Irrigation Management in Developing Countries: Current Issues and Approaches

Introduction -- Methodologies and Concepts -- Irrigated Agriculture: A Comparative Analysis of Development Concepts -- On the Development and Use of Improved Methodologies for Irrigation Management -- From Diagnostic Analysis to Designing and Conducting On-Farm Research -- Management of Gravity Flow Irrigation Systems -- Some Tools and Concepts for Better Irrigation Water Use -- Economic Aspects -- On the Allocation, Pricing, and Valuation of Irrigation Water -- Social and Economic Impacts of Investments in Ground Water: Lessons from Pakistan and Bangladesh -- Economic Aspects of Irrigation with Saline Water -- Irrigation, Drainage, and Food Supplies -- Developing Farm-Level Information for Improved Irrigation Water Management in Developing Countries -- Management and Institutional Aspects -- Irrigation System Management -- Improving Management of Irrigation Projects in Developing Countries: Translating Theory into Practice -- The Management of Paddy Irrigation Systems: A Laissez-Faire, Supply-Side Theory -- Improved Irrigation Management: Why Involve Farmers? -- Legal and Institutional Aspects of Irrigation Water Management -- State and Locality in Asian Irrigation Development: The Property Factor -- Water Management: Problems and Potential for Communications in Technology Transfer