About the Project
Being the second fastest growing economic zone in the world, South Asia needs to have a cautious approach towards sustainable development balancing between the huge population density and its degrading natural resources. Besides the conscious and constant efforts taken by national governments and international agencies, acute poverty prevails in this region owing to poor policy and governance reforms, lack of infrastructure & institutional capacities, vulnerability to climate change, unscientific use of natural resources and poor regional cooperation. Poverty eradication is possible only through interlinking the key players of sustainable development viz., food water and energy. The linkages between food, water and energy are intricate and alterations in any one of the resources can have severe ramifications on other two resources. Considering the trans-boundary nature and the huge hydro-power potential of the major rivers (The Indus, The Ganges and The Brahmaputra), there is a need to address these issues of food, water and energy security through sharing and management of natural resources which again underlines the necessity of regional cooperation.
Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP) is a portfolio investment approach by Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to address the issues of water, food and energy security in South Asia through better regional cooperation, policy reforms, technology transfer and capacity building targeting the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and girls. This investment strategy has a 12 year horizon which will be realized in three phases. CUTS International is one among the portfolio partners for carrying forward the activities related to SDIP. The targeted areas and the investment portfolio’s objectives are broadly stated as follows:
- Confident and cooperative decision-making across jurisdictional borders for the effective and equitable management of shared water resources.
- Increased access to and cooperation on energy
- Increased agricultural productivity and farm incomes through the adoption of more efficient and sustainable agricultural practices and better developed value-added market chains.
Implementing Organization
CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (CUTS CITEE)
D–217, Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park,
Jaipur 302 016, India
Ph: +91.141.2282821,
Fx: +91.141.2282485
Email: citee@cuts.org
Web: http://www.cuts-citee.org/
Other Portfolio Partners
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Common Wealth Scientific and Industrial research Organization (CSIRO)
International Centre for Excellence for Water Resource Management (ICEwaRM)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI)
- Compendium on Sustainable Agricultural Practices – Insights from the Indus, Ganges & Brahmaputra basins
- Rethinking Perceptions – Agriculture, Water and Energy Scenario in South Asia
- Agricultural Production & the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus in the Indus, Ganges & Brahmaputra Basins of South Asia (pp. 227 – 247), CUTS International
- Interrogating Energy-Water Nexus in Indian Agriculture : Efficiency vs. Political Stability and Food Security
- Interrogating South Asia’s Hydro Politics Implications for Water Security and Hydro-Power Cooperation in the Sub-Continent
- Agricultural Value Chains in India: Prospects and Challenges
- Agricultural Input Trade and Food Security in South Asia
- Sustainable Development in South Asia Need for Cooperation in Food-Water-Energy Security
- Significance of grid connected rooftop solar photo voltaic in Kolkata and other urban spaces of West Bengal
- Mainstreaming Sustainable Development A Quick Diagnostic of Key Challenges and Opportunities for Water, Energy & Food Security in South Asia
- Policy Mapping on Energy
- Policy Mapping on Water
- Policy Mapping on Agriculture
- January – March 2016
- October – December 2015
- July – September 2015
- April – June 2015
- January- March 2015
- October- December 2014
- July- September 2014
- CUTS SDIP Annual Organizational Report for October, 2013 – July, 2014
- Report on CUTS Strategic Partnership Meeting
- Report on SDIP Inception Meeting
- Report on Partnership Brokers Training
- DFAT & CUTS Quarterly Meeting
- IOD PARC & CUTS Meeting
- SDIP Media Mapping Report
- South Asia CSO Mapping Report
- AusAID & CUTS Partnership Meeting Report
- Policy Brief on Energy: Policies & Institutional Practices for Renewable Energy in Bangladeshra
- Policy Brief on Agriculture: Agricultural Institutions, Practices and Sustainability in Bangladesh
- Policy Brief on Water: Water Management in Bangladesh
- Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Support Activities under SDIP project
- SNV Market Exploration Tour to North East India
- Establishing a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) Scheme on the Protection of Drinking Water Source in Chukha Dzongkhag
- India’s Silent Spring
- Power Haves, Power Have-Nots
- Can India Reform its Agriculture?
- Is There a Trade-Off between Agricultural Development, Adaptation and Mitigation?
- Regulating the Race to Renewables
- Modi’s Maiden Motion: What’s ‘New’ for Renewable?
- India’s Green Industrial Policy: Pursuing Clean Energy for Green Growth
- Balancing State, Utility and Social Needs in Agricultural Electricity Supply: The Case for a Holistic Approach to Reform
- Policy Brief on Energy: Punjab’s Energy Sector: Growth, Structure and Strategic Policy Issues
- Policy Brief on Water: Remodelling Water Use in Indian Punjab for Efficiency and Sustainability
- Policy Brief on Agriculture: Agriculture Development in Punjab: Problems and Prospects
- Pamphlet on Sanda method in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Report on seminar on Sustainable Agriculture in Changing Climate Scenario at Lucknow, UP
- Report on the District Agriculture Development Forum (DADF) Meeting at Mau, UP
- Importance of Water Management in the wake of Climate Change
- Contribution for Improved Technologies in increasing Farm Productivity in the wake of Climate Change
- Assessment of Farmers` Perception of Climate Change and its impact in Flood-prone Ecosystem of Eastern UP
- Groundwater Policy and Regulatory Mechanism in Uttar Pradesh
- Case study on zero tillage technique in Bihar
- Problem Tree of Agriculture in Bihar
- Report on Access to Key Inputs and Services of Farmers in Bihar
- Report on the Solar Lighting Program at Baksa in Assam, India
- Pamphlet on Agriculture Water Management
- Pamphlet on Floating Vegetable Bed Cultivation
- Pamphlet on Pheromone Trap
- Pamphlet on System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
- Pamphlet on Vegetable Cultivation in Sandy Bed
- Pamphlet on Vermicomposting
- Report on Study on Agriculture Water Management of Small & Marginal Farmers in the District of Morigaon
Compendium on Sustainable Agricultural Practices
SDIP Perception Survey Report
Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) Anthology
Discussion Paper
Briefing Papers
SDIP Diagnostic Study Report
Policy Mapping
Quarterly Progress Report
Reports
Poster
Country Partner Outputs
US Publications
SNV Publications
Indian Partner Outputs
