Irrigation and Agriculture

Our engineers understand how diverse populations across the globe depend on agriculture as a primary, and often sole, source of income. That’s why at SHELADIA we work with government clients in Asia and Africa to make sure their needs are addressed, and that they have modern agricultural and irrigation infrastructures as well as robust institutional capacities and skills to ensure sustained economic growth and strengthened livelihoods for their citizens.

At the on-farm level we have over 30 years’ experience working with farmers and water user associations using participatory irrigation and development methods. SHELADIA pioneered participatory irrigation methods beginning in the mid 1980’s in Sri Lanka where we developed and implemented a federated water user association hierarchy that eventually allowed farmers to take full control of their system management and O&M through private contractors.

Additionally, we have a strong track record implementing projects from project preparation and feasibility studies to design and construction supervision. At the national and regional levels we have prepared integrated water resources management plans (IWRM) for conjunction use planning and management of water resources, reviewed and revised state and national water laws, prepared trans-boundary water plans, developed river basin authorities and prepared river basin modeling tools. At the farm level, we have over 30 years’ experience working with farmers and water user associations using participatory irrigation and development methods

Our experts are skilled and experienced in helping governments and farmers find practical and acceptable methods to ensure equitable irrigation schemes and to increase agricultural yields, forging new linkages throughout the value chain.

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