Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Mark Svendsen (eds). Future Directions for Indian Irrigation: (Research and Policy). Washington, D. C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. 1991. xiv + 333 pp

In: The Pakistan development review: PDR, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 321-323

Abstract

The editors of the book have divided their subject matter into
four broad categories. The first category deals with irrigation
development in India, focusing on important issues confronting the use
of water resources and on alternate scenarios for future development.
The second category examines the improved performance of the existing
irrigation system and emphasizes the need for improvement. The third
part highlights the issues relating to the process and sustainability of
managerial improvement in system management. The last category pinpoints
the special problems related to irrigation in Eastern India. The book
comprises twenty chapters, with a brief chapter of introduction and four
others that present overviews of each of the categories. Fourteen of the
remaining chapters cover the main body of the text, with a concluding
chapter on a model that promises to resolve the irrigation issues. The
overview before each category is quite lucid and often critical, leaving
little room for review. However, brief comments are presented for the
interested readers.