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AN INDEX FOR MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WITH AN APPLICATION 1
Author(s) -
Seckler David,
Sampath R. K.,
Raheja S. K.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1988.tb00937.x
Subject(s) - irrigation , index (typography) , environmental science , irrigation management , agricultural engineering , sample (material) , water resource management , degree (music) , hydrology (agriculture) , computer science , engineering , agronomy , physics , geotechnical engineering , world wide web , acoustics , biology , thermodynamics
This paper presents a statistically valid index for measuring the performance of irrigation systems. The index is applied to a sample of 39 farms on a watercourse under the warabandi system of irrigation management in India. It is found that while the farmers in fact irrigated almost exactly the total amount of irrigated area as designed, inter‐farm variations were considerable. The index shows that the degree of error of managerial effectiveness of irrigation on this watercourse is 20 percent. Therefore it is concluded that the system is performing at 80 percent effectiveness.