Your search found 14 records
1 Rap, Edwin; Wester, P. 2013. The practices and politics of making policy: irrigation management transfer in Mexico. Water Alternatives, 6(3):506-531.
Irrigation management ; Policy making ; Political aspects ; Bureaucracy ; Water user associations ; Case studies / Mexico
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046245)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=223
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046245.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046245.pdf
(0.76 MB)
This article argues that policy making is an interactive and ongoing process that transcends the spatio-temporal boundaries drawn by a linear, rational or instrumental model of policy. We construct this argument by analysing the making of the Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) policy in Mexico in the early 1990s, focusing on different episodes of its re-emergence, standardisation, and acceleration. During this period a standardised policy package was developed, consisting of a set of specific policy technologies to effect the transfer to Water Users’ Associations (WUAs). These technologies were assembled in response to geographically dispersed trials of strength: experiments, consultations and clashes in the field, and negotiations at the national and international level. A newly installed public water authority increasingly succeeded in coordinating the convergence and accumulation of dispersed experiences and ideas on how to make the transfer work. Our analysis shows how this composite package of policy technologies worked to include a network of support and to exclude opposition at different levels, while at the same time stabilising an interpretation of policy-related events. In this way the policy gathered momentum and was 'made to succeed'.
2 Rap, Edwin; Prakash, A.; Zwarteveen, M. 2013. Organizing water education regionally: the innovations, experiences and challenges of three southern water networks. SAWAS (South Asian Water Studies)., 3(3):1-15.
Waste management ; Networks ; Water security ; Water policy ; Education ; Stakeholders ; Capacity building ; Gender ; Research ; Training / Africa / South Asia / Latin America / Andes
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046261)
(0.20 MB) (236 KB)
The paper presents and contrasts the experiences and challenges of three Regional Water Education Networks in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) - WaterNet (Southern and Eastern Africa), Crossing Boundaries (South Asia) and Concertacion (Andes, Latin America). These continental water networks emerged in the new millennium primarily out of dissatisfaction with traditional North-South development and scientific cooperation. Rather than concentrating on centres of excellence that provide universal one-size-fits-all-models, these regional networks of knowledge centres set out to develop a contextual knowledge base on water resources management and build capacity in accordance with regional training needs. These collaborative partnerships have now gained experience in training a new generation of water professionals, who have learnt to appreciate the regional diversity in water problems and design relevant solutions for their regions, often in cooperation with local stakeholders. In this paper, we document and discuss the experiences of these regional networks, focusing especially on the networks' different approaches to 1) interdisciplinary and gender approaches, 2) the connection between capacity development, research and policy advocacy.
3 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M.; Rap, Edwin; Wegerich, Kai. 2014. Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies. Water Alternatives, 7(3):442-463.
Bureaucracy ; Reform ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; State intervention ; Organizational development ; Institutional reform ; Policy ; Public administration ; Political aspects ; Financing ; Farmers ; Case studies / Philippines / Mexico / Indonesia / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046526)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol7/v7issue2/258-a7-3-1/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046526.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046526.pdf
(637.35 KB)
Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists globally. This paper argues that addressing performance requires not simply more investment or different policy approaches, but reform of the bureaucracies responsible for irrigation management. Based on reform experiences in The Philippines, Mexico, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan, we argue that irrigation (policy) reform cannot be treated in isolation from the overall functioning of
4 Lopez, R. R.; Vincent, L.; Rap, Edwin. 2015. Re-engineering closing watersheds: the negotiated expansion of a dam-based irrigation system in Bolivia. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 31(1):50-63. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.908349]
Irrigation systems ; Irrigation programs ; Irrigated land ; Watersheds ; Dams ; Reservoirs ; Water supply ; Networks ; Case studies / Bolivia / Totora Khocha Irrigation System / Pucara Watershead
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046527)
The expansion of the Totora Khocha dam-based irrigation system in the Pucara watershed is a case of planned re-engineering of a closing watershed. This article shows how, when irrigation systems expand in space and across boundaries to capture new water, they also involve new claims by existing and emergent users. This results in complex processes of design, contestation and negotiated redesign, where irrigation projects are being produced by the negotiated construction of water networks. Therefore, the design process in a closing watershed is better approached as a dynamic and negotiated process of engineering than as a prescriptive mode of network building.
