Community initiatives in building and managing temporary check-dams across seasonal streams for water harvesting in South India
Kulbhushan Balooni,
A.H. Kalro and
Ambili G. Kamalamma
Agricultural Water Management, 2008, vol. 95, issue 12, 1314-1322
Abstract:
We analyze traditional community initiatives in building and managing temporary check-dams across seasonal streams in Kumbadaje panchayat in the state of Kerala in India. This is a fairly successful system, functioning for decades in the study area. Check-dams overcome water scarcity faced by farmers during the summer irrigation season and thereby play a crucial role in farming. We identify issues in the management of check-dams, noting how this traditional water harvesting and conservation system suits the local geographic conditions and needs to be sustained and promoted.
Keywords: Traditional; water; harvesting; system; Irrigation; Collective; action; Farmer's; group; Resource; mobilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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