Download or read book Improving Irrigation Performance Through the Use of Management Information Systems written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Irrigation Management in India written by Vasant P. Gandhi and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing crisis in water resource management today and this is becoming increasingly serious as development accelerates. The management of the water resource across vast areas of the country, and amongst millions of users is becoming a major challenge. The crucial role of irrigation in food production as well as livelihoods in India is well-known. Irrigation systems frequently show low water use efficiency, poor maintenance, and weak financial sustainability. The technical and economic solutions to the problems are typically known and often simple, but the institutional management in a participative political economy framework is becoming very difficult and is posing a serious challenge. The analysis of the shortcomings point substantially to the lack of meaningful involvement of the farmers in decision making and various physical activities. This has led to a growing emphasis on Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) which has been, by policy, promoted vigorously by the central and state governments in the past 2-3 decades. However, doubts exist regarding the extent of devolution, the institutional capacity, and the impact on agriculture and rural livelihoods. In light of this, the present research, undertaken collaboratively with the State Agro-Economic Research Centers, examines the nature and performance of PIM across three major states: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Download or read book Irrigation Management In Developing Countries written by K. C. Nobe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together current issues in and approaches to the development, utilization, and management of water resources in developing countries. It analyzes these irrigation issues and offers future strategies to help bridge the gap between potential and reality in Third World agriculture.
Download or read book Improving Irrigation Performance Through the Use of Management Information Systems written by D. H. Murray-Rust and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many countries are facing the challenge of attempting to improve the performance of irrigation systems with fewer financial and human resources. Although there are a wide range of strategies for meeting this challenge, they almost all have one thing in common: the adoption of a management approach that includes a greater responsiveness to current and potential levels of performance. Tipically, three elements of performance-oriented management are: better and more timely access to data, an improved capacity to process the data into meaningful information on performance, and a capacity to identify causes of less than desired performance and potential solutions. This paper describes the development, introduction and use of an improved Management Information System in the Mahi Kadana Irrigation System in Gujarat, India. It represents the outcome of the first two phases of a collaboration between the Gujarat Irrigation Department, the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) at Anand, Gujarat, and the International Irrigation Management Institute (ILMI) which has its headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In undertaking this colaboration, each of the three elements of performance-oriented management has been addressed in a sequential set of activities.
Download or read book Improving Irrigation System Management Through Farmer to Farmer Training Examples From Nepal written by Naresh C. Pradhan and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1989 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving International Irrigation Management With Farmer Participation written by Norman Uphoff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, indigenous irrigation in many countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America has been managed quite well by water users, who design, build, operate, and maintain often sophisticated, but usually small-scale, systems. More recently, in connection with large-scale development programs and government-managed schemes, the planned introduct
Download or read book Water Management in India written by P. C. Bansil and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa written by Keijiro Otsuka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book addresses the issue of how a country, which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery, could make a transition to the emerging state, capable of undertaking the task of economic development and industrialization. It offers historical and contemporary case studies of transition, as well as the international background under which such a transition was successfully made (or delayed), by combining the approaches of economic history and development economics. Its aim is to identify relevant historical contexts, that is, the ‘initial conditions’ and internal and external forces which governed the transition. It also aims to understand what current low-income developing countries require for their transition. Three economic driving forces for the transition are identified. They are: (1) labor-intensive industrialization, which offers ample employment opportunities for labor force; (2) international trade, which facilitates efficient international division of labor; and (3) agricultural development, which improves food security by increasing supply of staple foods. The book presents a bold account of each driver for the transition.
Download or read book Management and Organisation of Irrigation System written by C.S. Raghuvanshi and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1995 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Is One Of The Essential Resources In Ag¬Ricultural Production, Which Has Several Unique Characteristics. Individual Farmers, Acting Alone, Can Seldom Acquire Water For Irrigation. Con¬Struction And Maintenance Of The Physical Struc¬Tures To Divert, Convey, And Distribute Water Usually Require Huge Investments, Which Is Beyond The Capacity Of A Farmer Surface Wa¬Ter Cannot Be Easily Stored And Particularly By The Individual Farmer, As Fertilisers, Pesticides Etc. Can Be. Water Must Be Used Whenever It Is Available. However, Farmers Generally Can¬Not Transport Water Economically Over Great Distances And The Locations. All Irrigation Systems Require That Certain Es¬Sential Tasks Should Be Accomplished, If The System Is To Function Productively, For Which Three Sets Of Management Activities Become Essential.For An Efficient Management Of Irrigation Projects, The Role Of Organisation, Channels Of Communications, Patterns Of Influence, Lines Of Authority And Loyalty, Which Can Ensure Some Sort Of Efficiency, Equity And Social Jus¬Tice, Cannot Be Overemphasized. This Neces¬Sitates That Irrigation Management Must De¬Vote A Large Part Of Its Attention To Its Organi¬Sation.This Noble Objective Can Be Achieved Through An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Manage¬Ment And Organisation, Water Distribution, Crop¬Ping Pattern, Complementary Inputs, Land Re¬Forms, Fanners' Participation, Pricing Of Wa¬Ter And Energy, Economic And Financial Evalu¬Ation, Institutional Needs, Command Area De¬Velopment Etc. This Could Be Possible Through The Structuring Of Individuals And Functions Into Productive Relationships In An Organisation. This Book Addresses To This Crucial But Ne¬Glected Element In The Equation Of Efficient Irrigation Management. It Starts From The Premise That Irrigation Management Is Best Regarded As A Socio-Technical Enterprise, Where The Human Dimension Interacts With The Physical And Technical Ones. The Book Thus Covers A Series Of Organizational Variables And Human Behaviour Backed With Critical Inputs, Insti¬Tutional Needs And Services.
