ABSTRACT
The research objective was to investigate water control, water distribution, and water productivity on six sample watercourses on the Niazbeg Distributary. The irrigation system of Pakistan was designed to serve an agriculture which typically had an annual cropping intensity of 75 percent and emphasized the cultivation of drought-resistant crops. The cumulative effect of both strategies is a continuing erosion of organizational agreements at the main system and the farm levels. The Niazbeg subproject area is located in the Punjab region of the Indus Basin. The British developed the system of barrages and canals which provided the basis for new flexibility in the distribution of water in the Punjab. The canal continues for approximately 20 miles before its water enters the project site. The essential logic is straightforward: the effectiveness of collective organizational relationships determine the extent to which water can be controlled in quantity and timing.
