Irrigation management transfer in Mexico: A strategy to achieve irrigation district sustainability

Johnson, Sam H.,

No 52799, IWMI Research Reports from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: Describes the process of transfer of irrigation districts in Mexico from public ownership to joint management, where responsibility for irrigation O&M is shared between the public irrigation agency and water user associations. It evaluates the sustainability of transferred systems and discusses needed changes.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: v, 31p.
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.52799

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