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1 Pasandaran, E. 1982. An evaluation of irrigation performance in Cirebon irrigation systems, West Java, Indonesia. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia. 304 p.
Irrigation efficiency ; Irrigation systems ; Institutions ; Water allocation ; Economic evaluation / Indonesia / Cirebon
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G662 PAS Record No: H0321)
A study of irrigation performance in selected irrigation systems of Cirebon, West Java. Describes the institutional and organizational realities of irrigation systems. Presents an evaluation of crop performance and response function of paddy to irrigation via two basic concepts, namely Relative Water Supply and Water Shortage Index. Lastly, it deals with the equity in water allocation and the economic value of water.
2 ADB. 1980. Appraisal of the on-farm water management project in Pakistan. ADB. vii, 183p. (ADB report no. PAK: yp-35)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 629 Record No: H0477)
3 Renfro, R. Z. H.; Khan, J. M.; Khan, M. A. 1983. An economic evaluation of the watercourse improvement programme in Punjab. Lahore, Pakistan: Punjab Economic Research Institute. iii, 44p. (PERI publication no.202)
Irrigated farming ; Rehabilitation ; Watercourses ; Irrigation efficiency ; Water user associations ; Cost benefit analysis ; Economic evaluation / Pakistan / Punjab
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G654 REN Record No: H0302)
4 Gisselquist, D.; Alam, J. 1986. Methodologies for evaluating economic aspects of irrigation systems. In Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Methodologies to evaluate the performance of irrigation systems (pp. 123-139). Dhaka, Bangladesh: BARC and Winrock International.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G584 BAN Record No: H01680)
This paper argues that irrigation development offers an opportunity for equitable distribution of increased incomes. Data are presented to demonstrate that distributional impacts of new irrigation systems may be potentially more significant for or against rural equity than any possible government initiative affecting land ownership or tenancy arrangements. Nevertheless, irrigation systems are often developed with no more than lip service paid to concerns about equity. Therefore, although irrigation expansion can represent an immense opportunity, it could also be a dangerous threat for those interested in equity in rural communities. The paper discusses a variety of approaches that have been used to obtain indications about the distributional impact of irrigation systems. The paper points out that information to date on distribution of incomes from irrigation gives cause for concern. It is argued that irrigation systems can be designed and policies devised to distribute water, and hence benefits, more equitably across areas of large-scale systems and to curtail the extent to which those managing tubewells are able to collect water charges in excess of water costs. The paper concludes that additional studies on the distributional impact of irrigation systems are fully warranted. Furthermore, since distributional issues can be incorporated into evaluations at little extra cost, such issues should be an integral part of any evaluation of performance of irrigation systems.
5 ICID. 1978. Special session on mass transfer of water over long distances for regional development and its effects on the human environment, Athens, 1978: Proceedings. New Delhi, India: ICID. 285p.
Financing ; Environmental effects ; Water conveyance ; Reservoirs ; Economic evaluation ; Simulation
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: ICID 631.7 G000 ICI Record No: H0704)
6 Skold, M. D.; Lybecker, D. W. 1986. Developing farm-level information for improved irrigation water management in developing countries. In Nobe, K. C.; Sampath, R. K. (Eds.), Irrigation management in developing countries: Current issues and approaches. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. pp.285-325.
Data collection ; Tertiary sector ; Information services ; Economic evaluation ; Irrigation management / Egypt
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: 631.7 G000 NOB Record No: H0992)
The paper draws on the experience of the authors in applying farm- level data collection methods to analyze alternative techniques for improving farm-level irrigation systems in Egypt. It recognizes that data must be collected with a specific end in view and the procedures must be guided by the anticipated use or purpose of the data for the conduct of analyses of technical assistance alternatives. The data collection procedures must recognize the characteristics of the farmer population and the farming system in which they operate. The paper focuses on the data useful for economists to evaluate and understand the farm economic situation and to perform the financial and economic evaluations of alternatives to improve the irrigation system.
7 Yaron, D. 1986. Economic aspects of irrigation with saline water. In K. C. Nobe and R. K. Sampath, Eds., Irrigation management in developing countries: Current issues and approaches (pp. 217-263). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Economic evaluation ; Salinity ; Terminal level irrigation ; Crop yield ; Soil water relations ; Models
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: 631.7 G000 NOB Record No: H0990)
The paper reviews the economic dimensions of irrigation with water of varying salinity levels, with emphasis on on-farm irrigation problems. The farm-region interactions are dealt with only briefly. The paper commences with a short review of the underlying physical water-soil-crop yield relationships and of the sources of information regarding them. In the next section, empirical estimates of farms' income losses under selected situations are reviewed. The next section discusses the alternatives open to farms to reduce salinity-induced losses and the agro-economic models designed to evaluate them. Several aspects of the farm-region interactions are then reviewed. The final section points to some hopeful frontier-changing innovations currently under study, which, if successfully developed, may drastically change the frame of reference for salinity problems in agriculture.
8 Renfro, R. Z. H.; Sparling, E. W. 1986. Private tubewell and canal water trade on Pakistan Punjab watercourses. In K. W. Easter (Ed.), Irrigation investment, technology, and management strategies for development. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press. pp.193-210. (Studies in water policy and management no.9)
Water distribution ; Water use ; Tube wells ; Irrigation scheduling ; Economic evaluation / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: 631.7.4 G730 REN Record No: H01500)
The study focuses on twenty watercourses in the Pakistan Punjab and how they are operated and maintained. Water trading and cooperation in some of the watercourses suggest that there is a greater potential for the cooperative use of the system than is being exploited. The potential conflicts and disproportionate distribution of benefits from watercourse improvements have worked against the improvement program. However, the past experience of farmers in providing collective goods seems to help overcome these constraints to watercourse improvement.
