Download or read book An Assessment of Female Participation in Minor Irrigation Systems of Sri Lanka written by Irna van der Molen and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2001 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the participation of female farmers in the farmer organizations (FO) of minor irrigation systems and identifies factors that hamper the participation of women in decision-making processes with regard to land, cultivation and irrigation. The paper argues that participation does not necessarily result in equity and that other forms of equity interact with gender inequity in the FOs.