Irrigation Management for Crop Diversification in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka

Irrigation Management for Crop Diversification in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka
Author: Senen M. Miranda
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 111
Release: 1989
Genre: Agricultural diversification
ISBN: 9290901063

This paper is a synthesis of IIMI's research on irrigation management for crop diversification in Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. It provides some conclusions and recommendations, the potentials and constraints to more intensive non-rice production during the drier part of the year in irrigation systems that have been developed primarily for rice production. The research results obtained from selected irrigation systems sites in the three countries from 1985 to date were analyzed and compared by establishing common reference points where they existed, such as common constraints, potentials and institutional arrangements and by explaining differences based on observed data for each system. Relevant secondary data other than from the research sites were located to shed further insight in the synthesis.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: International Irrigation Management Institute
Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1990
Genre: Agricultural assistance
ISBN:

Small tank cascade systems in the Walawe River Basin

Small tank cascade systems in the Walawe River Basin
Author: P. G. Somaratne
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2005
Genre: Tanks
ISBN: 9290905921

This report on small tank cascade systems is based on a study conducted on seven tank cascades of the Walawe river basin, one of the three main river basins in the Ruhuna benchmark basins selected by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for its benchmark basin study.The overall objective of this study is to document the situation of small tank cascade systems in the basin, paying special attention to their evolution under agro-ecological, socio-economic and institutional changes on an unprecedented scale in the country after the introduction of open market economic policies in the 1970s, and thereby to contribute to the existing knowledge on small tank cascades, a key feature of water resources in the Dry zone regions2 of Sri Lanka since time immemorial.

More Crop Per Drop

More Crop Per Drop
Author: Meredith Giordano
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1843391120

This volume is an analytical summary and a critical synthesis of research at the International Water Management Institute over the past decade under its evolving research paradigm known popularly as 'more crop per drop'. The research synthesized here covers the full range of issues falling in the larger canvas of water-food-health-environment interface. Besides its immediate role in sharing knowledge with the research, donor, and policy communities, this volume also has a larger purpose of promoting a new way of looking at the water issues within the broader development context of food, livelihood, health and environmental challenges. More crop per drop: Revisiting a research paradigm contrasts the acquired wisdom and fresh thinking on some of the most challenging water issues of our times. It describes new tools, approaches, and methodologies and also illustrates them with practical application both from a global perspective and within the local and regional contexts of Asia and Africa. Since this volume brings together all major research works of IWMI, including an almost exhaustive list of citations, in one single set of pages, it is very valuable not only as a reference material for researchers and students but also as a policy tool for decision-makers and development agencies.

A Well of One's Own

A Well of One's Own
Author: E. Jordans
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre:
ISBN:

Rationale and background; Groundwater irrigation; Research methodology; Choices and objectives of the study; Gender relations and irrigated agriculture; Gender relations in rural Bangladesh; Gender policies and strategies of GKF; Gender strategy of GKF; Irrigation-related activities of GKF; Provision of agricultural inputs; Conclusions and discussion; Gender relations and irrigated agriculture; Gender strategy of GKF.

Small Tanks in Sri Lanka

Small Tanks in Sri Lanka
Author: C. R. Panabokke
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2002
Genre: Irrigation
ISBN: 9290904771

The core of this study involved an examination and analysis of certain key features of the traditional small tank cascade systems: a) the location and design of the systems in the past b) the hydro-system which considers the overall hydrological balance and groundwater conditions c) maintenance and tank use d) tank management and integration with local farming systems.

Locally Managed Irrigation Systems

Locally Managed Irrigation Systems
Author: Robert Yoder (Consultant)
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1994
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9290901942

This monograph examines the construction, operation and maintenance tasks that shape the nature of locally managed irrigation systems. The objective of the book is to identify relevant experiences and lessons for staff who are responsible for working with locally managed systems in three types of programs: direct assistance to existing locally managed irrigation systems, turnover of public owned systems to local management, and transfer of partial management to farmer groups within larger systems that remain publicly controlled.