Open AccessRuth Meinzen-Dick and Mark Svendsen (eds). Future Directions for Indian Irrigation: (Research and Policy). Washington, D. C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. 1991. xiv + 333 pp.
Author(s) -
Zakir Hussain Rana
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v30i3pp.321-323
Subject(s) - subject matter , sustainability , subject (documents) , irrigation , process (computing) , sociology , political science , management , regional science , library science , computer science , law , economics , ecology , curriculum , biology , operating system
The editors of the book have divided their subject matter intofour broad categories. The first category deals with irrigationdevelopment in India, focusing on important issues confronting the useof water resources and on alternate scenarios for future development.The second category examines the improved performance of the existingirrigation system and emphasizes the need for improvement. The thirdpart highlights the issues relating to the process and sustainability ofmanagerial improvement in system management. The last category pinpointsthe special problems related to irrigation in Eastern India. The bookcomprises twenty chapters, with a brief chapter of introduction and fourothers that present overviews of each of the categories. Fourteen of theremaining chapters cover the main body of the text, with a concludingchapter on a model that promises to resolve the irrigation issues. Theoverview before each category is quite lucid and often critical, leavinglittle room for review. However, brief comments are presented for theinterested readers.