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Sato, Tatsuhiko, 2011. Analyzing feasibility of pricing in sustainable irrigation water governance reform in Punjab, India. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

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India faces water management challenges. The agriculture sector is the largest user and polluter of water but the water resource management has had a duality of good design and poor implementation. The agricultural water management is in a conflict between institutional and political priorities in ensuring security for food and rural livelihood. In Punjab, a concern is growing about sustainability among farming community over income and production of rice and of freshwater for needs of farmers and increasingly for non-agricultural sectors. The political pressure for efficiency of water use and for conservation and allocation is growing but necessitates a critical analysis as to whether this constitutes the most effective and only prescription to overcome the challenge Punjab faces. There is an ambiguity in the concept of economic efficiency especially of defining cost and value of water and conditions surrounding production and livelihood of individual farmer in the state complicate rather than simplify the question of appropriateness and validity of application of optimal water and/or electricity pricing in Punjab. Various findings and discussions show how this may be the case and indicate very broad issues such as international trade that requires coordination among wide ranging departments and stakeholders to identify suitable mix of options available for Punjab.

Main title:Analyzing feasibility of pricing in sustainable irrigation water governance reform in Punjab, India
Authors:Sato, Tatsuhiko
Supervisor:Swain, Ashok
Examiner:Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah
Series:UNSPECIFIED
Volume/Sequential designation:UNSPECIFIED
Year of Publication:2011
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A2E
Student's programme affiliation:NM006 Integrated Water Resource Management - Master's Programme 120 HEC
Supervising department:(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development
(LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development
Keywords:water pricing, India, irrigation demand management, sustainability
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-439
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-439
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Irrigation
Water resources and management
Language:English
Deposited On:05 Jul 2011 13:08
Metadata Last Modified:20 Apr 2012 14:21

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