Decentralized artificial recharge movements in India: potential and issues

Artificial rechargeCostsAquifersGroundwaterRechargeWellsWater harvestingWatershedsTank irrigationDams

Institutional arrangements and strategies for research and development in the future

Agricultural research / Research institutes / Irrigation / Research projects / Development / Sri Lanka

Research needs and priorities

Irrigated farming / Agriculture / Research priorities / Irrigation management / Sri Lanka

Water supply and demand

Water supply / Water demand / Water management / Water policy / Sri Lanka

Coordinating and support mechanisms: Options and prospects for irrigation management

Sri Lanka

Satellite remote sensing for assessment of irrigation system performance: a case study in India

Irrigation management / Irrigated farming / Agricultural production / Irrigation systems / Food production / Rice / Cropping systems / Crop yield / Remote sensing / GIS / Models / Policy / Case studies / Satellite surveys / Performance evaluation / India / Bhadra Project

Water scarcity and the role of storage in development

Groundwater / Water storage / Water scarcity / Reservoir storage / Costs / Aquifers / Conjunctive use / River basins / Surface water / Dams

Basin-level use and productivity of water: examples from South Asia

Water managementWater conservationRiver basinsWater useProductivityCase studiesIrrigated farmingIndicatorsWater scarcity

Hydronomic zones for developing basin water conservation strategies

Water conservation / River basins / Groundwater / Case studies / Irrigation / Water management / Water use efficiency / Sri Lanka / India / Egypt / Turkey / Kirindi Oya / Nile River / Bhakra Irrigation System / Gediz Basin

South Asian Regional Workshop on Groundwater Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Sustainable Groundwater Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh 18-21 May 1992

Farmer managed irrigation systems, Groundwater management, Sustainability, Bangladesh