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1 Shah, Tushaar. 2005. Community management of groundwater resources: an appropriate response to groundwater overdraft in India? IWMI-Tata Comment, 4/2005. 11p.
Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater management ; Community management ; Water users ; Farmers / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G635 SHA Record No: H036616)
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IIMI-TATA comment based on a draft report titled “Community management of groundwater resources in rural India.”
2 Palis, F. G.; Singleton, G. R.; Casimero, M. C.; Hardy, B. (Eds.) 2010. Research to impact: case studies for natural resource management for irrigated rice in Asia. Manila, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). 370p.
Natural resources management ; Water management ; Case studies ; Irrigated rice ; Drying ; Research ; Crop management ; Technology ; Community management ; Irrigation systems ; Nutrient management ; Communication ; Innovation ; Hunger ; Yields ; Stakeholders ; Agricultural extension ; Economic aspects ; Income / Asia / Indonesia / Philippines / Vietnam / China / Myanmar / Sri Lanka / Indo-Gangetic Plains / Mekong River Delta / Red River Delta / North Anhui
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 633.18 G570 PAL Record No: H043799)
http://books.irri.org/9789712202599_content.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043799.pdf
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043799_TOC.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043799.pdf
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043799_TOC.pdf
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3 Smits, S.; Atengdem, J.; Darteh, B.; van Koppen, Barbara; Moriarty, P.; Nyarko, K.; Obuoubisa-Darko, A.; Ofosu, E.; Venot, Jean-Philippe; Williams, T. 2011. Multiple use water services in Ghana scoping study. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); New York, NY, USA: Rockefeller Foundation; Hague, Netherlands: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC). 73p.
Multiple use ; Water resources development ; Water management ; Domestic water ; Water supply ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation schemes ; Surface water ; Water reuse ; Water users ; Research projects ; Rural development ; Development projects ; Rainfed farming ; Rural areas ; Suburban agriculture ; Reservoirs ; Models ; Investment ; Costs ; Living standards ; Community management ; Dams ; Wells ; Non governmental organizations ; Water user associations ; Policy / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045519)
http://www.musgroup.net/content/download/1328/11685/file/Report%20MUS%20Scoping%20Ghana%20IWMI%20-%20IRC.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045519.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045519.pdf
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4 Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Das, Arijit; Mukherji, A. 2013. Towards sustainable community management of water infrastructures: results from experimental games in coastal Bangladesh [Abstract only] In Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Water cooperation: building partnerships. Abstract Volume, World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 1-6 September 2013. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) pp.65.
Community management ; Resource management ; Water management ; Coastal area ; Maintenance / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046197)
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The government of Bangladesh invested in large scale coastal embankment projects in the 1960s and 1970s, which then played an important role in protecting coastal communities from water related disasters and increasing agricultural productivity. However, maintenance of polder infrastructure has been problematic. Since the 1990s, the government of Bangladesh requires local communities to organize themselves into water management groups and to contribute toward minor maintenance of the infrastructure. Empirical evidence shows that some communities have been able to come together and collect funds for maintenance, while majority have not been able to do so. The purpose of this paper is therefore to understand the factors that determine contribution to maintenance funds by community members. For this, a public goods game was played with community participants at several locations in Coastal Bangladesh. Our results show that economic homogeneity in the group as well ions and recommendations proportional sharing of benefits increases the level of contribution. It also shows that institutional mechanisms that allow communities to be involved at an early stage of project formulation and make monetary contributions towards project implementation are more likely to contribute toward maintenance in the long term than communities who did not undergo such institutional processes.
5 Shah, Tushaar. 2014. Groundwater governance and irrigated agriculture. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership, Technical Committee (TEC). 71p. (TEC Background Papers 19)
Groundwater ; Water governance ; Water use ; Water conservation ; Groundwater irrigation ; Agriculture ; Economic aspects ; Prices ; Administration ; Aquifers ; Food security ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Community management / South Asia / USA / Mexico / Spain / Morocco / China
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046583)
http://www.gwp.org/Global/ToolBox/Publications/Background%20papers/GWP_TEC_19_web.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046583.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046583.pdf
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6 Qiang, Z.; Yuanhong, L.; Chengxiang, M. (Ed.) 2007. Rainwater harvesting. Hefei, China: Anhui Educational Publishing House. 423p.
