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100			_aDewan, R.L.
245			_aWater resources management: Issues and strategies for agricultural sector
260			_c2003
300			_ap.497-500.
362			_aJul-Sep
520			_aThe article deals with some specific issues and strategies in the field of water management. It focuses on reducing conveyance and application losses, scheduling of the irrigation; equitable distribution of irrigation water and its conductive use; pricing of water; application of suitable cropping pattern and participatory irrigation management, some of the possible strategies resorted to with a view to minimising the priority problems of farmers include formation of an interdisciplinary team of specialists comprising the agricultural engineers, agronomists, sociologists and economists for proper assessment and implementation of solutions. These solutions need to be tested and demonstrated under actual field conditions for their wider and faster acceptance by the beneficiaries farmers. - Reproduced.
650			_aAgriculture
650			_aWater resources management
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a58593
999			_c58593 _d58593