Organizational Change for Participatory Irrigation Management

percent of the area developed nationwide). As of the same date, the number of IAs with
contracts totaled to 4,501 or 88 percent of the number of IAs organized, covering a total service
area of about 0.87 million ha involving around 0.55 million farmers. Table 2 presents the
status of IAs at different stages in both the NISs and CISs.
Table 2. Summary Status of IA Organization and O&M Contracts, December 1999
Particulars NIS CIS Total
A. IA Organized
a.1 Number of IAs organized 2,079 3,018 5,097
a.2 Number of farmers 387,615 239,716 627,331
a.3 Area covered (ha) 655,760 358,602 1,014,362
B. O&M Contracts
b.1 Number of IAs with O&M contracts 1,654 2,847 4,501
b.2 Number of farmers 319,537 228,355 547,892
b.3 Area covered (ha) 526,627 337,164 863,791
2. IA Functionality Monitoring and Evaluation
For the past six years, NIA has been carrying out seasonal IA O&M performance
assessment and annual IA functionality surveys. The key parameters being used in evaluating
IA functionality are as follows: cropping intensity, ISF collection efficiency, financial viability,
O&M plans implementation, organizational viability, and resource mobilization. The five-year
summary of the IA functionality results is shown in Table 3.
3. Selection of Outstanding IAs
The results of the survey are used in the annual search of outstanding IAs in both
categories of systems, NIS and CIS, at various levels ... systems, provincial, regional and
national levels. The outstanding IAs are given plaques of recognition and cash awards. At the
national level, the recognition for outstanding IAs is timed with the celebration of the NIA
anniversary (22 June) while at the field offices the recognition is usually done during IA
congresses or similar gatherings. The annual search of IAs with outstanding performance is
considered as a means of bolstering the morale of the IA officers and their constituent farmers.
The IA functionality results also serve as the basis for the field and regional offices in
identifying appropriate strategies and means for enhancing the IA capabilities in handling
O&M and in improving the management of the affairs of the organization. The IA capabilitybuilding
activities include training, seminars/workshops, study tours (farmer-to-farmer learning
process), etc.
4. Corollary Programs/Activities
a) Financial Assistance to IAs
P=0.5 million for Cabadbaran RIS IAs, Region 13 for the procurement of 1,000
units of Petromax (light traps against insect pests) payable within three cropping
seasons without interest.
P=0.5 million loan to Lateral A IA, Mainit RIS, Northern Leyte, as a start-up
fund for the establishment of detailed credit re-lending processes and
procedures.
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