Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines

Irrigation management transfer (HAT) is an important strategy among donors and governments that aims to strengthen farmer control over water and irrigation infrastructure. In this study. we use data from a survey of 68 irrigator associations (IAs) and 1020 farm households in the Philippines to exami...

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Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, S., Shyamsundar, P., Xie, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5179

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spelling	okr-10986-51792021-04-23T14:02:21Z Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines Bandyopadhyay, S. Shyamsundar, P. Xie, M. Irrigation management transfer (HAT) is an important strategy among donors and governments that aims to strengthen farmer control over water and irrigation infrastructure. In this study. we use data from a survey of 68 irrigator associations (IAs) and 1020 farm households in the Philippines to examine the impact of IMT on irrigation association performance and on rice yields We find that the presence of IMT is associated with an increase in maintenance activities undertaken by irrigation associations While associations with and without IMT contracts undertake canal maintenance. the frequency of maintenance in IMT IAs is higher IMT presence is also associated with an increase in farm yields by about 6%, rice production in IMT areas is higher even after we control for various differences amongst rice farmers in IMT and non-IMT areas Finally. IMT may even give poorer farmers a small boost in terms of rice yields We speculate that this boost may be a result of improved water delivery and better resolution of conflicts related to illegal use. 2012-03-30T07:31:40Z 2012-03-30T07:31:40Z 2010 Journal Article Water Policy 1366-7017 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5179 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Philippines
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description	Irrigation management transfer (HAT) is an important strategy among donors and governments that aims to strengthen farmer control over water and irrigation infrastructure. In this study. we use data from a survey of 68 irrigator associations (IAs) and 1020 farm households in the Philippines to examine the impact of IMT on irrigation association performance and on rice yields We find that the presence of IMT is associated with an increase in maintenance activities undertaken by irrigation associations While associations with and without IMT contracts undertake canal maintenance. the frequency of maintenance in IMT IAs is higher IMT presence is also associated with an increase in farm yields by about 6%, rice production in IMT areas is higher even after we control for various differences amongst rice farmers in IMT and non-IMT areas Finally. IMT may even give poorer farmers a small boost in terms of rice yields We speculate that this boost may be a result of improved water delivery and better resolution of conflicts related to illegal use.
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author	Bandyopadhyay, S. Shyamsundar, P. Xie, M.
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title	Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines
title_short	Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines
title_full	Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines
title_fullStr	Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed	Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines
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Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmer's Associations : Evidence from the Philippines

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