Mechanized Irrigation Innovation Project – Social Survey for Tube Well Development and Hills Schemes

2018

Lahmeyer International

The Mechanized Irrigation Innovation Project (MIIP) has developed a scheme of groundwater and surface water irrigation system pertinent to Terai and Hill districts of Nepal. This study was to determine farmers’ potential adaptation to tube-well irrigation and the willingness to pay for ground water services. The study assessed the demand for tube-well irrigation, socio-economic conditions in the project area and financial access of the farmers for different productive economics activities.