IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Phase II: 2006-2011 Annual Report Jan – Dec 2011 Dr. K. Palanisami 1 1 Director, ITP, International Water Management Institute, South Asia Sub-regional Office, C/O ICRISAT, Hyderabad Email:
[email protected] 1 CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION II RESEARCH INITIATIVES III PARTNER NETWORK & LINKS VI PUBLICATION, CONFERENCE AND SEMINARS V ITP OUTREACH ACTIVITIES VI MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED & CONTRIBUTIONS BY ITP STAFF VII OTHER ACTIVITIES VIII POLICY IMPACTS IX RECOGNITION AND AWARDS X EXTERNAL FUNDED RESEARCH XI VISITORS TO ITP OFFICE XII STAFF MOVEMENT XIII CONCLUSION 2 PREFACE The second phase of the ITP has been given no cost extension upto March 2012. The works covered during 2011 primarily included the following: completion of the ongoing projects in different regions, extension of the TNDRIP capacity building program to another 100 villages (1000 farmers) and initiate the MI capacity building programs with GGRC, Vadodara, policy interface with Government departments using the key results from the completed studies and working with SRTT partners in the north east regions on programs of mutual interest. In terms of research studies, ITP completed the studies initiated during 2010 which included: SRI adoption in Tamilnadu and Kerala, impact of rural power supply in selected states, river basin performance in Andhra Pradesh, climate change impacts in Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery basins, irrigation subsidies in canal irrigation, performance of Krishi Mahotsav in Gujarat, weather based crop insurance in Andhra Pradesh, impact of MGNREGS in Tamilnadu, financial performance of irrigation sector in India, water harvesting and agrarian economy in Gujarat and impact of tank conversion into percolation ponds in Karnataka.