-owners in southern India. The findings show that, while the contracting distortion leads to an average welfare loss of less than … benefits of the water-saving technologies now being heavily promoted in India …

India has pursued an active food security policy for many years, using a combination of trade policy interventions …

One of the key environmental problems facing India is that of particle pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels …

user group (WUG) data from a reservoir irrigation system in China. The introduction of volumetric water pricing at the … exit a WUG for private irrigation. This tendency is associated with an increased probability that the remaining members do … difficulties among the remaining members whose fields are separated by former members who have now opted out for private irrigation …

improved technologies, particularly improved seed, fertilizers and other agro-chemicals, machinery, and irrigation. Yet …

water for irrigation to meet rising food demand; at the same time, the competition for water resources is growing in many …

This study estimates and compares the effects of small and large irrigation dams on cropland productivity in South …-benefit analysis of irrigation benefits shows that small dams may be more viable than large ones, large dams can play a potentially …

The author looks at the feasibility and potential of instituting small-scale irrigation dams to reduce Ethiopia s … implications of irrigation development programs and provides empirical evidence from microdam construction and reforestation …-scale irrigation dams in areas prone to waterborne diseases. While the theoretical analyses imply that the net welfare impacts of …