Institutional change and shared management of water resources in large canal systems: results of an action research program in Pakistan
Demonstrates the viability of farmers organizations for managing parts of the water resource system to achieve efficient and equitable use of water in a hierarchical society such as Pakistan. Suggests a successful conceptual and methodological framework for taking a bottom-up approach to the formation of water users associations and identifies possible constraints on its wider application.
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Format: | Report biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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International Water Management Institute
1999
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Subjects: | water resource management, irrigation canals, property rights, privatization, social organization, social participation, leadership, land ownership, farmers' associations, water users' associations, equity, farmer-agency interactions, |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39823 https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub036/Report36.pdf https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.042 |
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Summary: | Demonstrates the viability of farmers organizations for managing parts of the water resource system to achieve efficient and equitable use of water in a hierarchical society such as Pakistan. Suggests a successful conceptual and methodological framework for taking a bottom-up approach to the formation of water users associations and identifies possible constraints on its wider application. |
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