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Merrey, Douglas J.Shah, TushaarKoppen, Barbara C.M. vanLange, M. deSamad, M.[Can irrigation management transfer revitalize African agriculture?: A review of African and international experiences]Can irrigation management transfer revitalize African agriculture?: A review of African and international experiences
Molden, David J.Turral, H.Amerasinghe, Felix P.Sharma, Bharat R.Hatibu, N.Drechsel, PayKoppen, Barbara C.M. vanWester, F.Tharme, Rebecca E.Raschid-Sally, LiqaSamad, M.Murray-Rust, HammondShah, TushaarAcreman, M.C.Smakhtin, Vladimir U.Peden, Donald G.Burton, M.Albergel, J.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Dunkhorst, B.Merrey, Douglas J.Mustafa, M.Brown, D.Dalton, J.Flugel, W.Gichuki, Francis N.Harrington, Larry W.Moustafa, M.Samarasinghe, S. A. P.Wallender, W.Mohammed, A.[Integrating research in water, food and environment. Challenge Program on Water and Food background paper 4]Integrating research in water, food and environment. Challenge Program on Water and Food background paper 4

This research assesses the widespread transfer of government-run smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa to the management of organized groups of farmers in the light of decades of experience by various countries . The comparative study of the Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) suggests that i...


Shah, TushaarKoppen, Barbara C.M. vanMerrey, Douglas J.Lange, M. deSamad, M.[Farmer management of government irrigation systems: a viable option for Africa's smallholders?]Farmer management of government irrigation systems: a viable option for Africa's smallholders?
Merrey, Douglas J.[Potential for devolution of management to farmers' organizations in an hierarchical irrigation management agency: the case of the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka]Potential for devolution of management to farmers' organizations in an hierarchical irrigation management agency: the case of the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka

Reprinted with permission from Lands at Risk in the Third World: Local Level Perspectives, edited by Peter D. Little and Michael M. Horowitz, Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1986.

The paper analyzes changes in local resource management strategies and the environmental impact of centralized irrigation management in the Indus Basin since the mid-19th century. These changes are viewed primarily as responses to increasing interventions of the state, and the co-opting through c...


Merrey, Douglas J.[The local impact of centralized irrigation control in Pakistan: a socio-centric perspective]The local impact of centralized irrigation control in Pakistan: a socio-centric perspective

Reprinted with permission from Desertification and Development: Dryland Ecology in Social Perspective, edited by H. Mann and B. Spooner, London, Academic Press, 1982.

The paper presents a case study of a reconstruction project on one watercourse and identifies the impediments preventing its successful completion. It also summarizes the results of a larger survey of organizational problems on improved watercourses. The basic argument is that a major source of t...


Merrey, Douglas J.[Reorganizing irrigation: local level management in the Punjab (Pakistan).]Reorganizing irrigation: local level management in the Punjab (Pakistan).

This paper uses a case study to address a fundamental issue in irrigation management: the relationship between technology and the organization required to use that technology productively. When an irrigation system is developed over time by a local community, the technology and the organization e...

As there are few detailed studies of the actual operation of warabandi, this paper attempts to fill this gap in our knowledge of warabandi. Based on detailed field work in a village in Punjab Province, Pakistan, it takes an historical perspective on how the route of a particular watercourse, and ...


Merrey, Douglas J.[The sociology of warabandi: a case study from Pakistan]The sociology of warabandi: a case study from Pakistan

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