Rainwater ; Water harvesting ; Water resources ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Water storage ; Tanks ; Water conservation ; Water quality ; Catchment areas ; Irrigation methods ; Economic analysis ; Tillage ; Mulching ; Irrigated farming ; Soil conservation ; Soil fertility ; Soil moisture ; Health hazards ; Humid tropics ; Social aspects ; Sustainability ; Community management ; Urban areas / China / Taiwan / Gansu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 QIA Record No: H046638)
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7 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2014. Community Engagement in Small Scale Irrigation, River Diversion, and Reservoir Systems Training Curriculum: facilitator manual. Manual prepared under the project “Improving Sustainability of Impacts of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in Challenging Contexts” Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 29p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.220]
Training materials ; Small scale farming ; Reservoir operation ; Community management ; Sustainability ; Agriculture ; Water management ; Participatory management ; Planning ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046725)
8 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2014. Community Engagement in Small Scale Irrigation, River Diversion, and Reservoir Systems Training Curriculum: participant workbook. Manual prepared under the project “Improving Sustainability of Impacts of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in Challenging Contexts" Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 30p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.222]
Training materials ; Small scale farming ; Reservoir operation ; Community management ; Sustainability ; Agriculture ; Water management ; Guidelines ; Participatory management ; Planning ; Stakeholders ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046726)
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9 International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 2014. Community Engagement in Small Scale Irrigation, River Diversion, and Reservoir Systems Training Curriculum: session cards. Manual prepared under the project “Improving Sustainability of Impacts of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in Challenging Contexts” Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 46p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.221]
Training materials ; Small scale farming ; Reservoir operation ; Community management ; Sustainability ; Agriculture ; Water management ; Guidelines ; Participatory management ; Planning ; Stakeholders ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046728)
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10 Biggs, E. M.; Boruff, B.; Bruce, E.; Duncan, J. M. A.; Haworth, B. J.; Duce, S.; Horsley, J.; Curnow, Jayne; Neef, A.; McNeill, K.; Pauli, N.; Van Ogtrop, F.; Imanari, Y. 2014. Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 114p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.231]
Environmental sustainability ; Environmental management ; Ecological factors ; Biodiversity ; Living standards ; Water security ; Energy conservation ; Food security ; Climate change ; Temperature ; Precipitation ; Cyclones ; Agriculture ; Farmland ; Demography ; Urbanization ; Sociocultural environment ; Gender ; Community management ; Institutions ; Political aspects ; Remote sensing ; Natural disasters ; Monitoring ; Sustainable development ; Assessment / Southeast Asia / Oceania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046758)
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11 Rautanen, S-L.; van Koppen, Barbara; Wagle, N. 2014. Community-driven multiple use water services: lessons learned by the rural village water resources management project in Nepal. Water Alternatives, 7(1):160-177.
Water resources ; Water management ; Multiple use ; Water supply ; Drinking water ; Local government ; Community management ; Rural areas ; Villages ; Households ; Living standards ; Poverty ; Empowerment ; Sustainability ; Participatory approaches ; Stakeholders / Nepal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046841)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/volume7/v7issue1-2/239-a7-1-10/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046841.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046841.pdf
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This article examines community-driven multiple use water services (MUS) as pioneered by the Rural Village Water Resources Management Project (RVWRMP) in the Far and Mid-Western development regions of Nepal. These regions are characterised by poverty, remoteness, rugged terrain, food insecurity, water scarcity, and post-conflict legacy. Water provision for domestic and productive uses provides opportunities to address poverty and livelihoods in environments with highly decentralised governance. This study explores the first-hand lessons learned in the RVWRMP in Nepal since 2006. This project is embedded within the local government. Key project entry points are decentralisation, participation and empowerment. This article reflects how the community-managed systems are used for multiple uses whether they were designed for it or not. It focuses on household- and community-level changes and related institution building and participatory planning through Water Use Master Plans and a Step-by-Step approach. Recommendations are made for scaling up multiple use services.
12 Dessalegn, Mengistu; Merrey, D. J. 2015. Motor pump revolution in Ethiopia: promises at a crossroads. Water Alternatives, 8(2):237-257.
Irrigation systems ; Small scale farming ; Pumping ; Community management ; Aquifers ; Farmers ; Case studies / Asia / Africa South of Sahara / Ethiopia / Fogera
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047056)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol8/v8issue2/289-a8-2-12/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047056.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047056.pdf
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In sub-Saharan Africa, motor pump irrigation is at an earlier stage than in Asia but is growing rapidly in many countries. The focus of both policy and research in Africa to date has been on facilitating supply chains to make pumps available at a reasonable price. In Africa, pump irrigation is mainly based on two sources: shallow groundwater aquifers and small streams and rivers. Both usually have limited and variable yields. We present a case study from Ethiopia where pump irrigation based on small rivers and streams is expanding rapidly, and draw parallels to experiences in Asia and other African countries. We show that while farmers understand the social nature of community-managed irrigation, they share with policymakers a narrow understanding of pump irrigation as being primarily 'technical'. They perceive pumps as liberating them from the 'social' limitations of traditional communal irrigation. However, the rapid expansion of pump irrigation is leading to increasing competition and conflict over the limited water resource. We analyse the wider implications for Africa of this blindness to the social dimension of pump irrigation and offer suggestions on future policy and applied research to address the problem before it becomes a widespread crisis.
