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1 Hanks, L. M. 1976. Rice and man: Agricultural ecology in Southeast Asia. Chicago, USA: Aldine Publishing Co. ix, 174 p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.17318 G572 HAN Record No: H0137)
2 Small, L. E. 1982. Investment decisions for the development and utilization of irrigation resources in Southeast Asia. In ADC Teaching and Research Forum Workshop report no.26. Bangkok: ADC. pp.1-9.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G572 SMA Record No: H0507)
The workshop was organized around the theme of investment decisions for the further development and utilization of irrigation resources in South East Asia. Implied in this theme, and in the rationale for the workshop, was the notion that policy choices among alternative investments in irrigation resources would have to be made by nations in Southeast Asia, and that research related to these choices could be useful to those individuals making such policy decisions.
3 Lazaro, R. C.; Taylor, D. C.; Wickham, T. H. 1977. Irrigation systems in Southeast Asia: Policy and management issues. In ADC Teaching and Research Forum Seminar report no. 2 (pp. 1-22). New York: Agricultural Development Council.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G572 LAZ Record No: H0508)
4 Levine, G. 1982. Perspectives on integrating findings from research on irrigation systems in Southeast Asia. In ADC Teaching and Research Forum Workshop report no. 26 (pp. 9-15). Bangkok, Thailand: Agricultural Development Council.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G572 SMA Record No: H0506)
5 Wickham, T. (Ed.) 1985. Irrigation management: Research from Southeast Asia. New York, NY, USA: Agricultural Development Council. vii, 248p.
Rural development ; Resource management ; Investment ; Canals ; Economic impact ; Evaluation ; Water user associations ; Tertiary level irrigation / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 631.7.8 G572 WIC Record No: H0717)
Papers from the Conference on Investment Decisions to Further Develop and Make Use of Southeast Asia's Irrigation Resources, Kampangsaen, Thailand 1981.
6 Lenton, R. 1986. On the development and use of improved methodologies for irrigation management. In K. C. Nobe and R. K. Sampath (Eds.), Irrigation management in developing countries: Current issues and approaches (pp. 47-66). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Irrigation management ; Methodology ; Irrigation systems ; Public sector / South Asia / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: 631.7 G000 NOB Record No: H0984)
The paper is concerned with the development and use of general approaches for irrigation management that are not specific to any irrigation system and can be applied in a broad range of situations. It attempts to (1) clarify the concept of an irrigation management methodology; (2) examine to what extent methodologies are available and used in practice in the management of irrigation systems around the world; and (3) explore research needs and draw lessons which may be employed in the development of improved methodologies. The focus of the paper is on large-scale, publicly administered irrigation systems such as those prevalent in much of South and Southeast Asia.
7 Seckler, D. W. 1986. The management of paddy irrigation systems: A laissez-faire, supply-side theory. In K. C. Nobe and R. K. Sampath, Eds., Irrigation management in developing countries: Current issues and approaches (pp. 413-426). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: 631.7 G000 NOB Record No: H0995)
Discusses the differences in the irrigation production function and related management functions between paddy and other crops. Advances the theory that, because of the physical parameters of the way water is stored on and drained off paddy fields and the ultra-sensitivity of paddy yields to water stress, paddy irrigation systems have a self-regulating property that leads to a reasonably optimal allocation of water supply between farmers. Thus, in complete contrast to other crops, it is doubtful if management improvements in the form of rationing and rotation of water supply to farmers would result in cost effective improvements over the allocation achieved by naturally functioning systems. Restricts the discussion to the small (less than 1,000 ha.) rivertine paddy irrigation systems characteristic of Southeast Asia and to the high yielding varieties of paddy.
8 Lazaro, R. C.; Taylor, D. C.; Wickham, T. H. 1978. Irrigation policy and management issues: an interpretive seminar summary. In IRRI, Irrigation policy and management in Southeast Asia. Los Banos, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute. pp.1-12.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G570 IRR Record No: H01187)
The interpretative summary reviews the observations and impressions of the authors from a seminar on Policy and Management Issues in Irrigation Systems in Southeast Asia. The three basic issues that were discussed at the seminar were (1) alternative strategies to develop irrigation infrastructure; (2) alternative approaches to improve the operations and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems; and (3) specific policy options in irrigation development.
9 Early, A. C.; Bagadion, B. U. 1981. Custom fit design of farm ditches: A participatory approach to making irrigation systems responsive to the needs of the farmers. Training Module prepared for NIA Command Irrigation Committee Workshops, San Raphael, Bulacan, 12-14 March; Cebu, 19-21 March; and Davo, 26-28 March 1981. 12p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: F 631.7.1 G576 EAR Record No: H01412)
10 Demaine, H. 1978. Magic and management: Methods of ensuring water supplies for agriculture in South East Asia. In P. A. Scott (Ed.), Nature and man in South East Asia (pp. 49-67). London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.5 G000 DEM Record No: H01649)
11 Chambers, R. 1986. Canal irrigation at night: Another blind spot. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 1(1):45-74.
