Didactic tools for supporting participatory water management in collective irrigation schemes

In many irrigation schemes, Water Users Associations (WUAs) acquired the responsibility for water management after withdrawal of the state. Based on the success of some indigenous irrigation schemes, it was assumed that farmers could easily become managers. As decision-making was the exclusive terra...

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Published in:Irrigation and drainage systems 2008-03, Vol.22 (1), p.103-113
Main Authors: Vandersypen, Klaartje, Keita, Abdoulaye C. T, Lidon, Bruno, Raes, Dirk, Jamin, Jean-Yves
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Aquatic Pollution
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Climate Change
collective action
decision making
Environment
Farmers
Farming
irrigated farming
Irrigation
irrigation management
irrigation systems
Irrigation water
Life Sciences
managers
participation
Sustainable Development
Training
training (people)
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Water resources management
water user associations
Water users
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Summary:In many irrigation schemes, Water Users Associations (WUAs) acquired the responsibility for water management after withdrawal of the state. Based on the success of some indigenous irrigation schemes, it was assumed that farmers could easily become managers. As decision-making was the exclusive terrain of the governmental agencies that ran the schemes, farmers never gained the necessary experience with water management. Therefore, training of farmers and WUAs on the principles and processes of water management is essential. This paper demonstrates a practical example of training material on water management that incorporates research results on the process of Irrigation Management Transfer and resulting farmers' water management for the case of the Office du Niger irrigation scheme. The results of the paper explain how input from research was used in the four steps of the construction of training material. These steps are (1) setting the training agenda, (2) selecting and adapting information to be featured, (3) targeting the audience and (4) designing the actual training material. A first validation of the approach and examples of the actual training material were obtained in a workshop uniting all stakeholders.
ISSN:0168-6291
1573-0654
1573-0654
0168-6291
DOI:10.1007/s10795-007-9042-2