Village, Technology, and Bureaucracy: Patterns of Irrigation in Comilla District, Bangladesh

TitleVillage, Technology, and Bureaucracy: Patterns of Irrigation in Comilla District, Bangladesh
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1979
AuthorsCoward, Jr. EW, Ahmed B
JournalJournal of Developing Areas
Volume13
Pagination431-440
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Nabagram irrigation system, Comilla district, Bangladesh

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The Nabagram Irrigation System is located in Comilla District in Bangladesh. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation appropriated by a tube well The original case was reported in 1979 and catalogues an action situation involving 50 families. Nabagram improved its efficiency and technology largely through mobilization of locally provided and controlled resources, developing only limited dependency on a government agency.This case study is part of the...
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