Water institutions: Is formalisation the answer? (A study of water user associations in Andhra Pradesh)

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 519-534

  Reddy, V Ratna ^a   Reddy, P Prudhvikar ^b  

^a Centre for Economic Social Studies   (India)

^b ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

INDIA;

EID: 0036666924     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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