Irrigation management transfer [electronic resource] : strategies and best practices / Asian Development Bank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asian Development Bank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irrigation--India--Management.

Irrigation.

Agriculture--India.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the years, various factors like increased competition for water, fiscal constraints. faced by the government in continued subsidies for irrigation management, the. demonstrated improvement in water use equity and efficiency when managed by the. users, have led to the devolution of irrigation management to users. Irrigation. Management Transfer (IMT), that is, the relocation of responsibility and authority. for irrigation management from government agencies to the users, such as water. users' associations, has been adopted in more than 25 countries across the. world. However, its implement

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Executive Summary; Background; Water Users' Associations in Major Canal Systems; Water Users' Associations in Tank Systems; Participatory Irrigation Management; Rehabilitation and Maintenance; Financial Viability of Water Users' Associations; The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in Promoting Participatory Irrigation Management; Capacity Building and Monitoring; Institutional Reforms; Enabling Environment; The Way Forward; References and Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-230) and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-339-6

1-281-96371-2

9786611963712

81-321-0018-2

OCLC:

437087370