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1 Korten, F. F. 1982. Building national capacity to develop water users' associations: Experiences from the Philippines. Washington, DC, USA: Agricultural and Rural Development Department, World Bank. v, 65 p. (World Bank staff working paper no. 528)
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 631.7.3 G732 KOR Record No: H078)
Over a five year period the National Irrigation administration (NIA) of the Philippines has been building its capacity to develop water users' associations on small scale irrigation systems. The NIA approach is to develop a water users' association prior to construction of the physical system and then to involve association members fully in the planning and construction of the system. Implementing this participatory approach has required a wide variety of changes in the agency's policies, procedures, and personnel. The paper details the changes that have been made within the agency, examines the nature of the learning process which has led to these changes, and discusses the implications for donor support of other small scale irrigation programs and more generally for programs involving village level work.
2 Te, A. 1982. The economic analysis of a reserve stock program for rice in the Philippines. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. iii, 33p.
Agricultural policy ; Rice ; Agricultural prices ; Irrigation ; Cost benefit analysis ; Rice ; Crop yield / Philippines
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.17318 G732 TEA Record No: H082)
3 Ahsan, E.; Hossain, M.; Hossain, A.; Rahman, M.; Gisselquist, D. 1984. Preliminary list of entries for forthcoming BARC annotated bibliography on irrigation and water management in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: BARC. 43 p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G584 AHS Record No: H094)
4 Levine, G. 1981. Irrigation development and strategy issues for the Asian region. Appendix A in J. Keller et al., Irrigation development options and investment strategies for the 1980's. Logan, Utah: Utah State University. Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering. pp.A1-A22. (Water management synthesis report no.3)
Income distribution ; Irrigation ; Agricultural development ; Rural development ; Investment ; Equity ; Rice / Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G584 KEL Record No: H070)
5 World Bank. East Africa Projects Department. Southern Agriculture Division. 1983. Zimbabwe agriculture sector study. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. pp 46-90. (World Bank report no. 4401 - 21M)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G138 WOR Record No: H0138)
6 Eicher, C. K.; Baker, D. C. 1982. Research on agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A critical survey. East Lansing, MI, USA: Department of Agricultural Economics. Michigan State University. xi, 347p.
Food policy ; Agricultural policy ; History ; Small scale systems ; Research priorities ; Equity ; Irrigation / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G100 EIC Record No: H0111)
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7 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)
8 Moris, J. R.; Thom, D. (Eds.) 1985. African irrigation overview: Interim review. Logan, Utah: Department of Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering. Utah State University. Draft manuscript. Logan, UT, USA: Department of Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering, Utah State University. 70p.
Institutional constraints ; Irrigation efficiency ; Groundwater ; Environmental effects ; Irrigation engineering ; Agronomy ; Organizations ; Investment ; Irrigation / Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 941 Record No: H0150)
Chap. 2, General conclusions and Chap. 7, Implications for donors
9 Wells, J. C.; Norman, W. R. 1984. Sahelian irrigated agriculture: A review of French literature sources. Cornell University. 47 p.
Bibliographies ; Agriculture ; Small scale systems ; Water management ; Economic aspects ; Irrigation ; Social aspects / Niger / Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G152 WEL Record No: H0115)
10 Adams, W. M.; Grove, A. T. (Eds.) 1983. Irrigation in tropical Africa: problems and problem solving. Cambridge: African Studies Centre. iv, 148p. (Cambridge African Monograph 3)
Irrigation ; Small scale systems ; Soil surveys ; Planning ; Land tenure ; Labor ; Attitudes ; Cropping systems ; Drought / Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G100 ADA Record No: H0151)
11 Griffith, W. J. 1983. Irrigation in Nigeria: "Madness of fowl, marriage with cat?" In W. M. Adams and A. T. Grove, Eds., Irrigation in tropical Africa: Problems and problem solving (pp. 4-13). Cambridge: African Studies Centre.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G100 ADA Record No: H0180)
12 Mohanakrishnan, A. 1982. Irrigation water distribution practices in Tamil Nadu: A review and scope for improvement. In Indian Water Resources Society, Workshop on Water Distribution Practices, July 2-3, 1982: Proceedings (pp. 81-94). Roorkee, India: Indian Water Resources Society.
