Maharashtra has a long tradition of farmers’ participation in irrigation management. However, with the development of large canal irrigation infrastructure and reliance on government controlled systems, traditional participatory approach has taken back stage. Waghad Irrigation scheme is located in tribal area of Nashik district of Maharashtra, India, catering to Irrigation needs of15926 small farmers having total cultural command area (CCA) of 9642 Ha. The water available for Irrigation use is 45 Mm3, land holding varies from 0.5 to 1.0 Ha. In the 1990s, co-operatively run Water Users Associations (WUAs) were formed in the tail reach of Waghad Irrigation scheme. Earlier to their formation, in the tail reach CCA of 1151 ha, there were hardly 100 ha of Irrigation and that too seasonal food crops e.g. sorghum were taken.
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