Japanese Irrigation Cooperatives

TitleJapanese Irrigation Cooperatives
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication1980
AuthorsBeardsley RK, Hall JW, Ward RE
Book TitleIrrigation and Agricultural Development in Asia: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
Pagination127-152
PublisherCornell University Press
CityIthaca, New York
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Obara pond irrigation system, Niiike Buraku, Okayama Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan

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The resource appropriated from Obara Pond is water for irrigation, and the case takes place in the settlement of Niiike Buraku on the coastal plain of Okayama Prefecture in the Honshu island of Japan. This irrigation system is comprised of a pond a little more than two acres in area, as well as the ditches that lead water to 10 acres of farmland. At the beginning of the period, there was an apparently balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of...
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