Examining farm-level perceptions, costs, and benefits of small water harvesting structures in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-211

  Malik, R P S ^a   Giordano, Meredith ^b   Sharma, Vivek ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c Centre for Advanced Research and Development   (India)

Author keywords

Decentralized; India; Investment; Irrigation; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY; DECENTRALIZED; INDIA; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; IRRIGATION WATERS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; SMALLHOLDERS; WATER HARVESTING;

INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; LAKES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POND; PRIVATIZATION; RAINWATER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH;

EID: 84888002705     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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