5 Ghazouani, Wafa; Molle, Francois; Swelam, A.; Rap, Edwin; Abdo, A. 2014. Understanding farmers’ adaptation to water scarcity: a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 31p. (IWMI Research Report 160) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.200]
Water scarcity ; Water availability ; Deltas ; Canals ; Farmers ; Adaptation ; Conflict ; Crop management ; Yields ; Irrigation water ; Irrigated farming ; Food security ; Drainage water ; Pumps ; Cost benefit analysis ; Profitability ; Case studies / Egypt / Nile Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046836)
(2 MB)
This study was undertaken to analyze farmers’ adaption to water scarcity in the command area of a secondary canal in the Nile Delta of Egypt. The results revealed that farmers’ responses were driven by a multiplicity of factors, beyond water scarcity or profit maximization. These additional factors include food security of the family, risk management, social capital and history of farmers, and most unexpectedly the collective dimension of crop choice. The findings of this study expose the limitations of projects, modeling exercises or policy recommendations that are too often based on the oversimplified view of profit maximization as the basis of farming system dynamics.
6 Jeronimo, R. P.; Rap, Edwin; Vos, J. 2015. The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru. Land Use Policy, 49:104-117. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.009]
Land use ; Planning ; Gold ; Mining ; Political aspects ; Ecology ; Economic aspects ; Environmental effects ; Farming systems ; Geographical Information Systems ; Stakeholders ; Water use ; Catchment areas ; Rural communities ; Urban population ; Central government ; Regional government ; Case studies / Peru / Cajamarca
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047143)
(1.56 MB)
Ecological and Economic Zoning (EEZ) is a Land Use Planning (LUP) methodology that aims at defining separate areas for productive uses and conservation. EEZ is designed as a method that balances different interests and it devises land use policy through stakeholder participation, technical expertise and GIS modelling. The article presents the case study of EEZ in Cajamarca, Peru to analyse the LUP process in a situation of conflicting interests over future land and water use. Cajamarca is a department with rich gold deposits in the headwater catchment area upstream of the city of Cajamarca. During the last decade, rural communities and urban populations have continuously protested against the opening of new open pit mines, as they fear this will affect their water supply. Therefore, the EEZ process became part of a controversy between a powerful pro-mining coalition lead by the central government and a conservation coalition lead by the regional government. We conclude that in these circumstances, LUP cannot, technically or politically, accommodate the different values attributed to the headwater catchment.
7 Molle, Francois; Gaafar, I.; El-Agha, D. E.; Rap, Edwin. 2016. Irrigation efficiency and the Nile Delta water balance. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 53p.
Irrigation efficiency ; Water balance ; Water reuse ; Water use ; Groundwater management ; Rain ; Deltas ; Rivers ; Drainage ; Aquifers ; Recharge ; Evapotranspiration ; Evaporation ; Pumping ; Domestic water ; Industrial uses ; Irrigated farming ; Aquaculture ; Ponds / Egypt / Nile Delta / Nile River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048253)
(6.18 MB)
8 Molle, Francois; Rap, Edwin; El-Agha, D. E.; Zaki, N.; El-Gamal, T.; Hassan, W.; Meleha, M.; Yassa, E.; Ismail, E. 2013. An exploratory survey of water management in the Meet Yazid Canal command area of the Nile Delta. Draft final report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 124p.
