Governance Issues For Sustainable Management Of Village Irrigation In The Dry Zone Of Sri Lanka
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Author | : Imbulana, Upali |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 2023-12-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Village irrigation systems (ViSs) are vital in rural livelihood, food, and water security. VISs include small (minor) tanks and diversions (anicuts). The hydrologically linked tanks with natural drainage patterns form cascades, and beyond food and water security, they play a significant role in mitigating flood and drought impacts on communities in river basins. With anthropogenic changes, many cascades are in depilated states now. This paper finds that policy support with legal recognition to cascade-based community-level institutions promote bottom-up water and natural resources management approaches. They also facilitate investigations of ill-defined subject areas in cascade management and complex socio-political and economic issues and challenges constraining sustainable cascade based VISs operations.
Author | : M. H. S. Dayaratne |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9290901365 |
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Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 64 |
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Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Agricultural development projects |
ISBN | : 9290901330 |
Author | : W. A. T. Abeysekera |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Irrigation |
ISBN | : 929090156X |
Introduction; Tank irrigation modernization project; Gal Oya Water management project; Major irrigation rehabilitation project; Uda Walawe rehabilitation project; Irrigation systems management project; Experiences and lessons learned; Research issues for further investigations.
Author | : Shyamala Abeyratne |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Agricultural development projects |
ISBN | : 9290901233 |
Author | : Kapila P. Vimaladharma |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Irrigation |
ISBN | : 9290901322 |
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Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 197 |
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Author | : International Water Management Institute |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 59 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Irrigation |
ISBN | : 9290903805 |
Water is being transferred out of agriculture to meet the growing demand in other areas, often without an agreement of or compensation to farmers with irrigated land and water rights. Furthermore, there is a failure to recognize that irrigation systems supply water not only for the main fields, but also for domestic uses, home gardens, trees and other permanent vegetation, and livestock. Other productive uses include fishing, harvesting of aquatic plants and animals, and a variety of other enterprises such as brick making. In addition, irrigation systems can have a positive or negative effect on wildlife habitats. Thus, the withdrawal of water affects the rural household, rural economy, and the environment in a number of ways. This paper argues that to ensure efficient, equitable, and sustainable water use, to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of the community, irrigation and water resources policies need to take into account all uses and users of water within the irrigation system. The multiple uses of water in the Kirindi Oya irrigation system are examined in this paper. An interdisciplinary group of scientists have investigated a number of areas including water accounting, water quality, household water use, the valuing of water for alternative uses, and the complementarities, competition, and conflicts among uses and users.
Author | : M. Kikuchi |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Irrigation |
ISBN | : 9290905018 |
Increasing the area under irrigation and the widespread adoption of seed-fertilizer technology were the major factors that contributed to enhanced rice production in Sri Lanka, enabling the country to achieve self-sufficiency in rice. In recent years, there has been a shift in emphasis from expanding the irrigated land base to enhancing the productivity of irrigated land through diversification of agriculture and improvement of rice production, with better water management in irrigation schemes. This report attempts to assess how the irrigation sector in Sri Lanka is adapting itself to these new challenges. It analyzes the future direction of irrigation in Sri Lanka in light of recent trends in public and private investment in this sphere, and the revolution in groundwater development brought about by the poor performance and gradual deterioration of existing irrigation schemes.