Learning from Gal Oya

by Uphoff, Norman Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781853393518
• ISBN10: 1853393517
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Practical Action Pub

Summary

This book recounts the drama of a remarkably successful experiment that introduced farmer organization for self-managed development in the largest and most run-down conflict-ridden irrigation system in Sri Lanka.

Table of Contents

Introduction to 1996 Edition	vii
Acknowledgments	xv
Part One Observations
Of Rocks and Rivers: Discovering Possibilities	3	(23)
The Gal Oya Irrigation and Resettlement Project	26	(28)
The Program Starts Out (1981)	54	(21)
The Program after One Year (1982)	75	(37)
Moving Farther Down in the System (1983)	112	(31)
The Start of a Tamil Program and Sinhalese Farmer Initiatives (1984)	143	(30)
Growing Tensions and Evident Progress (1985)	173	(35)
The Project Formally Ends (1986)	208	(31)
The Program Continues and Expands (1987 to 1990)	239	(38)
Part Two Explanations
Of Conjunctions and Sums: Conceiving Possibilities	277	(27)
Relativity, Complementarity, and Uncertainty	304	(22)
The Rehabilitation of Altruism and Cooperation	326	(31)
Social Energy as an Offset to Equilibrium and Entropy	357	(31)
Living and Learning with Chaos	388	(25)
Appendix 1 Diagram of Institutions and Roles Involved in Gal Oya Project	413	(1)
Appendix 2 Abbreviations and Acronyms	414	(4)
Appendix 3 Participants in the Gal Oya Experience	418	(5)
References	423	(16)
Author Index	439	(4)
Subject Index	443