The Irrigation Sector
The Irrigation Sector

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780821344644

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India's irrigated agriculture sector has been basic to India's economic development and poverty alleviation. One of India's major achievements is its rapid expansion of irrigation and drainage infrastructure. However, the major emphasis on development has been achieved at a cost. The importance put on new construction has diverted attention away from the need to ensure the quality, productivity, and sustainability of the services. Further, a governmental subsidy based approach has been used and this has resulted in irrigation and drainage services which, while enabling significantly higher productivity than from non-irrigated lands, are well below their potential. 'The Irrigation Sector' discusses directions for future growth, the framework for reform, and the reform agenda.

Canal Irrigation in British India
Canal Irrigation in British India

Author: Ian Stone

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-07-25

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780521526630

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A detailed study of the local effects of the British Raj's irrigation schemes.

Institutional Change and Shared Management of Water Resources in Large Canal Systems
Institutional Change and Shared Management of Water Resources in Large Canal Systems

Author: D. J. Bandaragoda

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9290903872

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This report is based on the results of an action research program in pakistan conducted by the International Water Managament Institute (IWMI). An analysis of empirical data is presented in the light of existing theoretical kmowledge on collective action for natural resources management. the report also highlights the current constraints associated with a wider application of some of these findings, which reflect the difficulties in pursuing large-scale institutional reforms in the rural sector of developing coutries. finally, the report raises some key research issues that need to be explored further.

Managing Canal Irrigation
Managing Canal Irrigation

Author: Robert Chambers

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780521347884

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A challenge to re-examine beliefs, biases and actions is presented through the exposure of misleading research and faulty diagnosis in the current policies and pratices of canal irrigation.