R Doraiswamy

Traditional water management practices and water sector reforms in South India - A comparative analysis of three systems and Participatory Irrigation Management policy - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)

This paper deals with the comparative analysis of traditional water management practices in tanks systems and water sector reforms carried out in three southern states of India.

Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 06:13 PM

The authors study three tanks; one each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and find that almost all tanks in Southern India face similar problems that include farmers in command area being deprived of water, siltation, lack of proper maintenance of such structures, lack of political will to decentralise authority to tank institutions etc.

Water and livelihoods: system of rice intensification (SRI) in large irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh (2007) – A booklet by Jalaspandana

The project concludes that the system of rice intensification is environment friendly, yields better quality rice and straw and prevents soil degradation

JalaSpandana (South India Farmers Organisation for Water Management)

V Bhavaniprasad

Posted on 01 May, 2009 12:07 PM

This booklet titled “Water and livelihoods - SRI in large irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh” details the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation carried out by JalaSpandana in Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme, Priyadharshini Jurala Project and Kurnool Cuddapah Canal in Krishna Basin in Andhra Pradesh.

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