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There is growing water crisis in India and this is becoming increasingly a serious issue. The management of water distribution across the vast areas of the country and among the millions of multiple users in a sustainable manner is becoming a major challenge. Among the various irrigation system, tank irrigation is comparatively old technology and it was common in Indian landscape but the recent trend shows a decline in tank irrigation system. In this context the present study was carried out with the overall objective of analysing extent of participation of tank user farmers and their attitude towards community based tank irrigation management system. Further, the study analyzed the group dynamics among tank user farmers, conflict management dimensions and also brought out the strength of association and contribution of profile attributes of farmers towards participation in tank irrigation management.
About the author
Dr.C. Lawrence Prabu has completed his under graduate programme in Annamalai University, Post graduate in Agricultural Extension from Kerala Agricultural University and Ph. D. Degree programme in Agricultural Extension from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,He received UGC-Junior Research Fellowship and qualified in ICAR-ASRB-NET,UGC-NET.