13 Hope, R. 2015. Is community water management the community’s choice?: implications for water and development policy in Africa. Water Policy, 17(4):664-678. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.170]
Water management ; Community management ; Water policy ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Human rights ; Water rights ; Manual pumps ; Maintenance ; Water users ; User charges ; Rural communities ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Financing ; Sustainability ; Poverty / Africa / Kenya / Kyuso / Ngomeni
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047430)
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The global drive for universal drinking water security has faltered in rural Africa. Community management of handpumps, which provide water to over 200 million rural people, is the prevailing but increasingly embattled policy choice. A choice experiment is designed to test alternative maintenance models across competing attributes of maintenance provider, maintenance level, payment mode, and payment level. A sample of 3,540 observations is modeled from 118 handpump users in rural Kenya. Results identify community management of maintenance services as the least preferred option with water user payments contingent on an order of magnitude improvement in handpump repair times. Social choice heterogeneity varies by socio-economic status and water use behaviors indicating uneven adoption profiles within communities compounded by no acceptable payment mode. Policy responses to community choices need to address these institutional challenges through new monitoring platforms and acceptable payment systems.
14 Varua, M. E.; Ward, J.; Maheshwari, B.; Ozac, S.; Purohit, R.; Hakimuddin; Chinnasamy, Pennan. 2016. Assisting community management of groundwater: irrigator attitudes in two watersheds in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. Journal of Hydrology, 537:171-186. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.003]
Community management ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater recharge ; Water use ; Watershed management ; Water availability ; Water use ; Living standards ; Aquifers ; Irrigation ; Sustainability ; Institutions ; Farming systems ; Farmers ; Households ; Income ; Poverty ; Agriculture ; Land ownership / India / Rajasthan / Gujarat / Meghraj Watershed / Dharta Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047490)
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The absence of either state regulations or markets to coordinate the operation of individual wells has focussed attention on community level institutions as the primary loci for sustainable groundwater management in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. The reported research relied on theoretical propositions that livelihood strategies, groundwater management and the propensity to cooperate are associated with the attitudinal orientations of well owners in the Meghraj and Dharta watersheds, located in Gujarat and Rajasthan respectively. The research tested the hypothesis that attitudes to groundwater management and farming practices, household income and trust levels of assisting agencies were not consistent across the watersheds, implying that a targeted approach, in contrast to default uniform programs, would assist communities craft rules to manage groundwater across multiple hydro-geological settings. Hierarchical cluster analysis of attitudes held by survey respondents revealed four statistically significant discrete clusters, supporting acceptance of the hypothesis. Further analyses revealed significant differences in farming practices, household wealth and willingness to adapt across the four groundwater management clusters. In conclusion, the need to account for attitudinal diversity is highlighted and a framework to guide the specific design of processes to assist communities craft coordinating instruments to sustainably manage local aquifers described.
15 Braimah, I.; Amponsah, O.; Asibey, M. O. 2016. The effectiveness of the local management systems of rural water facilities for sustainable service delivery: a case study of the Sekyere East District, Ghana. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2(4):405-418. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-016-0070-7]
Water supply ; Sustainability ; Rural communities ; Community management ; Drinking water ; Boreholes ; Maintenance ; Managers ; Accountability ; Households ; Case studies / Ghana / Sekyere East District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047908)
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Involving communities in the operation and maintenance (O&M) of water facilities is expected to be a cost-effective means of ensuring sustainable provision of water to rural communities in Ghana. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the community-based management strategy for the O&M of water facilities in the Sekyere East District of Ghana and to identify the best practices for replication. The data for the study were gathered from the District Water and Sanitation Team (DWST), Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Committees and Water Boards (WBs) through direct interviews and focus group discussions. Analyses of the data revealed that the spirit of voluntarism that was expected to drive the local managers to be effective was fading away. Furthermore, the local managers were unable to mobilise adequate revenue to defray the cost of O&M partly due to households’ reluctance to pay coupled with the general lack of accountability on the part of the managers. The authors concluded that for the local managers to be effective, they need to be effectively motivated so that they could in turn be accountable to the community members.
16 Hutchings, P.; Franceys, R.; Mekala, S.; Smits, S.; James, A. J. 2017. Revisiting the history, concepts and typologies of community management for rural drinking water supply in India. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33(1):152-169. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1145576]
Drinking water ; Water supply ; Community management ; Community involvement ; Rural communities ; Typology ; Water policy ; State intervention ; Development programmes ; Participatory approaches ; Models ; Manual pumps ; Pipes ; Villages / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047970)
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Community management has been widely criticized, yet it continues to play a significant role in rural drinking water supply. In India, as with other ‘emerging’ economies, the management model must now adapt to meet the policy demand for ever-increasing technical sophistication. Given this context, the paper reviews the history and concepts of community management to propose three typologies that better account for the changing role of the community and external support entities found in successful cases. It argues that external support entities must be prepared to take greater responsibility for providing ongoing support to communities for ensuring continuous service delivery.
