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This report presents a discussion among IWMI?s Asian researchers on the strategy for policy research on canal irrigation in India. Poor service delivery, persistence of head-tail inequity, growing gap between irrigation potential created and utilized, shrinking of command area despite growing inv...


Shah, TushaarAnwar, Arif A.Amarasinghe, Upali A.Hoanh, Chu ThaiReddy, Junna MohanMolle, FrancoisMMukherji, AditiPrathapar, Sanmugam A.Suhardiman, DianaQureshi, Asad SarwarWegerich, Kai[Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.]Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.

In countries with transitional economies such as those found in South Asia, large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) with a history of public ownership account for about 115 million ha (Mha) or approximately 45% of their total area under irrigation. In terms of the global area of irrigation (320 Mha...


Lankford, B.A.Makin, Ian W.Matthews, NathanielMcCornick, Peter G.Noble, A.D.Shah, Tushaar[A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change']A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change'

This Highlight reports on the trip, which included a field visit to newly-modernized Shijin irrigation system in Hebei province. If the Shijin system is any guide, three elements of China?s irrigation modernization strategy are: [a] total rehabilitation of old, earthen systems into modern, lined ...


Shah, TushaarMohatadulla, KhalidQureshi, Asad Sarwar[Irrigation modernization: Chinese style - Report on a field visit to Shijin Irrigation System, Hebei Province [China]]Irrigation modernization: Chinese style - Report on a field visit to Shijin Irrigation System, Hebei Province [China]
Autor: Shah, Tushaar

Since independence, India has emerged as the world’s largest groundwater economy, with annual groundwater use increasing from less than 50 BCM in the 1950s to over 230 BCM today. While this groundwater boom has been the bedrock of India’s agricultural growth, it has also created formidable challe...


Shah, Tushaar[Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response]Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response

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