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1 Doherty, V. S.; Miranda, S. M.; Kampen, J. 1981. Social organization and small watershed development. An offprint from Proceedings of the Exploratory Workshop on the Role of Anthropologists and other Social Scientists in Interdisciplinary Teams Developing Improved Food Production Technology, IRRI, Los Banos, Phillipines, 23-26 March 1982. pp.9-24. (ICRISAT economic program progress report no. 26)
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: P 1661 Record No: H0967)
To assess the prospects for development of small agricultural watersheds in the semi-arid tropics there should be a clear idea of potential for cooperation by small groups of farmers. Cooperation would be particularly important if development included collection of runoff water on a catchment and use of the water on upland crops by several farmers. Cases of shared use of wells in southern, semi-arid tropical India are compared with results of literature studies and on-farm research. A basic distinction between rule-based cooperation and decision-based cooperation, is suggested.
2 Doherty, V. S.. 1982. Tank irrigation in crosscultural perspective. Andhra Pradesh, India: ICRISAT. ii, 25p. (ICRISAT economic program progress report no.36)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.2 G635 DOH Record No: H01760)
Irrigation tanks, or small reservoirs, are localized systems organizationally quite distinct from regionally integrated canal networks. Comparative examination of the organization of irrigation in three societies in which localized systems were traditionally operated shows that most organizational functions were carried out efficiently on a village or local residential group basis, without active intervention from outside. Analysis suggests that this was possible because very high proportions of the local populations were involved, and that in such cases government, and government officers from outside the local area, need not play particularly active roles. The findings suggest that for localized irrigation systems participation is at least as important as authoritarianism, and that this hypothesis might be applied in planning the development of localized systems and in analyzing societies based on them. Revised version of a paper presented at the Workshop on Modernization of Tank Irrigation, 10-12 February 1982, Centre for Water Resources, Perarignar Anna University of Technology, Madras, India.
3 Doherty, V. S.. 1983. Society and the natural world in Asia: The coming decades. Unpublished research proposal. ii, 17p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1017 Record No: H05129)
4 Doherty, V. S.. 1982. A crosscultural analysis of tank irrigation. Anna University of Technology, College of Engineering, Centre for Water Resources. Preworkshop papers - Modernization of tank irrigation: Problems and issues, 10-12 February 1982. Madras, India: The University. 52p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.7 G635 ANN Record No: H04903)
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