?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11138%2F&rft.title=Marketing+and+Profitability+of+Crops+in+Pyawt+Ywar+Pump+Irrigation+Project&rft.creator=Kumara+Charyulu%2C+D&rft.creator=Thu%2C+M&rft.creator=Oo%2C+M&rft.creator=Whitbread%2C+A+M&rft.subject=Irrigation&rft.description=Pyawt+Ywar+Pump+Irrigation+Project+(PYPIP)+is+one+of+more+than+300+pump+irrigation+projects+(PIP)+constructed+by+Government+of+Myanmar+over+the+last+20+years+as+part+of+its+strategy+to+increase+agricultural+production%2C+particularly+of+rice.+The+scheme+draws+water+from+the+Mu+River+through+one+primary+and+two+secondary+pump+stations%2C+irrigating+a+range+of+crops+including+paddy+(monsoon+and+summer)%2C+green+gram%2C+chickpea%2C+sesame%2C+groundnut%2C+wheat%2C+maize+and+cotton.+The+scheme+was+constructed+in+2004+with+a+nominal+command+area+of+5000+acres%2C+(1300+ac+paddy+%2B+3700+ac+other+crops)%2C+but+actual+area+irrigated+has+consistently+been+much+lower+(1538+ac+in+2013-14%3B+and+950+ac+in+2014-15).+Poor+performance+of+PIPs+is+reported+to+be+the+result+of+a+range+of+technical%2C+operational+and+agronomic+issues%2C+from+an+inefficient+layout+to+inappropriate+crop+choices.+The+Livelihoods+and+Food+Security+Trust+(LIFT)+supported+Irrigation+and+Water+Utilization+Management+Department+(IWUMD)+to+rehabilitate+and+upgrade+the+PYPIP+scheme+to+bring+it+into+full+operation+and+improve+productivity+of+the+scheme.&rft.date=2019-03&rft.type=Policy+Briefs&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11138%2F1%2FPolicy%2520Note-PYPIP.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kumara+Charyulu%2C+D+and+Thu%2C+M+and+Oo%2C+M+and+Whitbread%2C+A+M++(2019)+Marketing+and+Profitability+of+Crops+in+Pyawt+Ywar+Pump+Irrigation+Project.++%5BPolicy+Briefs%5D+++++