Independent Evaluation Group2012-05-292012-05-292008978-0-8213-7542-6https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6521Irrigation has made a major contribution to poverty reduction in the past decades, enabling higher yields and better nutrition. Despite these achievements, large-scale irrigation schemes have usually yielded low returns and attracted negative publicity because of their adverse environmental and social impacts. As a result, the Bank has largely switched its support for irrigation away from new construction toward rehabilitation and policy reform. This evaluation supports the need for reform but shows that there are substantial benefits from further investment in infrastructure. This study analyzes these issues through an impact evaluation of one of the last "old generation" of projects in which the Bank directly supported creation of a new irrigation scheme: India's Second and Third Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Projects (AP II and AP III). Together these projects created a new command area, the Srisailem Right Branch Canal (SRBC), and rehabilitated an existing one that had been constructed with Bank assistance, the Sriramasagar Project.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO IRRIGATIONACCESS TO WATERAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATIONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL FINANCEAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INCOMESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SUPPORTAGRONOMYAQUIFERAQUIFERSBARRAGESBENEFITS FROM IRRIGATIONBOREHOLESCANAL DESIGNCANAL IRRIGATIONCANAL NETWORKCANAL REHABILITATIONCANAL SYSTEMCANAL WATERCANALSCATCHMENTCATCHMENT AREACOLLECTION OF WATERCOMMUNITY GROUPSCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONSCONFLICTCROP YIELDSCROPPING INTENSITYCROPPING PATTERNSCULTIVATIONDAMSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISTRIBUTION CHANNELSDISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITSDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTSDIVERSION OF WATERDRAWING WATERDROUGHTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTEXPANSION OF IRRIGATIONFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMEFARM INCOMESFARMERSFARMERS MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATIONFISHFOOD PRICESFOOD SECURITYGREEN REVOLUTIONGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER LEVELGROUNDWATER LEVELSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLDSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINSUFFICIENT WATERIRRIGATED AGRICULTUREIRRIGATED FARMINGIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION CONSTRUCTIONIRRIGATION DEPARTMENTSIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION EXPANSIONIRRIGATION FINANCINGIRRIGATION INVESTMENTSIRRIGATION MANAGEMENT TRANSFERIRRIGATION NETWORKIRRIGATION PROJECTIRRIGATION PROJECTSIRRIGATION SCHEMEIRRIGATION SCHEMESIRRIGATION SECTORIRRIGATION SERVICESIRRIGATION SOURCESIRRIGATION SYSTEMIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATION WATERIRRIGATION WORKSLACK OF WATERLAND OWNERSHIPLININGSMAIN CANALSMALNUTRITIONNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENTNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL RIVERSNUTRITIONNUTRITION OUTCOMESPARTICIPATORY IRRIGATIONPARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENTPERCOLATIONPONDSPOORPOOR FARMERSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPUMPSRAINRAINFALLRESERVOIRSRIVERSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL INCOMESRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL POVERTYRURAL RESIDENTSSAVINGSSEEPAGESOCIAL FUNDSSOCIAL IMPACTSSURFACE IRRIGATIONSURFACE WATERTRADABLE WATERTRADABLE WATER RIGHTSTUBEWELLSWASTAGEWATER ALLOCATIONWATER AVAILABILITYWATER CHARGESWATER COMMITTEESWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER CONTROLWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER FEEWATER FEESWATER FLOWWATER FLOWSWATER FOR IRRIGATIONWATER MANAGEMENTWATER PRICINGWATER PRICING POLICYWATER PRICING STRUCTUREWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER RIGHTSWATER SCARCITYWATER SOURCEWATER SUPPLIESWATER SUPPLYWATER TABLESWATER USAGEWATER USEWATER USERWATER USER ASSOCIATIONWATER USER ASSOCIATIONSWATER USERSWATER WASTAGEWATERINGWATERSWATERSHEDWELLSWETLANDSWUAWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7542-6