Yield Impact of Irrigation Management Transfer : Story from the Philippines

Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit; Shyamsundar, Priya; Xei, Mei

Yield Impact of Irrigation Management Transfer : Story from the Philippines

Autores

Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit

Shyamsundar, Priya

Xei, Mei

Editor

World Bank, Washington, DC

Descripción

Irrigation management transfer is an important strategy among donors and governments to strengthen farmer control over water and irrigation infrastructure. This study seeks to understand whether irrigation management transfer is meeting the promise of its commitments. The authors use data from a survey of 68 irrigator associations and 1,020 farm households in the Philippines to estimate the impact of irrigation management transfer on irrigation association performance and on rice yields. They also estimate a stochastic frontier production function to assess contributions to technical efficiency. There are three main results. First, the presence of irrigation management transfer is associated with an increase in maintenance activities undertaken by irrigation associations. Second, by increasing local control over water delivery, the presence of irrigation management transfer is associated with a 2-6 percent increase in farm yields. Rice production in irrigation management transfer areas is greater even after controlling for various differences among rice farmers in transfer and non-transfer areas. Third, irrigation management transfer is, at a minimum, poverty-neutral, and may even give the asset-poor a small boost in terms of rice yields. The authors speculate that this boost may be a result of increased timeliness of water delivery and better resolution of conflicts related to illegal use.

Palabras clave

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, CANAL IRRIGATION, CANAL MAINTENANCE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMON PROPERTY, COMMUNAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY FORESTRY, COVERING, CROP YIELD, CROPPING INTENSITY, DAMS, DISTRIBUTION OF WATER, DOWNSTREAM FARMERS, DRAINAGE, DRY SEASON, ENGINEERING, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FARM OUTPUT, FARM PRODUCTION, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, FARMER, FARMER ASSOCIATIONS, FARMER GROUPS, FARMER MEMBERS, FARMER PARTICIPATION, FARMING COMMUNITIES, FLOODS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLDS, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INTERNATIONAL WATER, IRRIGATED FARMING, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION AGENCIES, IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION, IRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONS, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENTS, IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT, IRRIGATION DISTRICTS, IRRIGATION FACILITIES, IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT TRANSFER, IRRIGATION PROJECTS, IRRIGATION SCHEMES, IRRIGATION SECTOR, IRRIGATION SERVICE, IRRIGATION SYSTEM, IRRIGATION WATER, IRRIGATION WATER DELIVERY, LAND SIZE, NATIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES, OUTPUT PRICES, PACIFIC REGION, PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION, PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, PIPES, POOR FARMERS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POORER HOUSEHOLDS, PRIVATE IRRIGATION, PRIVATE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, PRODUCTION FUNCTION, PRODUCTION GROWTH, PROPERTY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RESERVOIR IRRIGATION, RICE PRODUCTION, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SECONDARY CANALS, SMALL FARMERS, SMALL HOLDER IRRIGATION, SOUTH ASIAN, USE OF WATER, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER DELIVERY, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER LOSSES, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WATER SUPPLY, WATER USER, WATER USER ASSOCIATION, WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS, WATER USER FEES, WATER USERS, WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS