Improving Irrigated Agriculture: Institutional Reform and the Small Farmer

dc.contributor.authorBromley, Daniel W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T15:11:24Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T15:11:24Z
dc.date.issued1982en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-01-09en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-01-09en_US
dc.description.abstract"Irrigation is a technological and institutional innovation which permits cultivation of lands otherwise ill-suited to agriculture. The institutional environment in which irrigation takes place is critical to the successful operation of any system. This institutional environment has received little analytical attention by those concerned with irrigation. "A model of farmer interdependence is developed and is related to the concept of farmers as cautious optimizers. This allows a focus on institutional uncertainty as a major impediment to creating irrigation systems which meet both efficiency and equity goals. "Suggestions for improving existing irrigation systems-and for designing new ones-are derived from the framework."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/3990
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesWorld Bank, Washington, DCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStaff Working Paper, no. 531en_US
dc.subjectcommon pool resourcesen_US
dc.subjectirrigationen_US
dc.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subject.sectorAgricultureen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.titleImproving Irrigated Agriculture: Institutional Reform and the Small Farmeren_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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