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AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
Volume 95, Issue 12, Pages 1314-1322Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.06.012
Keywords
Traditional water harvesting system; Irrigation; Collective action; Farmer's group; Resource mobilization
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- Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
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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. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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