Irrigation Regimes in Rural Bengal

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FAS Young Scholars' Corner

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Produced by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies, FAS Young Scholars Corner explores research questions on agrarian studies. This podcast aims to bring to fore the voices of young research collaborators of FAS conducting studies on various aspects of rural economies. All of the researchers have made use of FAS data and/or methods for their doctoral studies. For any queries or media requests, please contact: web_ops@fas.org.in

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Irrigation Regimes in Rural Bengal

FAS Young Scholars' Corner

12 minutes 15 seconds

3 years ago

Irrigation Regimes in Rural Bengal

For the first episode of FAS Young Scholars' Corner Season 2, we spoke to Tapas Modak, Associate Fellow, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, about the changing patterns of irrigation in rural West Bengal.

Reading List:

1. Socio-Economic Surveys of Three Villages in West Bengal, Edited by Aparajita Bakshi and Tapas Modak

2. Agrarian Impasse in Bengal: Agricultural Growth in Bangladesh and West Bengal, 1949-1980, Boyce J.

3. Public to Private Irrigation: Implications for Equity in Access to Water, Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, Tapas Modak

4. Sonar Bangla: Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Change in West Bengal and Bangladesh, Rogaly B., Harris-White B., and Bose

5. Water Resource Management: Institutional and Irrigation Development in India, Vaidyanathan A.