Inequality of access in irrigation systems of the mid-hills of Nepal

Access to, and control over, water for irrigation is one of the most important factors for increasing agricultural productivity, thereby affecting household food security and levels of poverty in developing countries. However, investments in the irrigation sector have often failed to consider equity...

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Published in:Area development and policy Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 60 - 78
Main Authors: Pariyar, Bishnu, Lovett, Jon C., Snell, Carolyn
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 02.01.2018
Subjects:
acceso al agua
access to water
Desigualdad espacial
heterogeneidad socioeconómica
irrigación
irrigation
Nepal
pobreza
poverty
socio-economic heterogeneity
Spatial inequality
бедность
доступность воды
Непал
орошение
Пространственное неравенство
социально-экономическая неоднородность
尼泊尔
水的使用权
灌溉
社会经济异质性
空间不均衡性
贫困
ISSN:2379-2949, 2379-2957
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Summary:Access to, and control over, water for irrigation is one of the most important factors for increasing agricultural productivity, thereby affecting household food security and levels of poverty in developing countries. However, investments in the irrigation sector have often failed to consider equity aspects of irrigation interventions. Using data from 199 households from three irrigation systems in the mid-hills of Nepal, we analyse access and control of water in different levels of socio-economic heterogeneities. The results demonstrate that efforts to improve livelihoods of the rural poor should give due consideration to the distributional aspects of irrigation interventions, with authority for allocating the level of access to irrigation water given to the farmers throughout the system.
ISSN:2379-2949
2379-2957
DOI:10.1080/23792949.2017.1353886