Download or read book Satellite Remote Sensing for Improving Irrigation System Performance written by Radhika De Silva and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With special reference to India.
Download or read book Asian Irrigation in Transition written by Ganesh Shivakoti and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005-11-23 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is today a crucial need to revamp the management and governance of water systems in Asia in order to cater to the increasing demands of a growing group of users with diverse needs - urban settlements, industry, food producers and environmental needs. This book includes essays that cover a range of issues that are involved in this endeavor.
Download or read book Canal Irrigation Systems in India written by Umesh Chandra Chaube and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses broadly on the preliminaries of the canal irrigation systems in India with a focus on their operation, maintenance, and management of the canal systems. The chapters in this book are classified under four sections, viz., (i). preliminaries of the canal irrigation systems, (ii) operation of the canal irrigation systems, (iii) maintenance of the canal irrigation systems, and (iv) management of the canal irrigation systems. The preliminaries of the canal irrigation systems include an integrated view of irrigation and agriculture, irrigation management in India: problems, issues, a brief history, and some lessons, irrigation administration, organizational structure for management of irrigated agriculture, and farmers’ participation. The operation of the canal irrigation systems includes the operation of dams and barrages, canal operation, water distribution planning, measurement of flow and sediment in canals, and performance evaluation of the canal irrigation system, use of groundwater in the canal command area. The canal irrigation systems' maintenance includes dams, barrages, related equipment, canals and related structures, field drainage, diagnostic analysis of canal irrigation system, soil and water quality management, soil moisture, and measurement. The management of the canal irrigation systems includes rehabilitation and modernization and a case study on rehabilitation, conjunctive use management, operation, and maintenance budgeting, and financing. The book is expected to be useful for academicians, water practitioners, scientists, water managers, environmentalists, administrators, NGOs, researchers, and students who are actively involved in the operation, maintenance, and management of the canal irrigation system for addressing the challenges being faced in the irrigated agricultural while addressing issues of canal irrigation systems in South East Asia.
Download or read book Issues in Irrigated Agriculture and Command Area Development written by M. V. K. Sivamohan and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policies for irrigated agriculture;improving irrigation management: canal operation; organisation requirements for command area development;policies relating to fertilizer use and irrigation agriculture in India; agricultural extension in the command area of rajasthan; chambal command area development authority: a study of administrative resources;management of canal systems in Nagarjunasagar righ canal project;irrigation utilisation in large irrigation projects: the role of irrigation association and the government; farmer's involvement in irrigation development: a study of warabandi system in a village setting.
Download or read book Managing Irrigation written by Norman Uphoff and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irrigation continues to be a vital component of human existence. The study of irrigation bureaucracy, however, is a new field for study. Defining and shaping this area of inquiry, Managing Irrigation offers analytical and prescriptive conclusions to improve the performance of bureaucracies responsible for irrigation management in developing countries. Uphoff and his colleagues envision irrigation as both a socio-technical and organizational-managerial enterprise; that considering cultural and organizational factors are as important as technological ones. Managing Irrigation develops a typology of irrigation systems and looks at differences in structures; considers objectives of irrigation management; and suggests alternatives, principles, and past experience to make irrigation agencies more effective. As such, policymakers, administrators, students, and scholars in development studies, Third World studies, political science, and sociology will find this volume most useful. "This book makes no claims to be definitive or complete: It emphasizes pragmatic approaches to problems which will be shaped by the physical, political and social characteristics of each specific irrigation scheme. This modest and sympathetic approach seems likely to reach and to influence its intended audience, and the authors are to be warmly congratulated." --Journal of Peasant Studies "It emphasizes pragmatic approaches to problems which will be shaped by the physical, political, and social characteristics of each specific irrigation scheme. This modest and sympathetic approach seems likely to reach and to influence its intended audience, and the authors are to be warmly congratulated." --Journal of Peasant Studies
Download or read book Institutional Reforms in Indian Irrigation written by Ashok Gulati and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: References pp. 294-309.
Download or read book Irrigation Management written by J. M. Dewan and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 1996 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: System Analysis and Irrigation Management, Groundwater Markets and Sustainable Water Resource Management, Irrigation Development: Implications of Recent Experience of Aid Policy, The Political Economy of Irrigation Development, Minor Irrigation Development, Interdisciplinary View of Irrigation System, Land Reforms in India and their Significants in Equitable Distribution of Water, Why Farmer Participation, What Kinds of Participation, Irrigation Legislation and Participatory Management.
Download or read book Improvement in Irrigation Management with Special Reference to Developing Countries written by K. K. Framji and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed papers.
