The law definition of the irrigation water rights including ownership, withdrawing right and deliverying right is well in China, but the enforcement of these rights is ill because of the right erosion, which reduces the allocation efficiency of the irrigation water. Farmer rights on the water is...

The ever-growing population of India, along with the increasing competition for water for productive uses in different sectors - especially irrigated agriculture and related local water systems and drainage - poses a challenge in an effort to improve water quality and sanitation. In rural and...