Comparing irrigation management reforms in Australia and India - a special reference to participatory irrigation management

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Poddar, Rajendra ^a,b   Qureshi, M Ejaz ^a,c   Syme, Geoff ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Krishna Basin; Management transfer; Murray Darling Basin; Participatory irrigation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953100441     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.551     Document Type: Article

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