 Volumetric water control in a large-scale open canal irrigation system with many smallholders: The case of Chancay-Lambayeque in PeruJeroen Vos and Linden Vincent Agricultural Water Management, 2011, vol. 98, issue 4, 705-714 Abstract: Volumetric water control (VWC) is widely seen as a means to increase productivity through flexible scheduling and user incentives to apply just enough water. However, the technical and social requirements for VWC are poorly understood. Also, many experts assert that VWC in large-scale open canals with many smallholders is not feasible. This article debates the practice of VWC, drawing on field studies in the arid North Coast of Peru. Here the large-scale Chancay-Lambayeque irrigation system achieved high allocation, distribution and financial performance with on demand delivery to some 22,000 smallholdings, under a VWC approach, with full cost recovery for operation and maintenance. This study shows there are options to promote VWC if its different elements - volumetric allocation, distribution, metering and pricing - are planned together. Keywords: Large-scale; irrigation; Irrigation; service; fees; Volumetric; delivery; Water; user; association; Performance; Peru (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:98:y:2011:i:4:p:705-714 Access Statistics for this article Agricultural Water Management is currently edited by B.E. Clothier, W. Dierickx, J. Oster and D. Wichelns More articles in Agricultural Water Management from Elsevier |
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