The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana programme should concentrate on two low-hanging fruits. First, it should quickly put to use 20-40 million ha of unutilised irrigation potential created in major, medium and minor irrigation projects. Second, it should provide better quality power rations...
Shah, Tushaar
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Mishra, G.
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Kela, Pankaj
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Chinnasamy, Pennan
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[Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model]
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Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model
Although wastewater has been increasingly used to grow a range of crops for income generation and livelihood resilience in urban and peri-urban areas, irrigation with untreated or partially treated wastewater may result in negative impacts on irrigated crops, soils, and groundwater along with imp...
Reliance on rainfall for agriculture and increased climate change and variability pose growing production risks in developing countries. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture, putting food security at both household and nat...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Matchaya, Greenwell C.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi]
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The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi
Many irrigation systems are special cases of common-pool resources (CPRs) in which some users have preferential access to the resource, which in theory aggravates collective action challenges such as the under-provision of necessary infrastructure as a result of unequal appropriation of water res...
Javaid, A.
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Falk, T.
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[Incorporating local institutions in irrigation experiments: evidence from rural communities in Pakistan.]
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Incorporating local institutions in irrigation experiments: evidence from rural communities in Pakistan.
Small-scale irrigation is playing an important role in adapting to climate change, achieving food security, and improving household incomes. The Ethiopian Government considers irrigated agriculture as a primary engine of economic growth and plans to increase the current level of irrigation infras...
Amede, Tilahun
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[Technical and institutional attributes constraining the performance of small-scale irrigation in Ethiopia.]
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Technical and institutional attributes constraining the performance of small-scale irrigation in Ethiopia.
International Water Management Institute
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[Improving water management in Myanmar’s dry zone for food security, livelihoods and health]
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Improving water management in Myanmar’s dry zone for food security, livelihoods and health
The report analyzes the changing tripartite constellations between South African black smallholders, the pre- and post-apartheid state, and the country’s large-scale agribusiness and irrigation industry. A recent mode of farming is the ‘joint venture’, in which smallholders hand over land and sha...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Tapela, B.N.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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[Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business]
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Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business
Yakubov, Murat
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[Baseline WUA Study Report. [Project report submitted to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the project "Impact of Water Users Associations on Water and Land Productivity, Equity and Food Security in Tajikistan"]]
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Baseline WUA Study Report. [Project report submitted to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the project "Impact of Water Users Associations on Water and Land Productivity, Equity and Food Security in Tajikistan"]
Yakubov, Murat
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[Enhancing capacity building of Khal Panchayats in select farmers's organizations of Bahawalnagar CC [Canal Circle]: Khal Panchayats Training Report [Revitalizing irrigation in Pakistan project]]
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Enhancing capacity building of Khal Panchayats in select farmers's organizations of Bahawalnagar CC [Canal Circle]: Khal Panchayats Training Report [Revitalizing irrigation in Pakistan project]