Towards characterizing the adaptive capacity of farmer-managed irrigation systems: learnings from Nepal

Towards characterizing the adaptive capacity of farmer-managed irrigation systems: learnings from Nepal

Small-scale irrigation systems managed by farmers are facing multiple challenges including competing water demand, climatic variability and change, and socioeconomic transformation. Though the relevant institutions for irrigation management have developed coping and adaptation mechanisms, the intens...

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Main Authors:	Thapa, Bhuwan, Scott, Christopher, Wester, Philippus, Varady, Robert
Other Authors:	School of Geography and Development, The University of Arizona
Language:	en
Published:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622656 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622656

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