Beneficiary Participation in Irrigation Water Management: The Kerala

level of less than one-third [Table 5.6 (b)]. It will be spelt out later. About one-tenth of the
BFAs recorded performance levels of more than 50 percent.
Table 5.4b Recurring Functions (RFs)
Sl. No. Performance Index No. of BFAs Cumulative Number Percentage
1.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
33-38 24 24 53.3
38-43 8 32 71.1
43-48 2 34 75.6
48-53 41 38 84.4
53-58 3 41 91.1
58-63 2 43 95
63-68 1 44 97.8
68-73 1 45 100.0
Total 45
Taking the two types of functions together, we find that the performance level was upwards
of 33 percent and more than 90 percent showed performance levels in the range of less than
50 per cent.
Table 5.4c Total Functions (TFs)
Sl. No. Performance Index No. of BFAs Cumulative Number Percentage
1.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
33-38 27 27 60
38-43 5 32 71.1
43-48 2 34 75.6
48-53 6 40 88.8
53-58 2 42 93.3
58-63 2 44 97.8
63-68 0 44 97.8
68-73 1 45 100.0
Total 45
Organisation and administration
One of the reasons for the poor performance of BFAs could lie in the weakness of their
organisation and administration.
Among the three approaches followed in organising irrigation projects - segregated, integrated,
and multi-purpose - the multi-purpose approach seems to be the most appropriate in the
context of Malampuzha, for the following reasons. The project under study, with a net
command area of 29463 hectares, is not big enough to warrant adoption of a segregated
approach and an organisational pattern with different sub-organisations set up to discharge
individual functions. Obviously it will be uneconomic. The integrated approach too would
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