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As water resources become increasingly scarce in India and demand only increases, the challenge of sustaining irrigation systems and the lands they serve is a matter of crucial importance. In particular, the livelihood of millions of farmers is threatened. India's canal irrigation systems, which have so far made an enormous contribution to food security, are now in crisis because of increasing competition for water, poor management and declining funding. The ...
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: evolving concerns in the study of impact/Michelle Adato and Ruth Meinzen-Dick. 2. Integrating social and economic analyses to study impacts on livelihoods and poverty: Conceptual frameworks and research methods/Michelle Adato, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Peter Hazell and Lawrence Haddad. 3. Rice research, technological progress, and poverty: the Bangladesh case/Mahabub Hossain, David Lewis, Manik L. Bose and ...