Planning Groundwater Use for Sustainable Rural Development

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4685
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Williams, Sandy; Perera, Nicola
Date:	2005
Agency:	International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	Water Policy Briefing, no. 14
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4685
Sector:	Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	East Asia Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s):	irrigation agriculture rural development poverty alleviation groundwater sustainability
Abstract:	"Irrigated agriculture has contributed greatly to food security in Asia and irrigation projects present new opportunities for reducing poverty. This requires that projects deliberately tilt towards the poor. Moreover, policymakers, implementers and managers need to adopt an integrated approach when using irrigation as a pro-poor intervention strategy. With the right institutional and technical conditions, an effective incentives structure and proper implementation and management practices, pro-poor irrigation projects can make a significant difference to poverty in the region."

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