2026-06-27http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/164002Demonstrates the viability of farmers organizations for managing parts of the water resource system to achieve efficient and equitable use of water in a hierarchical society such as Pakistan. Suggests a successful conceptual and methodological framework for taking a bottom-up approach to the formation of water users associations and identifies possible constraints on its wider application.application/pdfOpen Accesswater resource managementirrigation canalsproperty rightsprivatizationsocial organizationsocial participationleadershipland ownershipfarmers' associationswater users' associationsequityfarmer-agency interactionsReport