Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand

Agriculture productivity is regularly affected by floods and droughts, and the severity is likely to increase in the future. Even if significant efforts are spent on water development projects, ineffective project planning often means that they continue to occur or are only partly mitigated, for exa...

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Autores principales:	Saowanit Prabnakorn, Laddaporn Ruangpan, Natthachet Tangdamrongsub, F. X. Suryadi, Charlotte de Fraiture
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	farm pond rice water demand water management water supply River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d654a6b0f9544578acaf4795d7e19a522021-11-05T20:19:59ZImproving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand1366-70171996-975910.2166/wp.2021.011https://doaj.org/article/d654a6b0f9544578acaf4795d7e19a522021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://wp.iwaponline.com/content/23/5/1153https://doaj.org/toc/1366-7017https://doaj.org/toc/1996-9759Agriculture productivity is regularly affected by floods and droughts, and the severity is likely to increase in the future. Even if significant efforts are spent on water development projects, ineffective project planning often means that they continue to occur or are only partly mitigated, for example, in the Mun River Basin, Thailand, where 1,000 s of water projects have been implemented. Despite this, the basin regularly experiences floods and droughts. In this study, an analysis of the adverse impacts of basin-scale floods and droughts on rice cultivation in the Mun River Basin is conducted, and an estimation of the coping capacity of existing measures. The results demonstrate that while the total storage capacity of in-situ and ongoing projects would be sufficient to tackle both hazards, it can only be achieved if the projects are effectively utilised. Based on this, proposed solutions for the region include small farm ponds, a subsurface floodwater harvesting system, and oxbow lake reconnections. The suggested measures are practicable, economical, environmentally low-impact, and their implementation (if executed with appropriate care) would reduce flood and drought problems in the basin. Notably, the measures and calculation methods proposed for this basin can also be applied to other crops and regions. HIGHLIGHTS The study aims at the solutions to mitigate flood and drought damage to agriculture.; All dimensions associated with floods and droughts are considered at the basin scale.; Feasible solutions to mitigate flood and drought damage are proposed.; The equation to estimate the volume of the farm pond is proposed.; The study area is the Mun River Basin in Thailand, where rice cultivation is dominated.;Saowanit PrabnakornLaddaporn RuangpanNatthachet TangdamrongsubF. X. SuryadiCharlotte de FraitureIWA Publishingarticlefarm pondricewater demandwater managementwater supplyRiver, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506ENWater Policy, Vol 23, Iss 5, Pp 1153-1169 (2021)
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topic	farm pond rice water demand water management water supply River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
spellingShingle	farm pond rice water demand water management water supply River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506 Saowanit Prabnakorn Laddaporn Ruangpan Natthachet Tangdamrongsub F. X. Suryadi Charlotte de Fraiture Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand
description	Agriculture productivity is regularly affected by floods and droughts, and the severity is likely to increase in the future. Even if significant efforts are spent on water development projects, ineffective project planning often means that they continue to occur or are only partly mitigated, for example, in the Mun River Basin, Thailand, where 1,000 s of water projects have been implemented. Despite this, the basin regularly experiences floods and droughts. In this study, an analysis of the adverse impacts of basin-scale floods and droughts on rice cultivation in the Mun River Basin is conducted, and an estimation of the coping capacity of existing measures. The results demonstrate that while the total storage capacity of in-situ and ongoing projects would be sufficient to tackle both hazards, it can only be achieved if the projects are effectively utilised. Based on this, proposed solutions for the region include small farm ponds, a subsurface floodwater harvesting system, and oxbow lake reconnections. The suggested measures are practicable, economical, environmentally low-impact, and their implementation (if executed with appropriate care) would reduce flood and drought problems in the basin. Notably, the measures and calculation methods proposed for this basin can also be applied to other crops and regions. HIGHLIGHTS The study aims at the solutions to mitigate flood and drought damage to agriculture.; All dimensions associated with floods and droughts are considered at the basin scale.; Feasible solutions to mitigate flood and drought damage are proposed.; The equation to estimate the volume of the farm pond is proposed.; The study area is the Mun River Basin in Thailand, where rice cultivation is dominated.;
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author	Saowanit Prabnakorn Laddaporn Ruangpan Natthachet Tangdamrongsub F. X. Suryadi Charlotte de Fraiture
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title	Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand
title_short	Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand
title_full	Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand
title_fullStr	Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand
title_full_unstemmed	Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand
title_sort	improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the mun river basin in thailand
publisher	IWA Publishing
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d654a6b0f9544578acaf4795d7e19a52
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Improving flood and drought management in agricultural river basins: an application to the Mun River Basin in Thailand

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