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1 Perret, S.; Lavigne, M.; Stirer, N.; Yokwe, S.; Dikgale, K. S. 2003. The Thabina irrigation scheme in a context of rehabilitation and management transfer: prospective analysis and local empowerment. Final report. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Project number: 2003-068. Montpellier, Cedex, France: CIRAD; Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Pretoria, South Africa: University of Pretoria. 34p.
Research projects ; Irrigation systems ; Canals ; Government managed irrigation systems ; Rehabilitation ; Privatization ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Empowerment ; Water user associations ; User charges ; Water rates ; Case studies / South Africa / Thabina Irrigation Scheme / Dingleydale / New Forest / Levuvhu-Letaba / Limpopo Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043097)
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2 Perret, S.; Farolfi, S.; Hassan, R. (Eds.) 2006. Water governance for sustainable development. London, UK: Earthscan. 295p.
Water governance ; Institutions ; Participatory management ; Stakeholders ; Farmer participation ; Privatization ; Legislation ; Water supply ; Domestic water ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation canals ; Groundwater irrigation / Africa / South Africa / Tanzania / Morocco / Mexico / Limpopo Province / Sekhukhune District / Mkoji Sub Catchment / Steelpoort Sub-Basin / Tadla Irrigation Scheme / Thabina Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 PER Record No: H042551)
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Good management of water resources - universally identified as a key aspect of poverty reduction, agriculture and food security - has proven, in practice, as difficult to achieve as it is eagerly sought. This book, edited and authored by leading authorities on water resource management, examines the recent changes in governance, institutions, economics and policies of water, covering developing, transitional and developed countries, with special emphasis on southern African case studies. The book examines how water policies, institutions and governance have shifted in recent years from supply-driven, quantitative, centrally controlled management to more demand-sensitive, decentralized, participatory approaches. Such a move often also implies cost recovery principles, resource allocation among competing sectors, and privatization. The case studies demonstrate that the new policies and legal frameworks have been difficult to implement and often fall short of initial expectations.
Using an accessible multidisciplinary approach that integrates economics, sociology, geography and policy analysis, the book untangles the issues and presents best practices for policy- and decision-makers, governments and regulators, NGOs and user groups, service providers, and researchers. The overall aim is to show how good water governance structures can be developed and implemented for the benefit of all.
Using an accessible multidisciplinary approach that integrates economics, sociology, geography and policy analysis, the book untangles the issues and presents best practices for policy- and decision-makers, governments and regulators, NGOs and user groups, service providers, and researchers. The overall aim is to show how good water governance structures can be developed and implemented for the benefit of all.
3 Perret, S. R. 2006. Local empowerment in smallholder irrigation schemes: a methodology for participatory diagnosis and prospective analysis. In Perret, S.; Farolfi, S.; Hassan, R. (Eds.). Water governance for sustainable development. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.239-257.
Irrigation schemes ; Participatory management ; Water users ; Empowerment ; Simulation models / South Africa / Limpopo Province / Thabina Irrigation Scheme
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In the former bantustans of South Africa, most smallholder irrigation schemes (SIS), although moribund, are earmarked for rehabilitation and management transfer. Although such processes are backed-up with important means, it remains difficult to evaluate the schemes’ prospects and potential in terms of financial viability and overall sustainability. Besides, beneficiaries are hardly prepared to take over management at both farm and scheme level, as they lack technical and managerial skills, capital and markets, in a context of unclear property rights over resources, dependency and individualism. The paper briefly describes such situation, and then presents a multi-disciplinary, action-research approach that has been developed to address such issues. It first describes the approach, which makes use of a tool, Smile, as a database, as a model and as a simulation platform. The paper then describes a participatory and heuristic application of the tool, using examples from a recent case study. The approach first involves a quantitative, technical, and economic diagnosis of the scheme. Crop and farmer typologies are established, validated by the management committee members, and then captured into the Smile platform. Workshops are then organized in order to collect questions, ideas and scenarios worth-testing. In a recent case study, the following areas have been addressed: bulk water supply, farming systems, land re-allocation, water charging system. The results of several simulations and action-research projects show that crop diversification and intensification are the current best options towards cost recovery, sustainable livelihoods, and the viability of SIS, in a context of limited resources. Clarification on land rights, and some form of land reallocation towards willing farmers should also help. Results also demonstrate that both diagnosis and simulations prompt collective learning and participation by farmers. First, the diagnosis allows them to collectively talk, reflect and agree on the current situation and issues. Second, the prospective and heuristic analysis through scenario-testing helps to define longer term strategies for the scheme, and to identify development pathways that are documented and discussed. Such an approach shows huge potential for the information of transfer operators, and for farmers’ training, participation and empowerment.
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