Wastewater treatment and reuse: an institutional analysis for Hyderabad, India

River basinsWater pollutionSewageEffluentsPollution controlLegislationWaste managementWater qualityGuidelinesWastewater irrigationHealth hazardsRiceGrassesInstitutional reformCase studies

Assessing the outcomes of IWMI’s research and interventions on irrigation management transfer

Irrigation management / Participatory management / Privatization / Water users associations / Farmers associations / Gender

Livelihoods and gender roles in drip-irrigation technology: A case of Nepal

Gender / Drip irrigation / Technology / Rural women / Empowerment / Vegetables / Family income / Households / Villages / Farmers / Economic aspects

Locating the poor: Spatially disaggregated poverty maps for Sri Lanka

Poverty / Mapping

Managing irrigation jointly with farmers: history, present status and future: review of participatory irrigation management in Sri Lanka

Agriculture development has been the main strategy for the socioeconomic development in the country since time immemorial, even though its contribution to GDP has been declining recently. Successive governments of Sri Lanka since independence have invested heavily in the irrigated agriculture sector to address the food security concerns of the country. The continuous investment in irrigation was required to address problems such as spatial and temporal variations in monsoonal rainfall in the country, which has a serious negative impact on food production and livelihoods of people. The need for pursuing irrigation development and management has become more important in the country in the face of rapid population growth and increasing food prices in the world market. In this context, managing irrigation schemes for productivity increase is becoming increasingly important and different irrigation management models have also emerged through attempts made in this direction by countries including Sri Lanka, where irrigation plays a leading role in food production and nation development. Farmers’ active involvement in irrigation management, especially operation and maintenance (O&M) and decision-making as well, has been identified as a key requirement to attain productivity goals and the sustainability of irrigation systems. This paper aims at reviewing participatory irrigation management approaches adopted in medium and major irrigation systems in Sri Lanka with a view to identifying their past and present trends and future directions. The review will contribute to an improved understanding by policymakers, managers of irrigation schemes and farmers of the role of participatory irrigation management, its past and present including institutional structures, responsibilities and performance and the directions it should take to meet future challenges as a dynamic institutional mechanism. As all the medium and major irrigation schemes in the country are jointly managed by farmers and government agencies, the inferences drawn from the review would be important for the agencies and farmers alike to introduce necessary changes in their programs to address future needs and requirements.Length: pp.35-63Participatory managementIrrigation managementFarmers organizationsIndicatorsHistoryIrrigation schemes

Shifting waterscapes: explaining basin closure in the Lower Krishna Basin, South India

River basins / Ecosystems / Protective irrigation / Irrigation programs / Water transfer / Water distribution / Water allocation / Groundwater depletion / Aquifers / Water scarcity / Water use / Drought / India / Lower Krishna Basin / Godavari Basin / Nagarjuna Sagar Project / Kolleru Lake

A framework for efficient wastewater treatment and recycling systems

Water reuse / Wastewater / Recycling / Pricing / Water allocation / Cost benefit analysis / Wastewater irrigation / Developing countries / Developed countries / Case studies

Integrated water-resources management in a river basin context: institutional strategies for improving the productivity of agricultural water management; Proceedings of the Regional Workshop, Malang, Indonesia January 15-19, 2001

Water resource management, River basins, Institutional development, Social aspects, Economic aspects, Water policy, Hydrology, Models, Water allocation, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Water productivity of irrigted agriculture in India: potential areas for improvement

Water productivityIrrigated farmingWater use efficiencyWheatCottonRiver basinsWater conservation

An assessment of the Small-Scale Irrigation Management Turnover Program in Indonesia.

Irrigation management / Privatization / Small scale systems / Irrigation systems / Water distribution / Performance / Operations / Maintenance / Productivity / Crop yield / Economic impact / Costs / Indonesia