Research Catalog

Title

Irrigation management transfer : worldwide efforts and results / by Carlos Garces-Restrepo, Douglas Vermillion and Giovanni Muñoz.

Author

Garces-Restrepo, Carlos

Publication

Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Munoz, Giovanni
• Vermillion, Douglas
• Vermillion, Douglas L.
• Munoz, Giovanni.

Description

62 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 30 cm. +

Summary

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 irrigation management transfer (IMT) is an approach for irrigation sector reform with the potential to improve the sustainability of irrigation systems. 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. The accompanying CD-ROM contains IMT country profiles and case studies, an international IMT e-mail conference, a bibliography and links.--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

FAO water reports ; 32

Uniform Title

Water reports 32.

Subject

• Irrigation > Management
• Irrigation > Developing countries > Management
• Privatization
• Technology transfer
• Technology Transfer

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 53).

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC with Intel Premium processor; 256 MB RAM; 50 MB available hard disk space; Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT/XP; Adobe Acrobat Reader; CD-ROM drive.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain
• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Policy and legal framework for irrigation management transfer -- Implementing irrigation management transfer -- Results of irrigation management transfer -- Integrating lessons learned into future interventions.

ISBN

• 9789251059074
• 9251059071

OCLC

212399982

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library