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Water allocation practices of farmers and engineers-
Synopsis
In the case studies presented here, irrigation engineers describe water distribution practices as they actually occur in various schemes. Six of the schemes (in Indonesia, Mexico, Portugal and Bolivia) are farmer-managed, and two (in South India and Bali) are managed jointly by farmers and technical officers. The authors relate water flows to social processes and contrast conventional engineering wisdom with the practices they have observed.
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Table of Contents
PREFACE
1. Introduction 1
Geert Diemer and Frans P. Huibers
2. Signposts of struggle: pipe outlets as the material interface
between water users and the state in a large-scale irrigation
system in South India 11
Peter P. Mollinga and Alex Bolding
3. Intervention in irrigation water division in Bali, Indonesia:
a case of farmers' circumvention of modern technology 34
Lucas Horst
4. The materialization of water rights: hydraulic property in
the extension and rehabilitation of two irrigation systems in
Bolivia 53
Gerben Gerbrandy and Paul Hoogendam
5. Religion and local water rights versus land owners and
state: irrigation in Izucar de Matamoros (west bank),
Mexico 73
Marc Nederlof and Eric van Wayjen
6. Rehabilitation of a farmer-managed system in Izucar de
Matamoros (east bank): two interpretations of technical
concepts 90
Timen Eilander
7. From allocation to distribution: operational rules in a
communal irrigation system in Northern Portugal 101
Paul Hoogendam, Adri van den Dries, Jose Portela, Moniek
Stam and Julia Carvalho
8. Effects of a technical intervention programme on water
distribution and water use 116
Adri van den Dries, Paul Hoogendam and Jose Portela
9. Designing for fanner management in the Senegal river
valley 128
Ibrahima Dia, Geert Diemer, Wim F. van Driel and
Frans P. Huibers
REFERENCES 150 -
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Sub Title Water allocation practices of farmers and engineers Author No Editor Geert Diemer, Frans Huibers Width (mm) 148 Height (mm) 228 Thickness (mm) 9 Number of Pages 168 Number of Illustrations No Format Paperback / softback
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