In Search of Tanks: Some Hidden Facts

Physical and technical factors have received a great deal of attention in discussions of the decline of tank irrigation, while institutional factors which have a direct bearing on the functioning of tank irrigation have been relatively neglected. This is unfortunate especially since technical and in...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 1993-06, Vol.28 (26), p.A53-A60
Main Author: S. Janakarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Crops
Inlets
Irrigation
Irrigation systems
Irrigation water
Review of Agriculture, June 1993
Sluices
Storage tanks
Villages
Water tanks
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Summary:Physical and technical factors have received a great deal of attention in discussions of the decline of tank irrigation, while institutional factors which have a direct bearing on the functioning of tank irrigation have been relatively neglected. This is unfortunate especially since technical and institutional factors do not operate in isolation but often interact. This paper attempts to examine the characteristics and functioning of traditional irrigation institutions as they exist today and probe the factors underlying the disintegration of these institutions.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846