Inequality of access in irrigation systems of the mid-hills of Nepal
Inequality of access in irrigation systems of the mid-hills of Nepal
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DOI：
10.1080/23792949.2017.1353886
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发表时间：
2018-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
B. Pariyar;J. Lovett;C. Snell
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作者：
B. Pariyar;J. Lovett;C. Snell
摘要获取和控制灌溉用水是提高农业生产率的最重要因素之一，从而影响发展中国家的家庭粮食安全和贫困程度。然而，灌溉部门的投资往往没有考虑到灌溉干预措施的公平方面。利用来自尼泊尔中部山区三个灌溉系统的199户家庭的数据，我们分析了不同水平的社会经济异质性对水的获取和控制。结果表明，改善农村贫困人口生计的努力应适当考虑灌溉干预措施的分布方面，并有权在整个系统内分配给农民的灌溉用水水平。
ABSTRACT 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.