Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy

Against the backdrop of a discussion on the rationale, logic and scope of irrigation demand management in India, this paper provides a brief overview of the status, effectiveness and technical and institutional requirements of six demand management options, that is, water pricing, water markets, wat...

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Main Authors: Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria, Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: IWA Publishing 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40544
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description Against the backdrop of a discussion on the rationale, logic and scope of irrigation demand management in India, this paper provides a brief overview of the status, effectiveness and technical and institutional requirements of six demand management options, that is, water pricing, water markets, water rights, energy regulations, water saving technologies and user organizations. The paper then develops a framework that captures the analytics of irrigation demand management in terms of both the impact pathways of and the operational linkages between the options and their underlying institutions. Using this framework, the paper also outlines a strategy for irrigation demand management that can exploit the inherent synergies between the options and align them well with the underlying institutional structure and its environment. After discussing how such a strategy can be effectively promoted within the institutional and political constraints facing countries such as India, the paper concludes with the policy implications of irrigation demand management.
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spelling CGSpace405442025-06-17T08:24:26Z Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria Amarasinghe, Upali A. irrigation efficiency cost recovery water demand water market water rights water users associations Against the backdrop of a discussion on the rationale, logic and scope of irrigation demand management in India, this paper provides a brief overview of the status, effectiveness and technical and institutional requirements of six demand management options, that is, water pricing, water markets, water rights, energy regulations, water saving technologies and user organizations. The paper then develops a framework that captures the analytics of irrigation demand management in terms of both the impact pathways of and the operational linkages between the options and their underlying institutions. Using this framework, the paper also outlines a strategy for irrigation demand management that can exploit the inherent synergies between the options and align them well with the underlying institutional structure and its environment. After discussing how such a strategy can be effectively promoted within the institutional and political constraints facing countries such as India, the paper concludes with the policy implications of irrigation demand management. 2010-12-01 2014-06-13T14:47:53Z 2014-06-13T14:47:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40544 en Limited Access IWA Publishing Saleth, R. M.; Amarasinghe, Upali. 2010. Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy. Water Policy, 12(6):832-850. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.038
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cost recovery
water demand
water market
water rights
water users associations
Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy
title Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy
title_full Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy
title_fullStr Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy
title_full_unstemmed Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy
title_short Promoting irrigation demand management in India: options, linkages and strategy
title_sort promoting irrigation demand management in india options linkages and strategy
topic irrigation efficiency
cost recovery
water demand
water market
water rights
water users associations
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