Participatory management: Would it be a turning point in the history of the Gezira scheme?

Abdel-Hadi, Aleya; Adam, H. S.; Hassan, Muhammed A.; Hata, Takeshi

doi:10.1002/ird.139

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“…In the second category, a central agency (private or government) is responsible for main‐system operation and maintenance, whereas WUAs are responsible for water management at subsystems, typiczally at the tertiary level [ Groenfeldt and Svendsen , 2000; Hearne , 2004; Johnson et al , 2004]. WUAs do not arise spontaneously in most cases but are imposed on farmers in a top‐down way by national governments, NGOs, and international donors [ Abdelhadi et al , 2004; N'Khoma and Mulwafu , 2004; Jamin et al , 2005]. In the process, existing forms of organization are frequently neglected despite the fact that the importance of involving local decision makers in setting up WUAs and building upon existing organizational capacity has been repeatedly pointed out [ Meinzen‐Dick and Reidinger , 1995; Vermillion and Sagardoy , 1999; Mosse , 1999; Sokile and van Koppen , 2004; Maganga et al , 2004].…”

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Formal and informal decision making on water management at the village level: A case study from the Office du Niger irrigation scheme (Mali)

Vandersypen

Kéita

Coulibaly

et al. 2007

Water Resources Research

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Water Users Associations (WUAs) are all too often considered a panacea for improving water management in irrigation schemes. Where grassroots movements are absent, they are usually imposed on farmers by national governments, NGOs, and international donors, without fully considering existing forms of organization. This also happened in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali, where after a partial irrigation management transfer, WUAs were created to fill the resulting power vacuum. This paper demonstrates that, despite active efforts to organize farmers in WUAs, informal patterns of decision making remain dominant. Given the shortcomings of these informal patterns, WUAs could provide a much‐needed platform for institutionalizing collective action, on the condition that farmers accept them. Therefore WUAs should adopt some crucial characteristics of informal patterns of decision making while avoiding their weaknesses. First, making use of the existing authority of village leadership and the central management can improve the credibility of WUAs. Second, allowing flexibility in procedures and rules can make them more appropriate for dealing with collective action problems that are typically temporary and specific. Last, formalizing the current pattern of conflict management and sanctioning might enhance its sphere of action and tackle the current absence of firm engagement with respect to some informal management decisions. In addition, WUAs should represent and be accountable to all farmers, including those residing outside the village community.

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Formal and informal decision making on water management at the village level: A case study from the Office du Niger irrigation scheme (Mali)

Vandersypen

Kéita

Coulibaly

et al. 2007

Water Resources Research

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“…If some stakeholders do not have the capacity, organization, status, or resources to participate, or to participate on an equal footing with other stakeholders, the collaborative governance process will be prone to manipulation by stronger actors. The problem of power imbalances is particularly problematic where important stakeholders do not have the organizational infrastructure to be represented (Abdelhadi & Hassan, 2016).…”

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Effects of Local Government Strategies on Community Development of Mogadishu Somalia

2018

IBM Journal

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Political instability has been a notable feature of Somalia since its independence in 1960. Somalia is frequently considered an archetypal failed state and terrorist safe haven. Since the overthrow of long-time Somali leader Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia has experienced failed international involvements, large-scale refugee flows, and the ongoing deficiency of even rudimentary state services and institutions; Somalis exist in surroundings of predation and pervasive insecurity and deprivation (Jose, 2015). The politics of Somalia have gone through various periods of change. Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the Siad Barre regime in the early 1990s, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, consisting of civil law, religious law and customary law. A few autonomous regions, including the Somaliland, Puntland and Galmudug administrations, emerged in the north in the ensuing process of decentralization. The early 2000s saw the creation of fledgling interim federal administrations (Human Rights Watch, 2015). The Transitional National Government was established in 2000 followed by the formation of its successor the Transitional Federal Government in 2004, which reestablished national institutions such as the Military of Somalia. In 2006, the Transitional Federal Government assisted by Somalia troops, assumed control of most of the nation's southern conflict zones from the newly formed Islamic Courts Union. The Islamic Courts Union subsequently splintered into more radical groups such as Al-Shabaab, which battled the TFG and its AMISOM allies for control of the region (Cecilia, 2014).

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“…The participation of local farmers in the maintenance and operation of the local irrigation system contributes to irrigation sustainability and the higher crop yields [43][44][45][46]. Irrigation management strategies formulated and implemented by the farmers proved more successful and sustainable than the state-initiated irrigation strategies [47].…”

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The Relationship between Effective and Equitable Water Allocation, Local Rice Farmer Participation and Economic Well-Being: Insights from Thailand’s Chiang Mai Province

Kosanlawit

Soni

Shivakoti

2017

Water

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This research investigates the relationship between equitable water allocation, participation in the local irrigation operation, and improved economic well-being. The study area consisted of the rice-growing districts of Doi Saket and Mae On in Thailand's northern province Chiang Mai, where locals have adopted a participatory farmer-managed irrigation system. The samples were 150 small-scale rice farmers who were divided into four groups by their membership: community irrigation (CI); community irrigation and enterprise (CIE); and farmland location (head-end or tail-end of the irrigation canal). The findings revealed a strong relationship between the three variables. Specifically, despite less advantageous farmland locations, the tail-end CI farmers outperformed in the dry-season and annual paddy yields per household. The higher paddy yields translated into higher household earnings. The improved economic well-being of the tail-end CI farmers could be attributed to their active participation in the local irrigation operation. Another contributing factor was equitable water allocation, which is the product of the farmers' active participation as their irrigation demands and concerns are constantly acknowledged and addressed. Importantly, the findings verified the effectiveness and usability of the participatory irrigation system in tackling the problem of inequitable water allocation between the head-end and tail-end farmers. Moreover, the participatory irrigation scheme was readily implementable since it required no additional investment, only active local participation.

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Participatory management: Would it be a turning point in the history of the Gezira scheme?

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Formal and informal decision making on water management at the village level: A case study from the Office du Niger irrigation scheme (Mali)

Formal and informal decision making on water management at the village level: A case study from the Office du Niger irrigation scheme (Mali)

Effects of Local Government Strategies on Community Development of Mogadishu Somalia

The Relationship between Effective and Equitable Water Allocation, Local Rice Farmer Participation and Economic Well-Being: Insights from Thailand’s Chiang Mai Province

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