Table 1. Share of irrigation water used by different farm types in two villages of the Lingmuteychu watershed
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Typology
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Land holding (ha)
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Water share
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Income source
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Management choice
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% Farms (n = 49)
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Farmer category |
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Limbukha
(n = 33)
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Dompola
(n = 16)
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Type I: Small independent specialized commercial farms
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1.2–1.5
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Full flow of canal
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Potato and vegetables
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Mechanization, fertilizer, and pesticides
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35
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2
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Thruelpa
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Type II: Small independent specialized part-commercial family
farm
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0.3–2.4
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Half of Thruelpa’s share
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Potato and vegetable
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Manual and animal power, chemical fertilizer
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16
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10
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Cheep
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Type III: Small semi-subsistence or part-commercial family
farms
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0.15–1.4
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Half of Cheep’s share
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Potato, vegetables, off-farm, dairy
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Manual and animal power
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8
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20
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Chatro
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Type IV: Small subsistence oriented farma
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0–0.6
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No share
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Off farm
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Share cropping, manual
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8
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0
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Lhangchu
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