17 Jumbe, C. B. L.; Nkhata, R. 2015. Does participation in communal water management improve household income? evidence from Malawi. Water Resources and Rural Development, 5:31-46. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2015.06.002]
Water management ; Irrigation management ; Community management ; Irrigation schemes ; Farmer participation ; Household income ; Farm income ; Crop yield ; Rice ; Maize ; Poverty ; Models ; Statistical methods ; Case studies / Malawi / Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047971)
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This paper presents empirical evidence of whether participation in community water resource management improves household agricultural income using a case study of irrigation co-management under the Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme in Malawi. An endogenous switching regression was applied on a dataset of 412 farmers to correct the outcome (net agricultural income) for sample selection bias. Propensity score matching was then used to measure the impact of participation in irrigation co-management on net annual agricultural income. Despite variations in the magnitude of benefits among different groups, empirical evidence suggests that net annual agricultural income of the poor, youths and female-headed farmers participating in the scheme would have worsened had they not participated in the scheme.
18 Leder, Stephanie; Das, Dipika; Reckers, Andrew; Karki, Emma. 2016. Participatory gender training for community groups: a manual for critical discussions on gender norms, roles and relations. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 50p.
Participatory management ; Gender ; Rural communities ; Community management ; Community involvement ; Households ; Role of women ; Social participation ; Social structure ; Farmer participation ; Empowerment ; Water management ; Agriculture / India / Nepal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047950)
19 Leclert, L.; Nzioki, R. M.; Feuerstein, L. 2016. Addressing governance and management challenges in small water supply systems - the integrity management approach in Kenya. Aquatic Procedia, 6:39-50. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqpro.2016.06.006]
Water management ; Water governance ; Water supply ; Small scale systems ; Rural areas ; Human rights ; Water rights ; Regulations ; Community management ; Models ; State intervention ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Institutions / Kenya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047997)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214241X16300062/pdf?md5=66cd09ba29ed5a6b3f945699c2e84c6d&pid=1-s2.0-S2214241X16300062-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047997.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047997.pdf
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This paper analyses the governance and management challenges of community-managed rural water supplies in Kenya vis-à-vis the ongoing reform processes, and presents the integrity management (IM) toolbox for small water supply systems as a means to address them. The IM toolbox is a change management approach to help community groups address immediate internal challenges and link them with local water actors to establish management arrangements that are performance oriented, accountable and compliant with regulatory requirements to realize the right to water. The paper also discusses the responsibilities and needed contributions of rights’ holders and duty bearers in this process.
20 Wijekoon, W. M. S. M.; Gunawardena, E. R. N.; Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. 2016. Institutional reforms in minor (village tank) irrigation sector of Sri Lanka towards sustainable development. In Sri Lanka. University of Peradeniya. 7th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment. Proceedings of the Sessions on Recycling Waste Management and Sustainable Water Management, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 16-18 December 2016. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: University of Peradeniya. pp.75-83.
Institutional reform ; Villages ; Tank irrigation ; Sustainable development ; Small scale systems ; Ancestral technology ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation water ; Stakeholders ; Authority ; State intervention ; Community management ; Cultivation / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048030)
This paper reviews the institutional reforms taken place in minor irrigation systems in Sri Lanka by contrasting those observed during pre-colonial and colonial periods with those after the independence. Formal or informal institutions have governed the operation and performance of the minor irrigation systems with continuous change of authority. While the earlier reforms focused on the irrigation sector with quicker benefits and lower political risks, recent reforms have covered macro institutions, where the benefits are gradual with high political risks. In ancient irrigation system management, decision making and implementation were taken by communities themselves under the feudal system of “Rajakariya” ensuring sustainability and maintaining village ecosystem. With the abolishing of “Rajakariya” system after the arrival of British rulers, the authority was shifted from the community to the government along with the trend of irrigation system management towards centralization and bureaucracy. After independence, though the minor irrigation system management was the responsibility of beneficiary farmers, the authority of the systems was continuously changed between different government agencies. Now, minor irrigation systems are governed by the Department of Agrarian Development and/ or Provincial councils towards sustainability goals while emphasizing the different stakeholder involvement through enforcement of formal and informal rules and procedures. The government continues the commitment to reform because it provides evidence for the political and economic stability, tactical benefits, timely consideration of stakeholders’ perception and information towards the required change.
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