Management evaluation of Water Users Associations using benchmarking techniques

Córcoles, J.I.; Juan, J.A. de; Álvarez, José Fernando Ortega; Tarjuelo, J.M.; Moreno, M.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2010.07.018

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“…This technique considers different performance indicators, summarising the main management traits to describe and compare the management of the analysed IDs. A great number of researchers have developed sets of performance indicators for comparing IDs among diverse regions (Molden et al, 1998;Burt and Styles, 2000;Malano et al, 2004;Cakmak et al, 2004;Abadía et al, 2008a;Córcoles et al, 2010;Moreno et al, 2010;etc.). However, when very different IDs are compared, the best practices cannot be usually transferred to the organisations having lower performance (Rodríguez-Díaz et al, 2008).…”

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Effect of water scarcity and modernisation on the performance of irrigation districts in south-eastern Spain

Soto-García

Álvarez

García-Bastida

et al. 2013

Agricultural Water Management

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Effect of water scarcity and modernisation on the performance of irrigation districts in south-eastern Spain

Soto-García

Álvarez

García-Bastida

et al. 2013

Agricultural Water Management

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“…Farmers share important experience and ideas that could lead to practical, achievable and acceptable solutions to water-related problems [23,[30][31][32]. Others show that WUAs help to improve channel quality and ensure the positive significance of water charges [29,30]. In addition, WUAs may play an important role in lowering the transaction cost in water trading between agriculture and other sectors, and thus promoting the development of water markets [33].…”

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“…WUAs played a critical role in promoting the agriculture water reform at the community level. As the organizational foundations for water allocation, they help create efficient and equitable policy environment for farmers' water use [27][28][29].…”

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Participatory Irrigation Management and Irrigation Water Use Efficiency in Maize Production: Evidence from Zhangye City, Northwestern China

Zhou

Deng

et al. 2017

Water

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Abstract:Water has become increasingly scarce in northwestern China due to climate change, economic growth and burgeoning population. Improving agriculture water use efficiency is of strategic significance in promoting socio-economic water productivity for arid and semi-arid inland river basins. Based on the household-level data collected in Zhangye City, which is located in the middle reaches of Heihe River Basin (HRB) in northwestern China, irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) of maize is estimated based on stochastic frontier analysis. The impacts of influential factors, especially the participatory irrigation management (PIM) through water user associations (WUAs), on IWUE were further examined. Results show that the estimated average Technical efficiency (TE) and IWUE of maize production are 0.74 and 0.24, respectively. The participation level in irrigation management is very low, with only 40% of the respondents participating in WUA meetings. In addition, most have a relatively superficial understanding of the roles and management scheme of WUAs. Empirical results show that though significantly positive, the magnitude of the impact of PIM on IWUE is relatively small. Households that participated in WUA meetings achieved only 0.002% higher IWUEs than those have never participated in. WUAs are not operating with their designed objectives. Consequently, reform of the traditional management form of WUAs to make them more transparent, fair, and extensively participated in among farmers is in urgently need. In addition, we also find that water price, source of irrigation water, irrigation technology adoption and famers' education level and farming experience also have significant positive impacts on IWUE.

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“…Muitos autores também estudaram a implementação dos serviços de assessoramento e demonstram sua importância para uma irrigação eficiente (ORTEGA et al, 2005;GONZÁLEZ-DUGO & MATEOS, 2008;CÓRCOLES et al, 2010;LIMA et. al., 2010;MONTORO et al, 2011;CAR et al 2012;LORITE et al, 2012;LIMA et.…”

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Desempenho do sistema de assessoramento ao irrigante – S@I para a gestão da água em áreas irrigadas: benefícios aos irrigantes e ao distrito

Lima¹,

Souza²,

Frizzone³

et al. 2015

RBAI

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RESUMOO Serviço de Assessoramento ao Irrigante -SAI é um projeto que tem o objetivo de transmitir informações aos irrigantes sobre o manejo correto da irrigação. Para realizar o manejo da irrigação do SAI, foi desenvolvido em 2011 um software específico para o sistema. O sistema de computação criado é o Sistema Assessoramento ao Irrigante -S@I. Este sistema realiza os cálculos necessários para o envio da informação diária de quanto irrigar e possibilita uma rede social entre a gerência do distrito e os irrigantes. Para validar as ferramentas do Sistema este trabalho objetivou avaliar a adoção do S@I e também apresentar indicadores econômicos como a Produtividade de Água (WP). Em relação aos lotes, pode-se concluir, de acordo com as entrevistas, que a utilização do Sistema S@I para o envio das informações aos irrigantes gerou visualmente benefícios aos produtores. Pelas análises realizadas, a WP variou de 0,68 R$.m -3 a 1,15 R$ .m -3 para o DIBAU e de 1,19 R$.m -3 a 1, 38 R$.m -3 quando simulado pelo S@I. Em todas as situações a WP S@I foi mais alta do que a WP DIBAU demonstrando que haverá maior valor de produção por metro cúbico de água se os produtores seguirem as recomendações do Sistema S@I. Desta forma, mesmo com a falta de dados para uma melhor conclusão em relação aos lotes de cada irrigante, somente com a avaliação da WP, o Sistema S@I se mostrou eficiente a nível global, comprovado pelo benefício que este Sistema pode fornecer ao Distrito na gestão da água levando em consideração o demandado pelas culturas implantadas.Palavras-chave: tecnologia de informação, produtividade de água, indicadores de desempenho.

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Management evaluation of Water Users Associations using benchmarking techniques

Cited by 60 publications

References 19 publications

Effect of water scarcity and modernisation on the performance of irrigation districts in south-eastern Spain

Effect of water scarcity and modernisation on the performance of irrigation districts in south-eastern Spain

Participatory Irrigation Management and Irrigation Water Use Efficiency in Maize Production: Evidence from Zhangye City, Northwestern China

Desempenho do sistema de assessoramento ao irrigante – S@I para a gestão da água em áreas irrigadas: benefícios aos irrigantes e ao distrito

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