Publication: Participatory system for water management in the Toyogawa Irrigation Project, Japan
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2012-03-01
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16112504
16112490
16112490
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Mahidol University
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Paddy and Water Environment. Vol.10, No.1 (2012), 75-81
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Satoshi Kono, Tassanee Ounvichit, Atsushi Ishii, Masayoshi Satoh Participatory system for water management in the Toyogawa Irrigation Project, Japan. Paddy and Water Environment. Vol.10, No.1 (2012), 75-81. doi:10.1007/s10333-011-0266-2 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/13492
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Participatory system for water management in the Toyogawa Irrigation Project, Japan
Abstract
In principle, participatory irrigation management (PIM) means the involvement of irrigation users in all aspects at all levels of irrigation management. In practice, all over the world efforts are being made to realize the principles. However, in the execution of PIM, role sharing between farmers and government is a serious problem, and thus a clear method and ideas are needed to improve PIM. In particular, a broad discussion of role sharing is demanded. This article illustrates how the Japanese way of role sharing in PIM is realized based on the case of the Toyogawa Irrigation Project. Organizationally, the project is jointly managed by five entities, including both the public sector and the farmers' organizations. These entities have clearly divided their functional roles, with the ultimate decision power in all aspects of irrigation management given to organized farmers. The power is realized either directly or through the land improvement districts' representative system depending on the levels of the irrigation system. The public entity provides coordination support to create a transparent forum of discussion together with scientific information for farmers' understanding and decision making. The participatory institutional line-up of this project enables the upland areas that suffered periodically from water deficits. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.