Participation in the Water Body Irrigation Management in Saline Zone in West Bengal in India

Wietze Lise (), Sebak Jana () and Siddhartha Manna
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Wietze Lise: ÅF-Mercados EMI, Ankara, Turkey
Siddhartha Manna: #x2020;Department of Economics with Rural Development, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India

Water Economics and Policy (WEP), 2019, vol. 05, issue 01, 1-25

Abstract: This study analyzes farmers’ participation in irrigation management for small scale irrigation through water bodies in a saline zone in India. Principal Component Analysis shows that key decision variables of farmers are (i) strength of decision making body, (ii) water body quality and maintenance, (iii) water sharing fairness and (iv) water sufficiency. Regression analysis indicates that the farmers’ participation increases with variables like membership of water users’ association, proximity to the market, possession of agricultural assets, hired labor in the family, higher shares of aman paddy and vegetable crops, existence of fish cultivation. Four non-cooperative participation games were estimated and the results show that sharing of water body irrigation benefits among the farmers is not harmonious.

Keywords: Participation; irrigation management; India; principal component analysis; regression analysis; game theoretic model estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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