Adoption and impacts of of microirrigation technologies: Empirical results from selected localities of Maharashtra and Gujarat states of India
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2005
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Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Abstract
This report analyzes the economics of alternative microirrigation technologies ranging from low-cost drip and sprinkler systems to the capital-intensive systems, the determinants of adoption of microirrigation technology, the poverty outreach of the different microirrigation systems, and the sustainability implications of microirrigation adoption.
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Water management, Economic analyses, Women, Food security, Poverty, Irrigation, Farming systems, Microirrigation, Drip irrigation, Sprinkler irrigation, Irrigation systems, Technology, India, Models, Yields, Cropping systems, Water conservation, Field Scale
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Research Report 93