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A CDRI PUBLICATION
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IN
THE TONLE SAP BASIN: ISSUES
AND CHALLENGES
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Series No. 48
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Research Capacity Development
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Working Paper Series No. 48
Empirical Evidence of Irrigation
Management in the Tonle Sap Basin:
Issues and Challenges
A CDRI Publication
Over the last few decades, efforts have
been made by various actors, including
state agencies, private sector, development
organisations and donors to develop
irrigation sectors, putting in place not only
irrigation physical infrastructure but also
management mechanisms. Meanwhile, the state and its development partners have been
trying to establish a legal framework to facilitate smooth functioning of the irrigation
community. But until now, little has been known about the nature and dimensions of
the relationship between irrigation policies designed to encourage the development of
irrigation sectors and different regulations introduced for the purposes of sustainable
water management and conservation. Meanwhile, there is not enough research being
done on the process of policy implementation and the emerging politics of resource
governance at local level.
The empirical data compiled in this paper bring to light the everyday issues of irrigation
water governance at local level and particularly the coordination between actors, water
allocation within and between schemes, farmer participation, project evaluation and
planning and the emergence of private schemes.
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