Free-riders or victims: women's nonparticipation in irrigation management in Nepal's Chhattis Mauja Irrigation Scheme

Examines multiple factors in women's involvement/non-involvement in irrigation in the Chhattis Mauja irrigation scheme in Nepal. Includes an empirical analysis of the livelihood strategies of farm households, documentation of the level and nature of participation of women and men in the water users' organizations, analysis of women's access to irrigation services, and an examination of the need and desirability of increasing the participation of woman in the scheme organization.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zwarteveen, M.Z., Neupane, N.
Format: Report biblioteca
Language:English
Published: International Irrigation Management Institute 1996
Subjects:irrigation management, gender, farmer-managed irrigation systems, irrigation programs, privatization, water users' associations, irrigated farming, irrigation canals, water delivery, water allocation, water distribution, maintenance, women in development, farmers, female labor, agricultural manpower, households, family labor, living standards, social aspects, agricultural production, villages, social organization, performance evaluation,
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39788
https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub007/REPORT07.PDF
https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.016
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