An Assessment of the Impact of Participatory Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka

Samad, Madar; Vermillion, Douglas L.

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“…Van Halsema et al (2011) also observed positive outcomes of WUAs in managing the Haleku scheme in the central rift valley of Ethiopia, under conditions of abundant water availability, fewer conflicts over water use and minimal incentives for enforcing by-laws. Similarly, transferring the management of irrigation schemes to farmers and accompanying the transfer with physical rehabilitation of schemes in Sri Lanka have brought some marginal improvements in agricultural production (Samad & Vermillion, 1999). In contrast, poor achievements were reported for WUAs in countries in Asia (Chandran et al, 2001;Abdullaev et al, 2010) and Africa (Brown, 2011) due to the top-down approaches used in implementing WUAs and too much or too little state intervention.…”

Section: Wuas and Community Participation In Ssi Systemsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Sustaining participation in irrigation systems of Ethiopia: what have we learned about water user associations?

Yami

2013

Water Policy

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Community participation, defined as engaging users of schemes in the decision-making processes for the planning and implementation of irrigation projects, is critical for the sustainability of irrigation schemes. This study was carried out in three regional states of Ethiopia to investigate the contribution of Water User Associations (WUAs) to sustaining participation in irrigation projects. The paper demonstrates that the poor understanding of community participation and institutional development by project staff in donor-supported irrigation projects results in the poor performance of WUAs in enhancing participation in irrigation systems. The interventions of external bodies in setting up the WUA by-laws and in determining the responsibilities of users and WUA committees contributed to the low level of participation. The transfer of schemes to WUAs without building WUA committees' abilities in operation and maintenance constrained their ability to sustainably manage irrigation schemes. The WUA committees are male-dominated and the views of women are hardly represented in the decision-making. Therefore, establishing WUA committees that reflect the interests and inputs of scheme users is crucial to achieve fair decision-making. Local authorities and non-governmental organizations could do more to change perceptions and behavior on the importance of gender equity in sustaining the positive outcomes of irrigation at household and community levels

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Section: Wuas and Community Participation In Ssi Systemsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Sustaining participation in irrigation systems of Ethiopia: what have we learned about water user associations?

Yami

2013

Water Policy

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“…The WUA ensures voluntary and active involvement of farmers in all decisions and activities related to the irrigation water management programme. It develops a process and group dynamics in which affected populations collectively discuss and work out ways and means to tackle their own problems rather than waiting for others to do it for them (Samad and Vermillion, 1999). The group dynamics plays a pivotal role in the functioning of the group in an efficient manner.…”

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Assessing the impact of rehabilitation and irrigation management transfer in minor irrigation projects in Orissa, India: A case study

Mishra

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Nanda

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Irrigation and Drainage

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This paper presents a case study on the impact of rehabilitation and irrigation management transfer (IMT) on irrigation, agriculture and functioning of a water user association (WUA) from farmers' perspectives. The study was carried out in three selected minor irrigation projects (MIPs) in Orissa, India, which were rehabilitated by the state government obtaining financial assistance from European Commission during [1995][1996][1997][1998][1999][2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005]. A total number of 207 farmers were selected as respondents for this study following the probability proportionate random sampling method. The impact on irrigation was assessed with a set of 11 indicators on a 5-point continuum scale and it is revealed that the overall irrigation impact value lies between 3 and 4. A paradigm shift in water delivery from supply driven to demand driven was observed. Impact on agriculture is reflected through an increase in cultivated area by 9.6-22%, cropping intensity by 10-26%, irrigated area by 18-107%, irrigation intensity by 15-57% and a diversified cropping pattern with higher productivity. Functioning of the WUA was studied with a group dynamic effectiveness index (GDEI) having 10 parameters. GDEI value ranged from 6.28 to 6.82 on a scale of 0 to 10. The lessons learnt from the study and measures for further improvement in the system's performance are presented.

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“…Stakeholder participation is the main focus of IMT, hence it is sometimes referred to as participatory irrigation management; see e.g. Samad and Vermillion (1999) and Yildirim and Çakmak (2004).…”

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Local Experiences in Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT): The Case of the West Kano Scheme in Kenya

2016

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The paradigm of the public management of irrigation infrastructure and services has failed in developing countries. Currently, there is a general tendency to transfer the management of such infrastructure and services to local farmer organizations (also known as water user associations) in an exercise technically known as irrigation management transfer (IMT). As these transfers take place in different parts of the developing world, it becomes imperative to look at how the new management model is being implemented on the ground and compare the different experiences. This paper contributes the experience of the West Kano Irrigation Scheme in Kenya where the implementation of IMT is found to have buoyed up the morale of farmers. But in terms of performance, the model is not working perfectly owing to the lack of a clear policy framework, high water costs and environmental challenges.

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An Assessment of the Impact of Participatory Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka

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Sustaining participation in irrigation systems of Ethiopia: what have we learned about water user associations?

Sustaining participation in irrigation systems of Ethiopia: what have we learned about water user associations?

Assessing the impact of rehabilitation and irrigation management transfer in minor irrigation projects in Orissa, India: A case study

Local Experiences in Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT): The Case of the West Kano Scheme in Kenya

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