Land settlement planning for improved irrigation management: a case study of the Kirindi Oya Irrigation and Settlement Project

Pamela Stanbury

No 114042 in IWMI Books from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of settlement policies on irrigation management in a new irrigated settlement scheme in southern Sri Lanka based on field research in 1988. It provides policy recommendations for improvements on this scheme and in future schemes.

Keywords: Land use; Settlement patterns; Irrigation management; Irrigated farming; Farmer-agency interactions; Farmers associations; Economic aspects; Irrigation programs; Irrigable land; Farmer participation; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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