Asian Irrigation in Transition

There is today a crucial need to revamp the management and governance of water systems in Asia in order to cater to the increasing demands of a growing group of users with diverse needs-urban settlements, industry, food producers and environmental needs. Written by a mix of international observers and practitioners, these essays cover a wide range of issues that are involved in this endeavor. Based on actual fieldwork in various Asian countries, the contributors collectively address three major themes: - The response to the competition for resources including groundwater and aquifers, multiple water use, water reclamation, and watershed and basin management. - The emergence of new partnerships and institutional reforms, such as the changing role of governments, participatory approaches, new accountability mechanisms and improving the infrastructure. - The economic productivity of irrigated agriculture through water users` associations, demand-oriented and pro-poor irrigation services, and agribusiness. Drawing vital lessons from the Asian experience, this important volume will greatly assist in the design of efficient and equitable water management systems as well as serve to outline an agenda for future research for practitioners and policymakers. The book provide a larger menu for the institutional reform process in Asian countries backed up by interesting real world experiences... the chapters in the book do provide a broad mosaic of the multi-faceted challenges facing irrigation system management and irrigated agriculture in the context of diverse and rapidly changing conditions of Asia. -- Development and Change

Foreword Said Irandoust and Frank Rijsberman Preface Walter Coward Asian Irrigation Problems and Prospects - Ganesh P Shivakoti, Wai-Fung Lam and Ujjwal Pradhan PART ONE: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSITION Perspectives on Asian Irrigation - Randolph Barker and Francois Molle Social Capital and Irrigation Management - Norman T Uphoff Bringing Rigor and Evidence to the Relationship Institutions Against Change - Nirmal Sengupta PART TWO: RESPONSE TO COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES Groundwater Markets and Irrigation Potential in South Asia - Humnath Bhandari and Ganesh P Shivakoti A Micro Study from Nepal Emerging Water Crisis and Political Economy of Irrigation Reforms in India - Vishwa Ballabh Recognizing Multiple Water Uses in Intersectoral Water Transfers - Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Rajendra Pradhan The Closure of the Chao Phraya River Basin in Thailand - Francois Molle Its Causes, Consequences and Policy Implications The Emergence of Polycentric Water Governance in Northern Thailand - Uraivan Tan-Kim-Young, Pakping Chalad Bruns and Bryan Randolph Bruns PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND NEW PARTNERSHIP Asian Irrigation in Transition - Thierry Facon Service Orientation, Institutional Aspects and Design, Operation, Infrastructure Issues Participatory Approaches to Irrigation Development and Management in the Philippines - Luis P Eleazar et al The Next Generation Leadership and Turnover - Peter P Mollinga, Gao Hong and Anjali M Bhatia The Contradictions of Irrigation Management Reform in the People's Republic of China Reforming Taiwan's Irrigation Associations - Wai-Fung Lam Getting the Nesting of Institutions Right People's Participation in Irrigation Management in Thailand - Tassanee Ouvichit Coalition-Building for Participatory Irrigation Management Under Changing Water Resource Trends - M V K Sivamohan and Christopher A Scott Reflections on Reforms in Andhra Pradesh, India Irrigation Sector Reform in Asia - Douglas L Vermillion From `Participation with Patronage' to `Empowerment with Accountability' PART FOUR: MARKETS AND ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE Making Irrigation Management Pro-Poor - Eric Biltonen, Doan Doan Tuan and Jinxia Wang Indications of Potentials from China and Vietnam Moving Beyond Water Provision - Helmi Strategic Issues Related to the Transition of Irrigation Management in Indonesia Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems in Asia - Robert Yoder and Prachanda Pradhan Subsistence Agriculture in Transition PART FIVE: SYNTHESIS AND STRATEGIC RESPONSES The Future of Irrigated Agriculture in Asia - Douglas L Vermillion, Elinor Ostrom and Robert Yoder What the Twenty First Century Will Require of Policies, Institutions and Governance Index