In K. C. Nobe and R. K. Sampath (Eds.) Irrigation management in developing countries: Current issues and approaches. Boulder, CO: Westview Press / Examines the social, technical, and economic aspects of the massive investment in groundwater development in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Describes many of the physical parameters of the two systems which re...
This paper describes the Madura Groundwater Irrigation Project training program for tubewell operators and officers of the water users' associations. Background information on the overall project is given and the water management program is described. The majority of the paper examines in detail the training program that was designed and implemente...
Although Pakistan's surface irrigation development has a long history, it is only about 30 years ago that the development of groundwater resources was begun. During the past decade, government policy has been reoriented towards private, instead of public, tube well development in fresh groundwater areas. This paper examines the policies that have e...
In IIMI, Groundwater farmer-managed irrigation systems and sustainable groundwater management: A South Asian Regional Workshop of the FMIS Network, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18-21 May 1992. Vol.II
This paper analyzes the tubewell data collected by IIMI-Pakistan over a period of 4 years. While the main emphasis remains on the operation of private tubewells, public tubewells and canal water supplies are included in the analyses to give a more comprehensive picture of the conjunctive use environment, a characteristic of most of the irrigated ar...
In this workshop the participants identified five priority areas of concern relative to sustainable management of groundwater irrigation by farmers:1) aquifer drawdown; 2) FMIS groundwaterwater support services, 3) management problems under water-surplus conditions; 4) management problems under water-deficit conditions; 5) management problems in co...
In IIMI; Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering. International Conference on Irrigation Management Transfer, Wuhan, China, 20-24 September 1994. Draft conference papers. Vol.2. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI); Wuhan, China: Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering.
