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Balinese women preparing to transplant rice

Project title	Resilience of Balinese Rice Irrigation Systems and Farming Communities
RMAP student	Rachel P. Lorenzen
RMAP supervisors	Pascal Perez Andrew Walker
Project documents	Irrigation Case Study Rice Farming Dynamics Negotiating Use of Irrigation Water Irrigation and Government Intervention
Project summary	This research focuses on the irrigation management of the famous Balinese subak - socio-religious irrigation societies dealing with the cultivation of rice. The aim is to understand the major resource pressures which are being placed on these irrigation systems and the adaptive strategies that farmers are developing in response to these pressures. Fieldwork has been conducted in several subak in south-central Bali which share a common dam. Analysis of these case studies should tease out the key factors that build the resilience of these irrigation societies.

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