Institutional Reforms in Indian IrrigationSAGE Publications, 2005 - 322 من الصفحات `Institutional Reforms in India Irrigation brings together perspectives from three scholars with research interests ranging from agricultural economics to participatory watershed management and collective action. Overall the book provides a useful overview of irrigation management in India and authoritavely reviews options for cost-recovery under irrigation management transfer programs' - Development and Change Examining the nature and scope of large-scale surface irrigation in India, this book identifies the factors leading to poor performance from a political economy perspective and suggests viable options for institutional reforms. Using empirical data on irrigation financing and farmer participation, the authors go beyond merely making policy recommendations. They make detailed calculations of the costs of irrigation development, including both capital expenditure and recurring costs. They also examine the performance of reform measures that are already in operation in Karnataka and Rajasthan, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of participatory irrigation management reforms. |
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... zone to 750 mm in the humid zone . The total catchment area of the river basins flowing through the state of Rajasthan is 62.85 thousand sq km with a total runoff of 194,498.10 M cm ( million cu m ) . There are three major river basins ...
... zone to 750 mm in the humid zone . The total catchment area of the river basins flowing through the state of Rajasthan is 62.85 thousand sq km with a total runoff of 194,498.10 M cm ( million cu m ) . There are three major river basins ...
الصفحة 49
... water potential for irrigation is about 48,000 M cm . The total net irrigated area as of 1993 was 2,194,000 ha , of which 41 percent came from canals , 12 percent from tanks and 33 percent from wells . The ultimate irrigation potential ...
... water potential for irrigation is about 48,000 M cm . The total net irrigated area as of 1993 was 2,194,000 ha , of which 41 percent came from canals , 12 percent from tanks and 33 percent from wells . The ultimate irrigation potential ...
الصفحة 118
... irrigated area . The inherent features of the current assessment mechanism allow farm- ers to manipulate the water charges by understating the extent of area irrigated . In fact , at times , farmers can entirely escape payment . Thus ...
... irrigated area . The inherent features of the current assessment mechanism allow farm- ers to manipulate the water charges by understating the extent of area irrigated . In fact , at times , farmers can entirely escape payment . Thus ...
المحتوى
Preface | 12 |
India Rajasthan and Karnataka | 29 |
Indian Surface Irrigation | 61 |
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agriculture allocated analysis Andhra Pradesh Bihar canal irrigation capital cost Chambal collective action command area committee cooperatives cost per hectare cost recovery crops direct receipts distributary efficiency estimates expenditure factors FAIA farmer participation FIGURE funds gestation lag groundwater groups Gujarat Haryana hectare IGNP improve incentives increase India infrastructure institutions investment involvement irrigated area irrigation agency Irrigation Department irrigation fees irrigation financing Irrigation Management Transfer irrigation potential irrigation projects irrigation schemes irrigation systems issues Karnataka KBJNL Krishna Raja Sagar Krishna river Maharashtra maintenance major and medium medium irrigation Meinzen-Dick ment million mobilizing O&M costs O&M expenses organizations participatory irrigation management percent performance Plan potential creation programs Rajasthan reforms revenue societies Source staff structure Tamil Nadu Temporal behavior tion Upper Krishna Project variables water charges water rates Water Resources water supply Water User Associations World Bank WUAs