Accelerating irrigation expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa: policy lessons from the global revolution in farmer-led smallho...
Cleaning the Ganga: rethinking irrigation is key
Prioritising aviral dhara (uninterrupted flow) over nirmal dhara (unpolluted flow) can deliver quick outcomes in the Namami Gange Programme. Treating human, municipal and industrial waste released into the Ganga is a long-term project requiring vast resources and political energy, besides behavioural change on a mass scale. But, Ganga’s dry season ...
Canal irrigation performance and impacts: applying contingency theory to irrigation management in India
Will Kudimaramathu make communities think tanks again?: a study of tanks in transit, coping mechanism of communities and...
Kick-staring KUSUM (Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan)
Evolving nature of India's irrigation economy: insights from the fifth minor irrigation census
Landlordism, tenants and the groundwater sector: lessons from Tarai-Madhesh, Nepal
Over recent decades, there has been a shift in the focus of government irrigation schemes towards groundwater development throughout the Gangetic Plains, especially in the Nepal Tarai-Madhesh. This report explores the impact of landlord-tenant relations on access to groundwater irrigation. Tenant farmers have a reduced incentive to invest in pumpin...
The other side of India?s electricity-groundwater nexus: the disruptive impact of tube well irrigation on rural developm...
An experiment in solar power based community tube-wells for irrigation in Nalanda District, Bihar [India]: an assessment...
Typology of irrigation systems in Ghana
Interest in African irrigation investment is growing. However, irrigation is not a monolithic concept, and the opportunities and risks can vary substantially by approach. To help provide an understanding of the variation, this paper builds on previous work to provide a detailed typology of irrigation systems as currently used in Ghana.
