Related Publications: India

Three chapters are presented in this section. The first, by C. Gopinath and A. H. Kalro, reviews the sustainabi1ity of some recent efforts to improve the management of Indian irrigation systems, largely below the watercourse outlet.

Eastern India had been a region of iffluence and the center of Indian prosperity for long periods ii history. After almost uninterrupted progress and prosperity, a gray period in its history seems to have set in about 1200 A.D.

The five chapters presented in this section provide case studies of the performance of irrigation systems.

This chapter is presented in two parts. The first presents a brief overview of the performance of Indian irrigation systems and specifically discusses the use and limitations of performance indicators of an irrigation system.

The chapters presented in this section identify needs and potential for groundwater development and conjunctive use, with special reference to eastern India. The first chapter by T. Prasad and I. D.

Many irrigation systems in India perform at levels far below their design standard, and the need to improve the performance of existing irrigation systems is therefore urgent.

Modern Indian irrigation development goes back in time at least to the construction of the Western Yamuna Canal near Delhi in 1355 by Ferozshah Tughlaq.

The new biochemical technology of crop farming has had uneven success in India. In view of the continental diversity of Indian agriculture this is hardly surprising.

This chapter presents an empirical analysis of the interaction between canal irrigation and groundwater systems in canal commands.

This volume evolved from a workshop held at Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, in April 1988. Special thanks are due to Mr. A. Mohanakrish-nan, who gave the inaugural address, and to Dr. V. Rajagopalan for the concluding remarks. We are very grateful to Dr.