Degradation of natural resources has become a global problem, with serious impact on the livelihood of millions of poor people. Many promising technologies (including resource management practices) are...
Water is being transferred out of agriculture to meet the g rowing demand in other areas, often without an agreement of or compensation to farmers with irrigated land and water rights. This paper argues...
The irrigation sector provides a rich source of experiences and lessons in user participation. Participation by farmers in system design and management helps to ensure the sustainability of the system...
Poor performance of many large scale irrigation systems, managed by government agencies, accelerated grater participation by farmers, through water users associations, and has helped overcome problems...
Poor performance of many large scale irrigation systems managed by government agencies accelerated greater participation by farmers, through water users associations, and has helped overcome problems...
This paper analyzes how Bank-financed irrigation projects deal with the basic organizational characteristics of water user associations in their design and approach. It assesses whether these organizational...