Irrigation performance and collective action. A case study in the Office du Niger (Mali)
This paper investigates the relation between collective action and performance for a case study in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. As a result of irrigation management transfer at tertiary level, farmers are now collectively responsible for water supply to the tertiary block, water allocation within the tertiary block, coordination of the cropping calendar and infrastructure maintenance. The research is based on a field study including about 300 farmers from 36 tertiary blocks and 9 villages. First, the different aspects of both collective action and performance are measured through developing indicators. Regarding collective action, these indicators measure coordination of the cropping calendar, maintenance of tertiary infrastructure, coordination of water demand at tertiary level, and coordination of water allocation within the tertiary block. The performance indicators incorporate the viewpoint of the irrigation scheme's management as well as farmers and are irrigation efficiency, easiness of irrigation, occurrence of conflicts and agricultural productivity. Next, the relation between collective action and irrigation performance is quantified using statistical models. The main finding is that not all aspects of performance are affected by collective action, and when they do, not by all aspects of collective action. The choice of indicators when studying collective action is thus of primary importance. In the Office du Niger, coordination of water supply and demand and coordination of water allocation affect efficiency and easiness of irrigation respectively. Given the increasing importance of these aspects of performance, they must form the primary focus of efforts to enhance collective action.
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dig-cirad-fr-5423382022-04-20T13:42:03Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/542338/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/542338/ Irrigation performance and collective action. A case study in the Office du Niger (Mali). Vandersypen Klaartje, Keïta Abdoulaye C.T., Raes Dirk, Jamin Jean-Yves. 2006. In : International Symposium on Water and Land Management for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Adana-Turkey, 4 - 8 April, 2006. Cukurova University. Adana : Cukurova University Press, 14 p. International Symposium on Water and Land Management for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Adana, Turquie, 4 Avril 2006/8 Avril 2006.http://symp2006.cu.edu.tr/Osman%20Tekinel/pdf/Klaartje_VANDERSYPEN.pdf <http://symp2006.cu.edu.tr/Osman%20Tekinel/pdf/Klaartje_VANDERSYPEN.pdf> Researchers Irrigation performance and collective action. A case study in the Office du Niger (Mali) Vandersypen, Klaartje Keïta, Abdoulaye C.T. Raes, Dirk Jamin, Jean-Yves eng 2006 Cukurova University Press International Symposium on Water and Land Management for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Adana-Turkey, 4 - 8 April, 2006 F06 - Irrigation E14 - Économie et politique du développement Mali http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4540 This paper investigates the relation between collective action and performance for a case study in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. As a result of irrigation management transfer at tertiary level, farmers are now collectively responsible for water supply to the tertiary block, water allocation within the tertiary block, coordination of the cropping calendar and infrastructure maintenance. The research is based on a field study including about 300 farmers from 36 tertiary blocks and 9 villages. First, the different aspects of both collective action and performance are measured through developing indicators. Regarding collective action, these indicators measure coordination of the cropping calendar, maintenance of tertiary infrastructure, coordination of water demand at tertiary level, and coordination of water allocation within the tertiary block. The performance indicators incorporate the viewpoint of the irrigation scheme's management as well as farmers and are irrigation efficiency, easiness of irrigation, occurrence of conflicts and agricultural productivity. Next, the relation between collective action and irrigation performance is quantified using statistical models. The main finding is that not all aspects of performance are affected by collective action, and when they do, not by all aspects of collective action. The choice of indicators when studying collective action is thus of primary importance. In the Office du Niger, coordination of water supply and demand and coordination of water allocation affect efficiency and easiness of irrigation respectively. Given the increasing importance of these aspects of performance, they must form the primary focus of efforts to enhance collective action. conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/542338/1/document_542338.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html http://symp2006.cu.edu.tr/Osman%20Tekinel/pdf/Klaartje_VANDERSYPEN.pdf http://catalogue-bibliotheques.cirad.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=198642 http://catalogue-bibliotheques.cirad.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=198614 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/http://symp2006.cu.edu.tr/Osman%20Tekinel/pdf/Klaartje_VANDERSYPEN.pdf |
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This paper investigates the relation between collective action and performance for a case study in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. As a result of irrigation management transfer at tertiary level, farmers are now collectively responsible for water supply to the tertiary block, water allocation within the tertiary block, coordination of the cropping calendar and infrastructure maintenance. The research is based on a field study including about 300 farmers from 36 tertiary blocks and 9 villages. First, the different aspects of both collective action and performance are measured through developing indicators. Regarding collective action, these indicators measure coordination of the cropping calendar, maintenance of tertiary infrastructure, coordination of water demand at tertiary level, and coordination of water allocation within the tertiary block. The performance indicators incorporate the viewpoint of the irrigation scheme's management as well as farmers and are irrigation efficiency, easiness of irrigation, occurrence of conflicts and agricultural productivity. Next, the relation between collective action and irrigation performance is quantified using statistical models. The main finding is that not all aspects of performance are affected by collective action, and when they do, not by all aspects of collective action. The choice of indicators when studying collective action is thus of primary importance. In the Office du Niger, coordination of water supply and demand and coordination of water allocation affect efficiency and easiness of irrigation respectively. Given the increasing importance of these aspects of performance, they must form the primary focus of efforts to enhance collective action. |
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