Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali

Increasing irrigation efficiency in irrigation schemes has always been high on the agenda of policy makers. Despite quite some 'social' experiments, whereby large portions of management were carried over to the farmer level, results often remained disappointing. This paper explores why this came about for a case study in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. Since Irrigation Management Transfer, farmers are responsible for the tertiary level, but collective action for water management remains below expectations. This paper applies an analytical framework based on the conceptual model developed by van Noordwijk et al. (Conserv Ecol 5:21, 2002) and proceeding in two steps. Firstly, an interview-based stakeholder analysis assesses the objectives and mental models of farmers and the central management regarding water management. It appears from the interviews that the central management wants to increase irrigation efficiency through fully-fledged collective action, whereas farmers value the latter only when it favours easy irrigation. Secondly, the relation between collective action and performance was tested through a field study on a sample of 36 tertiary blocks. Results indicate that only collective action at the inlet of the tertiary canal, currently implemented on less than a third of the tertiary blocks, increases irrigation efficiency (with 14%). Collective action for water allocation is implemented within almost three quarters of tertiary blocks and effectively reduces irrigation problems. However, if they lack the necessary social capital, not all farmers can establish collective action when needed. Based on this analysis, the paper proposes a mix of incentives and measures to resolve the conflict between farmers and the central management to their mutual benefit.

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Main Authors: Vandersypen, Klaartje, Verbist, Bruno, Keïta, Abdoulaye C.T., Raes, Dirk, Jamin, Jean-Yves
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spelling dig-cirad-fr-5472642024-01-28T16:34:41Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/547264/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/547264/ Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. Vandersypen Klaartje, Verbist Bruno, Keïta Abdoulaye C.T., Raes Dirk, Jamin Jean-Yves. 2009. Water Resources Management, 23 (1) : 153-168.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-008-9269-1 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-008-9269-1> Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali Vandersypen, Klaartje Verbist, Bruno Keïta, Abdoulaye C.T. Raes, Dirk Jamin, Jean-Yves eng 2009 Water Resources Management F06 - Irrigation P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion Oryza sativa irrigation http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5438 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3954 Mali http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4540 Increasing irrigation efficiency in irrigation schemes has always been high on the agenda of policy makers. Despite quite some 'social' experiments, whereby large portions of management were carried over to the farmer level, results often remained disappointing. This paper explores why this came about for a case study in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. Since Irrigation Management Transfer, farmers are responsible for the tertiary level, but collective action for water management remains below expectations. This paper applies an analytical framework based on the conceptual model developed by van Noordwijk et al. (Conserv Ecol 5:21, 2002) and proceeding in two steps. Firstly, an interview-based stakeholder analysis assesses the objectives and mental models of farmers and the central management regarding water management. It appears from the interviews that the central management wants to increase irrigation efficiency through fully-fledged collective action, whereas farmers value the latter only when it favours easy irrigation. Secondly, the relation between collective action and performance was tested through a field study on a sample of 36 tertiary blocks. Results indicate that only collective action at the inlet of the tertiary canal, currently implemented on less than a third of the tertiary blocks, increases irrigation efficiency (with 14%). Collective action for water allocation is implemented within almost three quarters of tertiary blocks and effectively reduces irrigation problems. However, if they lack the necessary social capital, not all farmers can establish collective action when needed. Based on this analysis, the paper proposes a mix of incentives and measures to resolve the conflict between farmers and the central management to their mutual benefit. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/547264/1/document_547264.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-008-9269-1 10.1007/s11269-008-9269-1 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11269-008-9269-1 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-008-9269-1
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P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion
Oryza sativa
irrigation
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5438
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Oryza sativa
irrigation
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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3954
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Vandersypen, Klaartje
Verbist, Bruno
Keïta, Abdoulaye C.T.
Raes, Dirk
Jamin, Jean-Yves
Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali
description Increasing irrigation efficiency in irrigation schemes has always been high on the agenda of policy makers. Despite quite some 'social' experiments, whereby large portions of management were carried over to the farmer level, results often remained disappointing. This paper explores why this came about for a case study in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. Since Irrigation Management Transfer, farmers are responsible for the tertiary level, but collective action for water management remains below expectations. This paper applies an analytical framework based on the conceptual model developed by van Noordwijk et al. (Conserv Ecol 5:21, 2002) and proceeding in two steps. Firstly, an interview-based stakeholder analysis assesses the objectives and mental models of farmers and the central management regarding water management. It appears from the interviews that the central management wants to increase irrigation efficiency through fully-fledged collective action, whereas farmers value the latter only when it favours easy irrigation. Secondly, the relation between collective action and performance was tested through a field study on a sample of 36 tertiary blocks. Results indicate that only collective action at the inlet of the tertiary canal, currently implemented on less than a third of the tertiary blocks, increases irrigation efficiency (with 14%). Collective action for water allocation is implemented within almost three quarters of tertiary blocks and effectively reduces irrigation problems. However, if they lack the necessary social capital, not all farmers can establish collective action when needed. Based on this analysis, the paper proposes a mix of incentives and measures to resolve the conflict between farmers and the central management to their mutual benefit.
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author Vandersypen, Klaartje
Verbist, Bruno
Keïta, Abdoulaye C.T.
Raes, Dirk
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title Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali
title_short Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali
title_full Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali
title_fullStr Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali
title_full_unstemmed Linking performance and collective action : Tthe case of the office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali
title_sort linking performance and collective action : tthe case of the office du niger irrigation scheme in mali
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