info:oai:icrisat:7196info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://oar.icrisat.org/7196/ Tank irrigation in Semi-Arid Tropical India Oppen, M V Subba Rao, K V Watershed Management Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Small water reservoirs behind earthen dams are called tanks in India. Tanks supply many villages with drinking water, but their primary purpose is for irrigation. Tank irrigation is an old established practice in most of the semi-arid tropical parts of India and of some other countries. In India, the monsoon rains fall erratically during a few months in the year, and irrigation tanks serve to store and regulate the flow of water for agricultural use. In southern India this is primarily for the production of rice. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 1980-05 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/7196/1/EconomicsProgram-Progress%20Report.9-1980.pdf Oppen, M V and Subba Rao, K V (1980) Tank irrigation in Semi-Arid Tropical India. Technical Report. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.