CONFLICTS AROUND WATER USE IN RAINFED AGRICULTURE

The overall objective of the project was to examine contesting water rights, specifically between water for irrigation and drinking water, and the capacity of the legal framework as it stands for dispute resolution, in the context of a case study of the Rajsamand Lake in the State of Rajasthan, India. Based on fieldwork for collection of information from various stakeholders and analysis of secondary material, a report was prepared covering both the theoretical and case-study dimensions of the study.