Water management ; Water supply ; Water levels ; Water reuse ; Water policy ; Water quality ; Drinking water ; Wastewater treatment ; Deltas ; Canals ; Surveys ; Socioeconomic environment ; Administrative structures ; Drainage systems ; Groundwater ; Cropping systems ; Farming systems ; Land use ; Aquaculture / Egypt / Nile Delta / Yazid Canal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048359)
(6.50 MB)
9 Dutta, S.; Salama, S.; Molle, Francois; Rap, Edwin; Hassan, W. 2013. Understanding Mesqa and Marwa Water Management Practices in IIP areas of the Nile Delta. Final Report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 74p.
Water management ; Water allocation ; Water user associations ; Water supply ; Water distribution ; Best practices ; Traditional farming ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation scheduling ; Project management ; Planning ; Pumps ; Financial situation / Egypt / Nile Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H048360)
(4.08 MB)
10 Molle, Francois; Rap, Edwin. 2013. Brief retrospective on water user organizations in Egypt. Final Report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 26p.
Water user associations ; Water management ; Collective action ; Sustainability ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Participation ; Corporate culture ; Decision making / Egypt
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048361)
(935 KB)
11 Molle, Francois; Rap, Edwin; Al-Agha, D. E.; Ismail, A.; El Hassan, W. A.; Freeg, M. 2015. Irrigation improvement projects in the Nile Delta: promises, challenges, surprises. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 117p.
Irrigation programs ; Economic aspects ; Costs ; Financial situation ; Farmers ; Pumps ; Water user associations ; Water distribution ; Water productivity ; Water management ; Collective action ; Land productivity ; Equity ; Drainage ; Cultivated land ; Saline water / Egypt / Nile Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048362)
(6.26 MB)
12 Rap, Edwin; Molle, Francois; Al-Agha, D. E.; Ismail, A.; El Hassan, W. A. 2015. Branch canal water user associations in the Central Nile Delta. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 54p.
Water user associations ; Canals ; Sustainability ; Farmers ; Administration ; Irrigation management ; Corporate culture ; Empowerment ; Training ; Deltas / Egypt / Nile Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048367)
(1.65 MB)
13 Molle, Francois; El Hassan, W. A.; Salama, S.; Al-Agha, D. E.; Rap, Edwin. 2015. Water and salt dynamics at the meso-level in IIIMP areas, Mares El Gamal canal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 40p.
Water supply ; Water balance ; Water requirements ; Irrigation canals ; Drainage ; Pumps ; Collective action ; Irrigation efficiency ; Crop management ; Land use / Egypt / Nile Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048363)
(3.61 MB)
14 Molle, Francois; Gaafar, I.; El-Agha, D. E.; Rap, Edwin. 2018. The Nile Delta’s water and salt balances and implications for management. Agricultural Water Management, 197:110-121. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.11.016]
Water balance ; Salinity ; Water management ; Groundwater recharge ; Aquifers ; Groundwater extraction ; Drainage water ; Water reuse ; Evaporation ; Evapotranspiration ; Irrigation efficiency ; Pumping ; Rivers ; Flow discharge ; Deltas ; Coastal area / Egypt / Nile Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048576)
(2.69 MB)
The Nile Delta and its 2.27 million ha of irrigated land makes up two thirds of Egypt’s agricultural land. It is also the terminal part of a river basin that spans and feeds 11 countries. Increases in dam and irrigation development in upstream parts of the basin is poised to conflict with agricultural expansion and population growth in Egypt. Understanding where and how waters comes into and leaves the delta is therefore a crucial question for the future of the country. This paper revisits the surface and groundwater balances of the delta, emphasizes the additional relevance of drainage water reuse and of the salt balance, and evidences a relative stability of the outflow to the sea over the past 30 years. Various reasons for such a phenomenon and the scope for saving water are explored and discussed. The confusion between plot-level and delta-level efficiency and the relatively limited gains possible are emphasized. Beyond the overall water balance and quantitative issues, water management in the delta remains a complex task of spatially distributing the resource over a complex ramified network. Finally, limitations in the analysis related to data availability and accuracy are emphasized.
Powered by DB/Text WebPublisher, from
