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Irrigation and Water Management - Water user associations - ongoing |
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Formalising Irrigation Institutions:
A Study of Water User Associations in Andhra Pradesh. |
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V.Ratna Reddy |
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National Agricultural Technology Project (NTAP) through ICAR. |
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The project attempts to provide a comprehensive view on the status and management of water resources in the state of Andhra Pradesh with special focus on water user associations. It aims to critically examine their innovation and sustainability for exploring the possibilities for replication elsewhere in the country. |
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The specific objectives of the project include: a) making a comprehensive assessment of the water user association (WUA) legislation and examining feasibility and practicability of its implementation, b) examining the political economy aspects of the implementation of WUAs, c) evaluating the economic impact of WUAs across regions and irrigation systems, d) understanding the social and institutional dynamics in the success/failure of WUAs, and e) examining the policy environment (including legal) facilitating the effective functioning of the institutional mechanisms and their sustainability in the long run.
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The proposed study will be carried out at theoretical as well as empirical levels. As a first step a theoretical model will be developed, based on the literature, for participatory development and collective action in the context of natural resource management. This model will be used as a background for drawing testable insights from the empirical studies. Finally, the empirical analyses are used to verify the theoretical model and develop a more generalized and practicable framework for sustainable water management.
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