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1 Hamid, M. A.; Azhar-ud-Din, M.; Rahman, S. M. H.; Hasan, M. R.; Islam, M. R.; Islam, M. S.; Hossain, M. F. 1984. Low lift pumps under IDA credit in South East Bangladesh: A socio- economic study. Rajshahi, Bangladesh: Department of Economics. Rajshahi University. xxx, 281p. (Rural development studies series 12)
Rural development ; Social impact ; Economic impact ; Rice ; Farmer participation ; Land tenure ; Water management ; Pumps ; Water use efficiency ; Agricultural production ; Production costs ; Water rates / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G584 HAM Record No: H096)
2 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.
3 ADB. 1977. Appraisal of Nakdong River Basin Development Project in Korea. Manila, Philippines: ADB. iii, 109 p.
Project appraisal ; Irrigation systems ; Economic impact ; Water resources development ; Benefits ; Irrigation programs / Korea Republic
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G704 ADB Record No: H0757)
4 Johnson, S. H. III. 1977. The economics of precision land leveling: A case study from Pakistan. Agricultural Water Management, 1:319-331.
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: F 631.7.4 G730 JOH Record No: H0810)
This paper examines the effectiveness of a production technique, precision land leveling (PLL), to minimize the losses of water between the rivers and the plant root zone. It identifies the economic and physical benefits attributable to precision land leveling. While the work is specific to Pakistan, the implications are levant for other arid areas of the world where irrigation is practices. Two sets of fields were selected, one set that had been precision leveled and another set that had been leveled using traditional techniques. The economic analysis of precision land leveling, assuming a life of 10 years, proved to be positive but not above the two or three to one return that is usually required to persuade subsistent farmers to invest in a new technology. However, the precision land leveling acts as a catalyst and increases the efficiency of the other associated inputs. Hence, it is a more valuable investment than is indicated by simple economic analysis.
5 Pakistan. Water and Power Development Authority; World Bank. 1984. Left Bank Outfall Drain, Stage 1: Project preparation. iii, 177p.; iii, 36p.; iii, 218p.; 40p.
Drainage ; Agricultural development ; Maintenance ; Economic impact ; Canals ; Project appraisal ; Management ; Irrigated farming ; On farm research / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 979 Record No: H0864)
Includes Final report; Annex 14: Operation and maintenance ; Annex 16: Secondary Economic Impact and the Project summary
6 Adams, W. M. 1981. The effects of the Bakolori Dam on downstream areas: Problems and solutions. 45p.
Economic impact ; Social impact ; Environmental effects ; Agriculture ; Cropping systems ; Water distribution / Nigeria
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.5 G214 ADA Record No: H01046)
This dissertation is a case study of the environmental and socio- economic impact of a rural development project. It examines the effects of the Bakolori Dam on the valley of the river Sokoto in Nigeria on downstream floodplain villages. The background to development in the valley and the evolution of the development strategy eventually adopted in the river basin, based on large-scale irrigation schemes and headwater dams for water control, are considered.
7 Tantigate, K. 1978. Conflict between rice and sugarcane farmers over irrigation water: A case study in Thailand. In IRRI, Irrigation policy and management in Southeast Asia. Los Banos, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute. pp.175-183.
Conflict ; Rice ; Sugarcane ; Water distribution ; Economic impact ; Case studies / Thailand / Central Thailand
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G570 IRR Record No: J 69)
The economic impact of conflicts between rice and sugarcane farmers over water distribution in the Mae Klong Irrigation Project in Thailand's Central Plain is examined. The study concerns the recently completed Kampaeng Saen Subproject, a part of the overall Mae Klong Project State I development encompassing 173,000 ha. Conflicts over water were found along tertiaries in which both rice and sugarcane were planted. These conflicts tended to discourage rice farmers from adopting more productive practices such as transplanting and cultivating a dry-season rice crop. These conflicts also adversely affected sugarcane production. Elimination of the conflicts could be expected to increase the incomes of rice farmers during the dry season, and to increase total production of rice and sugarcane and real revenue from rice during both seasons.
8 Cernea, M. M. 1979. Measuring project impact: Monitoring and evaluation in the PIDER Rural Development Project. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. vi, 133 p. (World Bank staff working paper no. 332)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.9 G404 CER Record No: H01280)
9 Alderman, H.; von Braun, J. 1986. Egypt's food subsidy policy: Lessons and options. Food Policy, 11(3):223-237. (IFPRI reprint no. 88)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1396 Record No: H01734)
10 Goldring, L. 1987. Social and economic influences on perimeter management and operation: Findings from research in the Maggia Valley, Niger: Final report. Final report for sociological research conducted under the USAID Water Management Synthesis - II Project (WMS-II) in Niger. This short term study was designed to complement the agricultural engineering research carried out by W. R. Norman for two years ending in April, 1986. vii, 96p.
