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Villains or Heroes? Farmers' adjustments to water scarcity
- Source :
- Irrigation and Drainage 59 (2010) 4, Irrigation and Drainage, 59(4), 419-431
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Although farmers are often seen as wasting water and getting a disproportionate share of water. irrigation is losing out in the competition for water with other sectors. In cases of drought. water restrictions are overwhelmingly imposed on irrigation while other activities and domestic supply are only affected in cases of very severe shortage All over the world, farmers have been responding to the challenge posed by both short- and long-term declining water allocations in many creative ways, but these responses have often been overlooked by policy makers. This paper examines how farmers have adapted to water scarcity in six different river basins of Asia and the Middle East. It inventories the different types of adjustments observed and shows not only their effectiveness in offsetting the drop in supply but also their costs to farmers and to the environment and their contribution to basin closure. The conclusion calls for a better recognition of the efforts made by the irrigation sector to respond to water challenges and of its implications in terms of reduced scope for efficiency gains in the Irrigation sector.
- Subjects :
- Irrigation
Water scarcity
Natural resource economics
Drainage basin
Soil Science
Economic shortage
WASS
drought
Structural basin
coping strategies
irrigation
basin
Leerstoelgroep Irrigatie en waterbouwkunde
jordan valley
China
Irrigation and Water Engineering
resilience
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Middle East
india
conjunctive use
balance
Business
Conjunctive use
Water resource management
china
Agronomy and Crop Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15310353
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Irrigation and Drainage
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8122577d134fb08ae686dba6a04a1603