of the reservoir. Integrated water resource management seeks to concurrently consider hydrological, socioeconomic, and ecological factors, yet water managers lack the information needed to include livelihoods in their analyses. The objective of this paper is to develop tools and plans for coordinating hydropower reservoir operation and management for rural livelihoods. Specifically, this study investigates how dam management may accommodate vegetable farming on the banks of a reservoir. The intervention investigated is to lower water levels during the cultivation period in order to expose shoreline gardens. Based on the recession agriculture rule, evaluated through simulation of a dam in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the average annual hydropower production was reduced by between 0.4 and 8.1%, depending on the agricultural goal, with the loss to power occurring mainly in the months April to June. By focusing on hydropower reservoir systems, the techniques developed in this study have the potential to be applied to support communities throughout the world that farm on the shorelines of water reservoirs.
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Water, Land and Ecosystems
    Subjects
    AGRICULTURE; RESERVOIRS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER POWER; DAMS; RURAL AREAS; LIVING STANDARDS; VEGETABLE GROWING; RIVER BASINS; CASE STUDIES;
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    LAOS
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