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Irrigation management transfer

Worldwide efforts and results

Year of publication 2007

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 78 p.

Author Garces-Restrepo, C.; Muñoz, G.; Vermillion, D.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title FAO Water Reports

Series number 32

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The present water report is the final product emanating from efforts by FAO, IWMI and others to document and understand the implications of the irrigation sector embarking on a wide reform process. It is intended to be a knowledge synthesis document that captures the global experiences emerging from a wide-reaching process targeting the reform of the irrigation sector. This study indicates that IMT is an approach for irrigation sector reform with the potential to improve the sust ainability of irrigation systems. However, in order to reap its benefits, IMT should involve a wider array of changes, including both “soft” and “hard” interventions. The process requires inter alia strong political commitment, negotiations among stakeholders, and long-term capacity development. Irrigation management transfer should not be seen as a process that has a clear “beginning” and “end”. While the former can be more easily identified, the latter is much more difficult to determine. In fact, IMT can be the initial stage of an evolving long reform process.

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