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Coping with Poverty and Institutionalised Practices: Tank-Irrigated Cultivation in Kolar District, Karnataka

Lars Engberg-Pedersen DIIS Working Paper 2011:09 Though in decline, tank irrigation is still an important characteristic of rural social life in many parts of South India. It is of particular importance to the poor being dependent on agriculture, while rich landowners increasingly concentrate their investments and income on non-rural activities. Based on fieldwork in two [...]

Water for Food:Innovative water management technologies for food security and poverty alleviation

By United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD/DTL/STICT/2011/2 Modern irrigation is one of the success stories of the 20th century. As the world’s population doubled, irrigated farming expanded from 40 million ha to almost 300 million ha today – a seven-fold increase. This revolution in water technology increased food production through improved crop yields [...]

Coping with Poverty and Institutionalised Practices: Tank-Irrigated Cultivation in Kolar District, Karnataka

Lars Engberg-Pedersen DIIS Working Paper 2011:09 Though in decline, tank irrigation is still an important characteristic of rural social life in many parts of South India. It is of particular importance to the poor being dependent on agriculture, while rich landowners increasingly concentrate their investments and income on non-rural activities. Based on fieldwork in two [...]

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