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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Groenfeldt, David; Alwis, Joe; Perera, J. |
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Date:
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1988 |
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Agency:
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International Irrigation Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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Series:
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IIMI Working Paper, no. 6 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4936
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Sector:
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Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Region:
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Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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irrigation
planning
state and local governance
information
collaboration
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Abstract:
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"The great extent of minor irrigation in Sri Lanka (roughly 40% of the total irrigated area) and the ongoing efforts to performance of this sector through major assistance programs, point to the need for a thorough understanding of the dynamics of minor irrigation, and the identification of strategies by which instance to this sector has been, or can be most effective. In spite of massive investments in programs such as the Village Irrigation Rehabilitation Program (VIRP), the Anuradhapura Dry Zone Agricultural Project (ADZAP), various district-level Integrated Rural Developnent Projects (IRDP), and the Freedom from Hunger Campaign (FFHC), very little information is available about the results and impact of these programs, and little experimentation is taking place to improve the process of assisting the minor irrigation sector. In an effort to produce the kinds of information useful to the agencies that are implementing Minor Irrigation System (MIS) assistance programs (notably the Department of Agrarian Services and the Irrigation Department), and to the formulation of policies for better supporting the routine needs of the MIS sector, AWI and IIMI have embarked upon a set of collaborative research activities over the next three years. The workshop on Strategies for Improving Minor Irrigation Systems was jointly sponsored by AFiTI and IIMI, as the first step in this process. The workshop had three broad objectives: (1) to review past lessons and experience in MIS assistance programs; (2) to identify gaps in knowledge and research priorities; and (3) to create an informal working group of professionals working on MIS assistance, including representatives of implementing agencies, research institutes, and universities."
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