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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2016Nepal, Bangladesh, Japan, China, Australia, India, Pakistan
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003India, Pakistan, Thailand, Syrian Arab Republic, China, United States of America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Pakistan, India, Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Cost recovery from irrigation in almost all the countries presents a dismal picture. Low cost recovery coupled with declining government finances has led to the deterioration of both the quality of the built infrastructure and institutions managing and governing such infrastructure. This has created a vicious circle of low cost recovery, poor maintenance of infrastructure, inadequate and unreliable water supply, inefficient and corrupt institutions, and unwillingness of the farmers to pay.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2005India, Pakistan, Asia
The full poverty-fighting potential of existing irrigation schemes is not being realized?largely because of inequitable water distribution and unsustainable land and water management practices. An integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach reveals opportunities to reduce poverty and improve overall agricultural productivity and sustainability in these systems. Research in India and Pakistan has highlighted one such opportunity?integrated management of surface water and groundwater?that has great potential for water-short systems with variable groundwater resources.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2005India, Pakistan, Asia
The full poverty-fighting potential of existing irrigation schemes is not being realized?largely because of inequitable water distribution and unsustainable land and water management practices. An integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach reveals opportunities to reduce poverty and improve overall agricultural productivity and sustainability in these systems. Research in India and Pakistan has highlighted one such opportunity?integrated management of surface water and groundwater?that has great potential for water-short systems with variable groundwater resources.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2002Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000Pakistan, India, Southern Asia
These notes present the impressions gathered by a team of Indian and Pakistani economists on contemporary issues in irrigation management in these two countries.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2003Israel, Mexico, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2006Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Syrian Arab Republic, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1992India, Nepal, China, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia
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