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Where Water Seeps!: Towards a New Phase in India's Irrigation Reforms
Narayanmoorthy, A, Deshpande, R
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Description for Where Water Seeps!: Towards a New Phase in India's Irrigation Reforms
Hardcover. History of irrigation reforms in India dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. This book covers the irrigation development in India and addresses the issues for analysis. It looks at the specific problem of irrigation, to provide the technically feasible and economically viable solutions under declining availability of water. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; RNF; TVDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 146. Weight in Grams: 600.
History of irrigation reforms in India dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. A number of studies have addressed to the need and process of reforms but these largely ended with two rhythmic suggestions involving pricing of irrigation water and participatory management of the sources of irrigation. It is startling to note that most of these solutions are a century old. The authors have provided evidence that these reform solutions began from the very First Irrigation Commission Report of 1903, and continued thereafter, reappearing periodically almost after every two decades albeit with fragmentary success. This study integrates efforts ... Read more
History of irrigation reforms in India dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. A number of studies have addressed to the need and process of reforms but these largely ended with two rhythmic suggestions involving pricing of irrigation water and participatory management of the sources of irrigation. It is startling to note that most of these solutions are a century old. The authors have provided evidence that these reform solutions began from the very First Irrigation Commission Report of 1903, and continued thereafter, reappearing periodically almost after every two decades albeit with fragmentary success. This study integrates efforts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Academic Foundation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Ghaziabad, India
ISBN
9788171884216
SKU
V9788171884216
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Ref
99-3
About Narayanmoorthy, A, Deshpande, R
A Narayanamoorthy is currently working as Reader and Officer-in-Charge, Agro-Economic Research Centre, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (Deemed to be a University), Pune. Dr. Narayanamoorthy has been working in the area of irrigation including micro irrigation and watershed management over the last 15 years. He has published over 75 research articles in both international and Indian journals, and completed ... Read more
Reviews for Where Water Seeps!: Towards a New Phase in India's Irrigation Reforms
Irrigation means different things in the different agro-economic regimes in India from flood irrigation to drips. This book describes this in vivid detail and lays out the road map as India grapples with land and water scarcity in order to meet its growing needs for a larger population backed by higher purchasing power. It will be the source book for ... Read more