Water distribution ; Water resources ; Tank irrigation ; Irrigation practices ; Water use efficiency ; Groundwater ; Irrigation ; Climate / India / Tamil Nadu
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G635 IND Record No: H0171)
13 Gandhi, P. R.; Dhamdhere, H. V. 1982. Water distribution practices in Maharashtra (India) In Indian Water Resources Society, Workshop on Water Distribution Practices, July 2-3, 1982: Proceedings (pp. 61-67). Roorkee: Indian Water Resources Society.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G635 IND Record No: H0173)
14 Carter, R. C.; Carr, M. K. V.; Kay, M. G.; Wright, T. L. 1983. Irrigation manpower planning with special reference to Nigeria. In W. M. Adams and A. T. Grove, Eds., Irrigation in tropical Africa: Problems and problem solving (pp. 40-49). Cambridge: African Studies Centre.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G100 ADA Record No: H0182)
15 Obara, D. A. 1984. Irrigation schemes in arid environments of Kenya with special reference to Perkerra irrigation scheme. In M. J. Blackie, Ed., African Regional Symposium on Small Holder Irrigation, 5-7 September 1984 (pp. 201-207). London: Hydraulics Research Ltd.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G100 BLA Record No: H0197)
Until recently, arid environments of Kenya have largely been used for pastoralism and partly for subsistence arable agriculture with a high production risk in view of the considerable variation in annual precipitation. Nonetheless, in the last three decades these areas have increasingly become a significant factor in the export-orientated national agrarian economy in spite of the poor agro-ecological potential of the land and their unsuitability for commercial rainfed agriculture. The government has embarked on irrigation a significant strategy for the development of small-scale agriculture in these areas. However, there are virtually no interdisciplinary studies, although far-reaching repercussions on irrigation schemes in Kenya are already discernible. This paper addressed itself to this challenge. It is an attempt to examine the difficulties encountered in the implementation of Perkerra Irrigation Settlement Scheme and to provide practical solutions to them.
16 Rukuni, M. 1984. Household analysis of resource base and use on small-holder irrigation schemes. In M. J. Blackie, Ed., African Regional Symposium on Small Holder Irrigation, 5-7 September 1984 (pp. 401-408). London: Hydraulics Research Ltd.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G100 BLA Record No: H0203)
The lack of a significant tradition of irrigation in much of Africa is one of the factors reducing effectiveness of irrigation development. It is therefore difficult to forecast the rate of technology uptake and therefore expected increases in productivity on regular schemes. In Zimbabwe, a study by Rukuni (1984) has shown that small-holder irrigators have severelylimited resources, though they may be relatively better off than their counterparts on rainfed plots. The situation of farm families on Zimbabwean small-holder schemes has been found to differ between 3 main types of schemes. These are (a) the older type government schemes, (b) the younger type of government schemes and (c) those run by ARDA (Agricultural and Rural development Authority; a parastatal) as part of a large State farm. The older type government schemes are more "intensive" and individual families have more land than the younger "supplementary" schemes. The farmers on supplementary schemes integrate irrigation with rainfed agriculture more strongly. Families generally face a number of resource constraints. First is the problem oflack of draft power on government schemes. ARDA farmers have access to tractors. Farmers also generally face labor shortages at certain times of the year, especially in the production of crops like cotton or tomatoes. Farmers also face cash shortages at times. This affects the use of purchased inputs. Whilst it is easy for ARDA farmers to acquire credit, this is more difficult for those on government schemes.
17 Dhawan, B. D. 1984. Development of tubewell irrigation in India. New Delhi, India: Agricole Publishing Academy. xviii, 208 p. (Studies in economic development and planning no. 26)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G635 DHA Record No: H0242)
18 Eggink, J. W.; Ubels, J. 1984. Irrigation, peasants and development: An attempt to analyze the role of irrigation in social change in third world societies. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Agricultural University of Wageningen, Wageningen, Netherlands. 272p.
Water user associations ; Irrigation ; Peasant workers ; Farmers' associations ; Irrigation management ; Governmental interrelations ; Primary level irrigation
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 EGG Record No: H0370)
19 Coward, E. W. Jr. 1984. Improving policies and programs for the development of small scale irrigation systems. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University. iii, 16 p. (Water management synthesis report no. 27)
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: 631.7.6.2 G000 COW Record No: H0382)
20 Berry, L.; Ford, R.; Hosier, R. 1980. The impact of irrigation on development: Issues for a comprehensive evaluation study. Washington, DC, USA: USAID. xi, 70 p. (AID program evaluation discussion paper no. 9)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G000 BER Record No: H0376)
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