Inadequacies in the water reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic: An institutional analysis
Inadequacies in the water reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic: An institutional analysis

Author: Ul Hassan, Mehmood Starkloff, R., Nizamedinkhodjaeva, Nargiza

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 929090562X

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This report analyzes the evolving water-management institutions and their performance of five core water management functions, in the context of the ongoing economic and agrarian reform in the Kyrgyz Republic. These core water-management functions are, operation of water systems, maintenance, resource mobilization, conflict resolution and organizational management. The report also identifies key issues and challenges that constrain effective stakeholder participation in water-resources management.

Private irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: regional Seminar on Private Sector Participation and Irrigation Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana, 22-26 October 2001
Private irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: regional Seminar on Private Sector Participation and Irrigation Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana, 22-26 October 2001

Author: Hilmy Sally

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 2011-10-21

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9290904941

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Only 4 percent of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated, using just 2 percent of the available water resources. Furthermore, 18 percent of the area equipped for irrigation is not utilized at all and the intensity of use varies between 50 percent and 80 percent. This highlights the huge potential available for intensifying and expanding irrigated area, provided that the investments required can be successfully mobilized. However, it must be noted that if investments in irrigation are to yield satisfactory returns, investments must also be made in a series of related activities. Current global figures for the amount of private investment in irrigation confirm that good returns can indeed be achieved. Prospects for sub-Saharan Africa would be far more favorable if public development assistance, particularly foreign direct investments, did not show declining trends.

Institutional Change and Irrigation Management in Burkina Faso
Institutional Change and Irrigation Management in Burkina Faso

Author: Charlotte van der Schaaf

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 3825816249

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Water and land policies form the basis for this study on the realities of policy implementation and outcomes at the local level. The empirical study focuses on two small-scale irrigation systems in Burkina Faso. It contributes to the discussion on the widespread trend to transfer management responsibilities, through the ongoing decentralisation process, from the state to water user associations. The study shows the intra-community power structures and changing relationships between state actors and the community and the consequences for the management of these systems and the related natural resources.

Water Charging in Irrigated Agriculture
Water Charging in Irrigated Agriculture

Author: Gez Cornish

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9789251052112

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This document presents an analysis of experience in irrigation water charging, drawn from published literature and a series of six case studies. These sources provide a broad spectrum of experience from less-developed to more-developed countries. The aim has been to make an assessment of the claims concerning irrigation water charging as a tool for cost recovery (achieving financial sustainability) and demand management (achieving resource sustainability).

FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE SOCIAL MOBILIZATION OF WATER USER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE SOCIAL MOBILIZATION OF WATER USER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE

Author: Ralf Starkloff

Publisher: IWMI

Published:

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13:

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In the context of the institutional reform of Pakistan’s irrigation and drainage sector, a study f farmers’ perceptions of the experience of social mobilization for participatory irrigation management was carried out. To test the viability of farmers’ participation in irrigation management, he Pakistan Program of the International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI1) had organized the Water User Federations (WUF) and 80 Water User Associations (WUA) at the Bareji and Heran Distributaries and the Dhoro Naro Minor of the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) Project area in the indh Province between 1995 and 1997.