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An Institutional Analysis of the Effects of Different Modes of Assistance on the Performance of Farmer- Managed Irrigation Systems in Nepal

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dc.contributor.author Joshi, Neeraj N. en_US
dc.contributor.author Ostrom, Elinor en_US
dc.contributor.author Shivakoti, Ganesh P. en_US
dc.contributor.author Lam, Wai Fung en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:42:59Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:42:59Z
dc.date.issued 1998 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2001-07-02 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2001-07-02 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2163
dc.description.abstract "Thousands of irrigation systems in Nepal are managed by farmers themselves. Some of these farmer-managed irrigation systems (FMIS) have been in operation for centuries. It has long been accepted by policy makers and donors that FMIS in Nepal would benefit greatly from the availability of financial capital in order to construct permanent diversion structures to line key parts of a canal, and to undertake other capital intensive work that would improve the technical efficiency of the systems. Consequently, a number of different policy interventions have been undertaken in Nepal that are intended to enhance irrigation performance by improving physical infrastructures of FMIS. Despite the similar objectives of the intervening agencies, however, the consequences of the process of intervention have varied substantially. Given the increasing emphasis on the importance of interventions to improve irrigation performance, it is of great concern to assess why there is a difference in the performance of diverse types of interventions. "In this paper, we first briefly overview the history of irrigation development in Nepal. Then, we describe the institutions involved with the interventions in the irrigation sector development along with the processes of intervention. In the third section, we discuss the rationale of the study and some methodological procedures employed in the study. In the fourth section, we discuss the findings of the study focusing on the factors affecting the performance of irrigation systems in relation to interventions. In the final section, we address the issues that need action by intervening agencies in order to enhance irrigation performance." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.subject agriculture en_US
dc.subject farmer-managed irrigation en_US
dc.subject irrigation en_US
dc.subject participatory development en_US
dc.subject water resources en_US
dc.subject Workshop en_US
dc.subject institutional analysis--IAD framework en_US
dc.title An Institutional Analysis of the Effects of Different Modes of Assistance on the Performance of Farmer- Managed Irrigation Systems in Nepal en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.coverage.region Middle East & South Asia en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Crossing Boundaries, the Seventh Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates June 10-14 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada en_US
dc.submitter.email hess@indiana.edu en_US


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