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Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka

Content Provider	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Author	Imbulana, Upali Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M. Amarasinghe, Upali A. Amarnath, Giriraj
Spatial Coverage	Sri Lanka [LK]
Description	Village irrigation systems (ViSs) are vital in rural livelihood, food, and water security. VISs include small (minor) tanks and diversions (anicuts). The hydrologically linked tanks with natural drainage patterns form cascades, and beyond food and water security, they play a significant role in mitigating flood and drought impacts on communities in river basins. With anthropogenic changes, many cascades are in depilated states now. This paper finds that policy support with legal recognition to cascade-based community-level institutions promote bottom-up water and natural resources management approaches. They also facilitate investigations of ill-defined subject areas in cascade management and complex socio-political and economic issues and challenges constraining sustainable cascade based VISs operations.
Sponsorship	CGIAR Trust Fund
Related Links	https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/6cac80cd-1bf6-48d4-a612-10d35c908ebb
File Format	PDF
Language	English
Publisher	International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Subject Keyword	Irrigation Systems Villages Irrigation Management Water Governance Arid Zones Sustainability Water Resources Water Management Water Security Tanks Drainage Canals River Basins Climate Change Floods Drought Climate Resilience Communities
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Report
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science

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