Improving Policies and Programs for Farmer Organization and Participation in Irrigation Water Management

摘要

The report, based on interdisciplinary analysis of 50 cases of irrigation management worldwide, augmented by information from experience in other irrigation schemes, identifies policy issues relevant to farmer participation in irrigation management. Arguments in favor of farmer participation (in particular, a positive cost-benefit ratio) are presented first, followed by an analytic framework which conceptualizes farmer organization and participation with regard to: type; mode; level of operations and organization; participant characteristics; and context.