Ways to Increase Utility of Major Irrigation Projects in Command Areas

About the Book

The objective of the book is to document best practices in managing the major irrigation canal systems to maximise the benefits to farmers in terms of increase in utilization of irrigation potential created under the major irrigation projects. The main emphasis on how best we can manage local canal systems to increase farmers incomes in a sustainable way in a multi-stakeholder perspectives which include farmers, water users associations, irrigation department officials, agricultural officers and local non-governmental organisations involved in farmers welfare.

About the Author

Dr A Amarender Reddy is Principal Scientist (Agricultural Economics) with ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Earlier he worked with Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI, Hyderabad), Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD, Lucknow) and also Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA, New Delhi). He is consultant for planning commission, government of India, and international organizations like Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on economic development and planning.