Research ; Small scale systems ; Development policy ; Dams ; Agricultural development ; Economic impact ; Social impact ; Resource management ; Irrigated farming ; Food production / Niger
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 770 Record No: H01838)
This study was conducted to provide a socioeconomic profile of the areas served by two irrigated perimeters in the Maggia Valley of Niger, as well as a model of perimeter organization and operation.
11 Johnston, B. F.; Tomich, T. P. 1984. Feasibility of small farm development strategies. Washington, DC, USA: AID. Bureau of Policy & Program Coordination. 130 p.
Development policy ; Farms ; Economic impact ; Agricultural development ; Irrigated farming ; Food production
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G000 JOH Record No: H01847)
This paper tries to identify the circumstances in which small farm development strategies are feasible and represent an economically efficient approach to achieving the increases in food production, consumption, and employment that are necessary conditions for economic and social progress in developing countries and (2) to examine the prospects and the means for overcoming the formidable obstacles to the design and implementation of dispersal strategies leading to widespread increases in productivity and output among a large and growing percentage of the small farm units that inevitably predominate in most low-income and many middle income countries.
12 Hazlewood, A.; Livingstone, I. 1982. Irrigation economics in poor countries: Illustrated by the Usangu plains of Tanzania. Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press. viii, 144p.
Irrigation ; Economic impact ; Developing countries ; Arid lands ; Water demand ; Small scale systems ; Rural development / Tanzania
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G148 HAZ Record No: H001947)
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13 Easter, K. W. 1977. Improving village irrigation systems: An example from India. Land Economics, 53(1):56-66.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1301 Record No: H01985)
14 Ekanayake, S. A. B. 1987. Micro level planning, economic performance and human capital: A study of the settler farmers in Mahaweli Project in Sri Lanka. Unpublished thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the Australian National University. 246p.
Irrigation programs ; Economic impact ; Labor ; Settlement ; Farms ; Irrigation efficiency ; Green revolution ; Social aspects / Sri Lanka / Mahaweli Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G744 EKA Record No: H02213)
New technologies, irrigation and changes in the broader socio-economic environment are often major causes of disequilibria in the decision making environment of farmers in developing countries. The pace and pattern of their adjustment to new situations has concentrated on the adoption process of new technologies as a whole or in terms of particular component practices. However, situations where farmers are required to adopt and adjust to a single component practice while other elements of their environment remain static are rare. Technologies often appear in the form of packages and accompany broader socio-economic changes. In this thesis a conceptual framework which draws heavily on human capital theory is developed to address broad issues of farmer adjustment to simultaneous changes in many aspects of their environment. This framework is applied to farm survey data gathered from a sample within the Pilot Phase of the Mahaweli Project. The empirical analysis utilizes stochastic frontier production functions to obtain measures of technical and allocative efficiencies of individual farmers which reflect their technical and allocative abilities. The analysis was conducted at two levels, using market and economic prices. The findings show that different types of human capital have significantly different impacts on the ability of farmers to adjust to specific changes in technological and environmental factors; the major source of losses to the economy is shown to be farm level inefficiencies rather than price distortions; and the differential performance of farmers resulting from varying ability to adjust to disequilibria and the heterogeneity in farm micro environments are shown to result in an unequal distribution of income unanticipated by planners, but significant in terms of future consequences.
15 Skold, M. D.; El Shinnawi, S. A. A.; Nasr, M. L. 1984. Irrigation water distribution along branch canals in Egypt: Economic effects. In Economic Development & Cultural Change (pp. 547-567). Chicago: University of Chicago.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G232 SKO Record No: H02234)
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16 Rosegrant, M. W. 1991. Modeling aggregate supply demand effects of system-level irrigation investment. In Meinzen-Dick, R.; Svendsen, M. (Eds.) Future directions for Indian irrigation: Research and policy issues. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. pp.307-312.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G635 MEI Record No: H03593)
17 Dudley, N. J. 1988. Volume sharing of reservoir water. Water Resources Research, 24(5):641-648.
Simulation models ; Reservoir storage ; Farms ; Water use ; Economic impact ; Irrigation management ; Stochastic process
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H03710)
18 Dudley, N. J. 1988. A single decision maker approach to irrigation reservoir and farm management decision making. Water Resources Research, 24(5):633-640.
Simulation models ; River basins ; Surface water ; Farm management ; Administration ; Economic impact ; Optimization ; Irrigation management ; Decision making
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H03711)
19 Wallach, B. 1985. British irrigation works in India's Krishna basin. Journal of Historical Geography, 11(2):239-240.
River basin development ; Irrigation efficiency ; Colonialism ; Irrigation programs ; Economic impact / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1241 Record No: H03872)
20 Shrestha, L. K. 1988. Availability of support services to farmers in Nepal. Agricultural Credit, 17:1-12.
Farmers ; Economic impact ; Development plans ; Aid ; Irrigation ; Marketing ; Agricultural credit ; Training / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H03938)
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