Crops, People and Irrigation: Water allocation practices of farmers and engineers

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Geert Diemer Frans Huibers

Crops, People and Irrigation

Water allocation practices of farmers and engineers

Geert Diemer, Frans Huibers

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English

Practical Action Publishing
15 December 1996

Intermediate technology; Land reclamation & drainage; Sanitary & municipal engineering

In the case studies presented here, irrigation engineers describe water distribution practices as they actually occur in various schemes. Six of the schemes (in Indonesia, Mexico, Portugal and Bolivia) are farmer-managed, and two (in South India and Bali) are managed jointly by farmers and technical officers. The authors relate water flows to social processes and contrast conventional engineering wisdom with the practices they have observed.

Edited by: Geert Diemer, Frans Huibers
Imprint: Practical Action Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781853393044
ISBN 10: 1853393045
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 15 December 1996
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PREFACE 1. Introduction 1 Geert Diemer and Frans P. Huibers 2. Signposts of struggle: pipe outlets as the material interface between water users and the state in a large-scale irrigation system in South India 11 Peter P. Mollinga and Alex Bolding 3. Intervention in irrigation water division in Bali, Indonesia: a case of farmers' circumvention of modern technology 34 Lucas Horst 4. The materialization of water rights: hydraulic property in the extension and rehabilitation of two irrigation systems in Bolivia 53 Gerben Gerbrandy and Paul Hoogendam 5. Religion and local water rights versus land owners and state: irrigation in Izucar de Matamoros (west bank), Mexico 73 Marc Nederlof and Eric van Wayjen 6. Rehabilitation of a farmer-managed system in Izucar de Matamoros (east bank): two interpretations of technical concepts 90 Timen Eilander 7. From allocation to distribution: operational rules in a communal irrigation system in Northern Portugal 101 Paul Hoogendam, Adri van den Dries, Jose Portela, Moniek Stam and Julia Carvalho 8. Effects of a technical intervention programme on water distribution and water use 116 Adri van den Dries, Paul Hoogendam and Jose Portela 9. Designing for fanner management in the Senegal river valley 128 Ibrahima Dia, Geert Diemer, Wim F. van Driel and Frans P. Huibers REFERENCES 150

Geert Diemar, social scientist, is senior lecturer in the Department of Irrigation and Soil and Water Conservation of Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. Frans Huibers, irrigation engineer, is senior lecturer in the Department of Irrigation and Soil and Water Conservation of Wageningen Agricultural Universtiy, The Netherlands.