Canals ; Irrigation practices ; Irrigation efficiency ; Water distribution ; Costs / Asia / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1422 Record No: H01651)
Most canal irrigation water in South and Southeast Asia and elsewhere continues to flow at night and much is badly used or wasted. Yet what happens to water at night is a neglected subject. Darkness, cold, fear, normal working hours, and desire for sleep deter irrigation staff, farmers and labourers from activities at night. At the farm level, irrigation at night entails extra labour and costs. It requires smaller streamflows and well shaped fields. Paddy and trees are the easiest crops to irrigate, and younger, lower and more thinly spread crops are usually easier than those which are older, taller and denser. On the lower parts of the main systems, control at night often passes informally from irrigation staff to irrigators. Productivity of water at night is raised by lower evaporation losses, but this gain is more than offset by losses from inefficient water application, breaks in channels, and wasted water flowing into drains. Reuse of night drainage water lower down sometimes makes waste less wasteful than it appears. Equity effects at night are mixed: Some farmers poach at the expense of the others, but some get water at night who are denied it during the day. Night irrigation increases costs and inconvenience to small farmers, but raises labourers' incomes. Flooding and waterlogging can result from uncontrolled water flows at night. Practical implications are of two types: a. Reducing irrigation at night - through regulating sluice releases or run-of-the-river diversion flows; intermediate storage; diversion to travelling; redistributing daytime water; and passing water to drains and escapes; and b. Improving irrigation at night - by predictable, constant and manageable streamflows; convenient field shaping and application methods; choices of crop; zoning for night flows; and phasing for short nights, warmth and visibility. The potential for improved performance on canal irrigation systems from reducing and improving irrigation at night is hard to assess but appears large. This paper tries to provoke system managers, designers and researchers to explore this potential and to publish and circulate their findings. Canal irrigation at night is too important to remain a blind spot any longer.
12 Wade, R.; Chambers, R. 1980. Managing the main system: Canal irrigation's blind spot. Economic and Political Weekly, 15(39):A107-A112.
Irrigation operation ; Primary level irrigation ; Performance evaluation ; Water use efficiency / South Asia / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1294 Record No: H01706)
Irrigation will continue to get very high priority in strategies to increase food production and labor absorption in agriculture. But plans for irrigation investment in South and Southeast Asia are being made with too little attention to diagnosing the causes of the generally disappointing performance of large, publicly-operated canal systems. One set of causes, which the authors argue here are very important, are simply not considered; they are 'screened out' from consideration from the very beginning. The remedies are hence unlikely to have the effects expected of them.
13 Levine, G.; Wickham, T. 1977. Some critical issues in irrigation planning for Southeast Asia. In K. W. Easter and L. R. Martin (Eds.), Seminar on water resources problems in developing countries (pp. 58-72). Minnesota, USA: Economic Development Center, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota.
Irrigation operation ; Irrigation management ; Planning ; Maintenance ; Water costs / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 EAS Record No: H01854)
14 Marten, G. G. (Ed.) 1986. Traditional agriculture in Southeast Asia: A human ecology perspective. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press. xxvi, 358 p.
Agriculture ; Ecology ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Cropping systems ; Rain-fed farming ; Soil management ; Rice / South East Asia / Philippines / Thailand / West Java
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G000 MAR Record No: H01931)
15 IRRI; WHO. 1987. Workshop on Training Needs in the Field of Integrated Vector-borne Disease Control in Riceland Agroecosystems of Developing Countries, Manila, Philippines, 9-14 March 1987. Papers presented at workshop sponsored by IRRI, and Joint WHO/FAO/UNEP Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control and USDA Riceland Mosquito Management Program. v.p.
Irrigation programs ; Water management ; Diseases ; Vectors ; Developing countries ; Malaria ; Agricultural production ; Schistosomiasis / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 66 Record No: H02233)
16 Huke, R. E. 1982. Agroclimatic and dry-season maps of South, Southeast, and East Asia. Manila, Philippines: IRRI. 15 p.; 5 maps.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.2516 G000 HUK Record No: H01960)
17 Chambers, R. 1980. In search of a water revolution: Questions for managing canal irrigation in the 1980's. In Report of a planning workshop on irrigation water management (pp.23-37). Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines: IRRI.
Water delivery ; Irrigation systems ; Agronomy ; Canals ; Hydrology ; Community development / South Asia / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G000 REP Record No: H02531)
18 Rao, P. S.; Sundar, A. 1986. Managing main system water distribution. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Selected Irrigation Management Issues, Digana Village, Sri Lanka, 15-19 July 1985. Digana Village, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). pp.15-21. (IIMI Research Paper 2)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H002764)
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19 Aggarawal, P. K.; Liboon, S. P.; Morris, R. A. 1987. A review of wheat research at the International Rice Research Institute. Manila, Philippines: IRRI. 12 p. (IRRI research paper series no. 124)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G800 AGG Record No: H02462)
20 Boje-Klein, G. 1986. Problem soils as potential areas for adverse soils-tolerant rice varieties in South and Southeast Asia. Manila, Philippines: IRRI. 43p. (IRRI research paper series no.19)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G800 BOJ Record No: H02463)
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