scholarly journals The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use: The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China

10.1596/30135 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei Kajisa ◽  
Bin Dong
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Irrigation System ◽  
Pricing Policy ◽  
Water User ◽  
Water Management Institutions ◽  
User Organization ◽  
Management Institutions

Empirical assessment of water management institutions in northern China

2010 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuqiong Huang ◽  
Jinxia Wang ◽  
K. William Easter ◽  
Scott Rozelle
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Water Management Institutions ◽  
Management Institutions

Reflections on evolving water management institutions and institutional bricolage: a case of irrigation schemes in Iringa Rural and Kilombero districts, Tanzania

Water Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. Mosha ◽  
P. Vedeld ◽  
G. C. Kajembe ◽  
A. K. P. R. Tarimo ◽  
J. Z. Katani
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Formal Institutions ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Water Institutions ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Water Management Institutions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Management Institutions

Over the past 40+ years, evolution of water institutions responsible for allocation and distribution of water has been enormous. This paper analyzes the evolution of both formal and informal water management institutions and how they affect today's processes of allocating and distributing water in farmer-managed irrigation schemes (FMISs). It also assesses how farmers translate and modify introduced formal institutions in the rights of the existing informal institution while trying to solve water management challenges based on the local conditions. In-depth and focus group data for the study were collected using a checklist of questions administered to 40 informants, one group discussion per village in Itunundu, Mboliboli, Mkula and Magombera villages, Tanzania. The basic argument of this paper is that water institutions have changed over time. Drawing from study findings, the evolution process of water institutions might be understood as an outcome of the government efforts to address emerging challenges with respect to increasing water demand and multi-use. However, institutional evolution is accompanied by some negatives outcomes, as they weaken social norms and threaten sound water management. The experiences from the irrigation schemes highlight the need to include locally evolved institutions while re-crafting formal institutions. Such interventions may well have significant outcomes for efficient, equity and power relations among water users.

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