Improving economic water productivity to enhance resilience in canal irrigation systems: a pilot study of the Sina Irrigation System in Maharashtra, India

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dc.creatorAmarasinghe, Upali A.
dc.creatorSikka, Alok
dc.creatorMandave, Vidya
dc.creatorPanda, R. K.
dc.creatorGorantiwar, S.
dc.creatorAmbast, S. K.
dc.date2021-04-01
dc.date2021-03-31T09:19:36Z
dc.date2021-03-31T09:19:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:23:38Z
dc.descriptionThis paper proposes scenarios to achieve more crop per drop and irrigation for all in water-scarce irrigation systems, with a particular reference to India. It uses economic water productivity (EWP) and water cost curve for EWP as tools to reallocate irrigation consumptive water use (CWU) and identify economically viable cropping patterns. Assessed in the water-scarce Sina irrigation system in Maharashtra, India, the method shows that drought-tolerant annual crops such as fruits and/or fodder should be the preferred option in irrigated cropping patterns. Cropping patterns with orchard or fodder as permanent fixtures will provide sustainable income in low rainfall years. Orchards in combination with other crops will increase EWP and value of output in moderate to good rainfall years. Governments should create an enabling environment for conjunctive water use and allocation of CWU to achieve a gradual shift to high-value annual/perennial crops as permanent fixtures in cropping patterns.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113171
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/154440
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIWA Publishing
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAmarasinghe, Upali A.; Sikka, Alok; Mandave, Vidya; Panda, R. K.; Gorantiwar, S.; Ambast, S. K. 2021. Improving economic water productivity to enhance resilience in canal irrigation systems: a pilot study of the Sina Irrigation System in Maharashtra, India. Water Policy, 23(2):447-465. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.231]
dc.subjectwater productivity
dc.subjecteconomic analysis
dc.subjectirrigation systems
dc.subjectcanals
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectcropping patterns
dc.subjectwater allocation
dc.subjectgroundwater irrigation
dc.subjectgroundwater recharge
dc.subjectwater costs
dc.subjectbenefit-cost ratio
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectdrought tolerance
dc.subjectwater scarcity
dc.subjectrain
dc.subjectmonsoons
dc.subjectreservoir storage
dc.titleImproving economic water productivity to enhance resilience in canal irrigation systems: a pilot study of the Sina Irrigation System in Maharashtra, India
dc.typeJournal Article

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