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• that cattle do not damage the irrigation system. The scope for over-irrigation is curbed by strict norms and close supervision by the Neerganty. Farmers' opinion about water distribution Quantitative data is not available on water distribution below the outlet level or water given to the individual farmers by the WUA. Therefore, we collected data on farmer perceptions about adequacy of water supplied to the farm, timeliness of water delivery and adequacy to grow desired crop. WUA serves one village that consists of four camps, with a clearly detined service area and it serves about 696 acres belonging to 172 farmers. T a bl e 76 .. F armers 'R esponses a b out Water Distribution in Gundur Farmers response (in percent) Head Middle Tail Total Adequate 83 84 86 84 Assured 89 90 92 90 Timely .- 77 94 91 87 Among the head reach sample farmers, 83 percent responded positively to an adequate supply of water while 89 percent said that they get an assured quantity of water. Only 77 percent of the farmers said the supply of water is timely. Based on the information about the date of releasing water from the dam, the WU A estimates the date when water is likely to reach their distributary and informs all the farmers in advance. In the middle reach, 94 I percent of the sample farmers received water on time and 90 percent said that the water was adequate to grow paddy. In the tail reach, nearly 86 percent of the sample farmers responded positively about adequacy, while for 91 percent it was timely. Since the majority of tail end farmers are large (see Table 4.10 ), they manage to get timely and adequate supply, more or less on par with the head and middle reaches. Hence, the popular notion of tail reach farmers not getting adequate or assured supply does not seem to exist in this WUA. It is the assurance and timeliness of supply that has enabled the farmers to use water according to the needs of the crop. The data clearly shows that all the farmers, irrespective of location, are confident about an adequate, timely and assured supply of water. This was mainly due to the formation of the WUA. The literature available on IMT reconfirms the positive benefit in water distribution by the community, because the local people know the conditions and are able to adapt to 162
I the existing situations of their area. Ex.amples are Ozar societies in Maharastra and Lower Bhavani Project in Tamil Nadu (Brewer et al. 1999) where the water delivery improved after the WUAs took over the water management. In the Sone command area of Bihar, after the WUAs were formed the tail end farmers started getting water (Srivastava & Brewer 1994). Rao (1994) recorded an improvcment in equity in the three minor commands in the Sreeramsagar project in Andhra Pradesh. In the event of scarce water supply, users have devised ingenious means both technical and social to distribute water equitably. Installation of proportional distribution weirs is found in the hill systems of Nepal (Yoder. 1986) and the "subaks" of Indonesia (Geertz, 1967). In Gundur, one of our study villagcs where the WUA is present, it is found that dunng scarcity farmers divert water from the nearby nala. Even so, in the absence of technical means to distribute water. proportionate water distribution principle and night irrigation are followed and farmers can dccide which plot is to be irrigated. Preference is given to farmers irrigating nurseries. Hence, during scarcity, members have agreed on certain norms and procedures concerning the timings and sequencing of water. The system consequently provides a formal facility through which the farmers can match the available water supply to the crop water needs. Thus many rules concerning the distribution of water are established and followed in customary practices based on their own agreed allocation rules rather than the writtcn water distribution schedule. One of the indicators of equity as mentioned by the farmers is that tail enders must get their proportional share of water which is strictly followed in the distribution pattern. This equitable or fair in water distribution through a built-in flexibility in delivery schedules, minimizes water losses to a great extent. Any measure that minimizes the water losses helps in preventing waterlogging and salinity. The study by N' Diaye (1998) has shown that improvement in the regulation of water levels in the rice fields has also helped to stabilize the pH levels, and to minimize the impact of soil dq,'Tadation on crops. In Hagedal, where there is no WUA, water is released on a continuous basis rather than on a rotation basis and there is no system of allocation and distribution of water. Hence, farmers utilize water according to the individual needs and without any concern for others requests. The ways and means of improper utilization of water have been ascertained from 163
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Water Users Association and Irrigat
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Phone: 91 080-23215468/5592/5519 FA
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grant was of great help in undertak
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LIST OF TABLES Page. No. 1.1: Outla
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8.3: Estimated Production Functions
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Chapter 1 Introduction The natural
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partition, 8.8 million hectares of
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levels. This is more so with major
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"twin problems" (Details of general
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~~~,~~ Figure 1.1 gives the data fr
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much lower at 1.6 million hectares
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Table 1.3: Incidence of Waterloggin
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as they severely limit the choice o
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water managers sometimes succumbed
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(Carruthus 1981 & 1985; OED 1989; F
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While some of the root causes contr
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Irrigation tends to artificially in
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Appendix 1.2: Important committees,
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degradation is more in the command
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The study by Abassi (1991) on the e
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account of irrigation development a
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without providing adequate canal se
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, Sathyanarayana et al. (200 I) doc
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in the operation and maintenance of
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waterlogging. The study emphasizes
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... The studies reviewed so far, cl
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to ensure greater production from l
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mentioned the effective training of
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Transfer of management for the 12,0
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Ahmad (2000) claimed that water sca
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Chapter 3 Objectives, Methodology a
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components of the same l . The envi
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Table 3.1: Total Number of Farmers
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Secondary data have been collected
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Lowdennilk 1981). Bardhan (1984) an
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attempting to achieve collective be
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External conditions: Physical and t
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etc. It is a supply-oriented design
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Appendix 3.1: Salient Features of T
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Chapter 4 Profile of the Sample Vil
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Figure 4.3: Map of Gllndllr Village
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is used to supplement the canal wat
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It is interesting to note that leas
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Table 4.2: Caste-wise Distribution
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more land in the upper and middle r
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than 30 years experience (see Table
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Table 4.12: Distribution of Farmers
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cultivation in the upper and the mi
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Labor shortages are common at peak
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amount of RS.25 but during the year
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majority of the sample fanners are
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I. To introduce a schedule of water
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Rule Enforcement .:. The Associatio
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Chapter 5 Farmers' Knowledge and Pe
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transect walks which revealed that
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consumption which are known to be s
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should be noted that these lands ha
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their lands fully, while some suffe
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management strategies and type of c
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d · 15 degra at IOn . ill Hagedal,
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cropping and intensive irrigation o
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Farmers knowledge of the proposed c
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Page 185 and 186: I Leadership The quality of leaders
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• comparable estimates, it would
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• PIM policy should not just stop
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