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Bringing new focus on groundwater irrigation in Nepal’s irrigation policy: Potential policy opportunities and pathways

author(s) Chakraborty, Shreya - Neupane, Nilhari - Karki, Shanta - Krupnik, Timothy J.
from CGIAR - Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
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Chakraborty, S., Neupane, N., Karki, S., & Krupnik, T.J. (2023). Bringing new focus on groundwater irrigation in Nepal’s irrigation policy – Policy opportunities and pathways. TAFSSA Policy Note 3. TAFSSA.
Bringing new focus on groundwater irrigation in Nepal’s irrigation policy: Potential policy opportunities and pathways

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Abstract

The last irrigation policy of Nepal (2003) acknowledged that the traditional focus of irrigation development in Nepal has been on run-off river-based surface water irrigation. To counter the problems of seasonal low flows of rivers, groundwater resources were regarded mostly as a supplementary or conjunctive irrigation source that could extend irrigation year-round. However, there have been several new developments in the irrigation sector and water systems of Nepal that now call for a new focus and approach to groundwater irrigation

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