Sustainable irrigation development
This paper explores the issues that face irrigation in the future, drawing on recent experiences in Asia and elsewhere to illustrate some cases where interventions have fallen short of sustainable development targets. The paper argues that sustainable development is often misinterpreted and that inc...
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| author | Makin, Ian W. |
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| description | This paper explores the issues that face irrigation in the future, drawing on recent experiences in Asia and elsewhere to illustrate some cases where interventions have fallen short of sustainable development targets. The paper argues that sustainable development is often misinterpreted and that incremental development is a more realistic model to achieve the objectives of sustainability and poverty alleviation. In the paper the focus is on irrigation as a means of achieving food security. However, effective utilization of water to achieve high productivity is a major objective, and this is now widely recognized to include enhanced rainfed agriculture and agricultural system. Therefore, the boundaries between rainfed and irrigated agriculture are becoming increasingly blurred requiring practitioners in agricultural development to have a broader perspective. The use of sustainable livelihood concepts has also changed the development canvas by bringing the analysis of the entire socioeconomic setting into focus. |
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| spelling | CGSpace385422023-06-08T14:27:23Z Sustainable irrigation development Makin, Ian W. irrigation management sustainability This paper explores the issues that face irrigation in the future, drawing on recent experiences in Asia and elsewhere to illustrate some cases where interventions have fallen short of sustainable development targets. The paper argues that sustainable development is often misinterpreted and that incremental development is a more realistic model to achieve the objectives of sustainability and poverty alleviation. In the paper the focus is on irrigation as a means of achieving food security. However, effective utilization of water to achieve high productivity is a major objective, and this is now widely recognized to include enhanced rainfed agriculture and agricultural system. Therefore, the boundaries between rainfed and irrigated agriculture are becoming increasingly blurred requiring practitioners in agricultural development to have a broader perspective. The use of sustainable livelihood concepts has also changed the development canvas by bringing the analysis of the entire socioeconomic setting into focus. 2004 2014-06-13T11:42:23Z 2014-06-13T11:42:23Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38542 en Limited Access Makin, Ian W. 2004. Sustainable irrigation development. In Wijayaratna, C. M. (Ed.). Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Seminar on Linking Main System Management for Improved Irrigation Management, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-8 June 2002. Tokyo, Japan: Asian Productivity Organization (APO). pp.39-47. |
| spellingShingle | irrigation management sustainability Makin, Ian W. Sustainable irrigation development |
| title | Sustainable irrigation development |
| title_full | Sustainable irrigation development |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable irrigation development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable irrigation development |
| title_short | Sustainable irrigation development |
| title_sort | sustainable irrigation development |
| topic | irrigation management sustainability |
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