9 Tubpun, Y. 1986. The economics of small tank irrigation in Northeast Thailand. In K. W. Easter (Ed.), Irrigation investment, technology, and management strategies for development. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press. pp.129-146. (Studies in water policy and management no.9)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 EAS Record No: J 44)
Presents an evaluation of three small scale tanks which the Government of Thailand has implemented in Northeast Thailand to provide the basic water needs for household use, livestock use, fish production, small vegetable gardens, rice nurseries and, in some cases, dry season irrigation. The author finds that household and livestock water benefits were not large enough to cover project costs in any of the tanks. However, dry season irrigation benefits made the high performance tank very profitable. Leadership, cooperation, price incentives, and location of the tank near the village were all important in the success of the high performance tank. The study also suggests new ways of estimating tank benefits based on survey techniques to obtain farmers' willingness to pay for tanks.
10 Hussein, M. H.; Khan, H. W.; Alam, Z.; Husain, T. 1989. An evaluation of irrigation projects undertaken by AKRSP in the Gilgit District of northern Pakistan. In IIMI; Nepal. Ministry of Water Resources, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat, Public intervention in farmer managed irrigation systems. Digana Village, Sri Lanka: IIMI. pp.237-261.
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G000 IIM Record No: H001385)
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The paper presents an interim evaluation of the 154 irrigation schemes under the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP). The costs and benefits of the newly developed land has been included in the analysis. The paper is divided into five sections. Part I presents the background information to the evaluation of the AKRSP project. Analyses of farm income and the financial investment are given in Parts II and III respectively. Part IV analyzes the sustainability of the program touching on issues of equity, productivity, and institutional stability. Part V analyzes those schemes that have progressed slowly or failed and discusses the reasons why development was not as anticipated. The final section presents the backward and forward linkages of the irrigation and land development programs.
11 Tubpan, Y. 1983. The economics of the small tank irrigation in northeastern Thailand. Paper presented at the Water Management and Policy Workshop, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 13-15 September 1983. 28p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 571 Record No: H01501)
12 Seckler, D. Dynamic vs. Static models for estimating the economic feasibility of irrigation projects: An application in Indonesia. Unpublished manuscript prepared for USAID/Jakarta. 21p.
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: P 538 Record No: H01546)
13 Small, L. E. 1973. Economic evaluation of water control in the greater Chao Phya Project of Thailand. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University. 21 p. (Cornell international agriculture bulletin 27)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G750 SMA Record No: H01711)
14 US. White House Department of Interior. Panel on waterlogging and salinity in west Pakistan. 1964. Report on land and water development in the Indus plain. Washington, DC, USA: White House. xviii, 454 p.
Water resources development ; Land development ; Land reform ; Agricultural production ; Economic evaluation ; Hydrology ; Research / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G730 USW Record No: H01844)
15 Small, L. E.; Chen, C. L. 1986. An approach to estimating the potential production benefits from improved water management for rice. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 1:19-30.
Irrigation efficiency ; Irrigation water ; Rice ; Water allocation ; Economic evaluation ; Water delivery / Philippines
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H002219)
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Production benefits of improved allocation of irrigation water are often difficult to measure. In situations of irrigated rice cultivation, both ex post estimates of such benefits and ex ante estimates of the maximum potential benefits of further improvements in allocation of a given water supply are possible using a conceptual framework which (1) functionally relates weekly water supplies to weekly measures of average water shortage on individual paddy fields; (2) aggregates the weekly water shortage measures into a seasonal water shortage index; and (3) relates, via a production function, the seasonal water shortage index to yields. An empirical application of this framework estimates the potential increase in production from further improvements in water allocation in one Philippine irrigation system to be negligible.
16 von Oppen, M.; Rao, K. V. S. 1987. Tank irrigation in semi-arid tropical India: Economic evaluation and alternatives for improvement. Patancheru, India: ICRISAT. 38 p.
Tank irrigation ; Arid zones ; Economic evaluation ; Development policy ; Watershed management / India / Andhra Pradesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.2 G635 VON Record No: H02525)
17 Hagan, R. M.; Housten, C. E.; Allison, S. V. 1968. Successful irrigation: Planning, development, management. Rome, Italy: FAO. 53 p. (FAO land and water development series no. 5)
Irrigation ; Development ; Water policy ; Project planning ; Information services ; Economic evaluation ; Water management
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G000 HAG Record No: H03279)
18 Development Planning and Research Associates Inc. 1983. Small scale irrigation systems for Peace Corps volunteers. Washington, DC, USA: Peace Corps. vi, 133p.
Small scale systems ; Irrigation design ; Irrigation requirements ; Mapping ; Surveying ; Soil moisture ; Water resources development ; Irrigation systems ; Drainage ; Economic evaluation ; Health ; Soil-water-plant relationships
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.2 G000 DEV Record No: H03281)
19 Bowen, R. L.; Young, R. A. 1983. Allocative efficiency and equity of alternative methods of charging for irrigation water: A case study in Egypt. Fort Collins, CO, USA: Colorado State University. 79 p. (EWUP technical report no. 37)
Irrigation water ; Income distribution ; Resource allocation ; Water rates ; Equity ; Economic evaluation / Egypt
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G232 BOW Record No: H02432)
20 Ray, A.; Bruce, C.; Hotes, F. L. 1976. Cost recovery policies for irrigation projects: Informal guidelines. Paper presented for informal guidance of persons involved in cost recovery policies for irrigation projects. 27p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 481 Record No: H0693)
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