Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study

Irrigation performance assessments are important tools that irrigation service providers at various levels of the water management hierarchy can use for monitoring, benchmarking and self-improvement. Despite the recognition that irrigation performance can and should be assessed from a variety of per...

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Main Author: Yakubov, Murat
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40403
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description Irrigation performance assessments are important tools that irrigation service providers at various levels of the water management hierarchy can use for monitoring, benchmarking and self-improvement. Despite the recognition that irrigation performance can and should be assessed from a variety of perspectives, the perspectives of the users, farmers, have received surprising little attention. This is even more apparent given the widespread context of irrigation management transfer reforms throughout the world aiming at effective user empowerment through farmer-owned and driven water users associations. This paper attempts to partially fill this gap by exploring and sensitizing farmers' views about irrigation service and related performance dimensions using qualitative research methods. Based on focus group discussions with a purposive sample of farmers from a range of water users' associations in Central Asia and a grounded theory approach the study lays a conceptual foundation for future practical applications.
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spelling CGSpace404032025-06-17T08:23:57Z Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study Yakubov, Murat irrigation management privatization performance evaluation water users associations research methods qualitative analysis farmers economic aspects Irrigation performance assessments are important tools that irrigation service providers at various levels of the water management hierarchy can use for monitoring, benchmarking and self-improvement. Despite the recognition that irrigation performance can and should be assessed from a variety of perspectives, the perspectives of the users, farmers, have received surprising little attention. This is even more apparent given the widespread context of irrigation management transfer reforms throughout the world aiming at effective user empowerment through farmer-owned and driven water users associations. This paper attempts to partially fill this gap by exploring and sensitizing farmers' views about irrigation service and related performance dimensions using qualitative research methods. Based on focus group discussions with a purposive sample of farmers from a range of water users' associations in Central Asia and a grounded theory approach the study lays a conceptual foundation for future practical applications. 2012-07 2014-06-13T14:47:35Z 2014-06-13T14:47:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40403 en Limited Access Wiley Yakubov, Murat. 2012. Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study. Irrigation and Drainage, 61(3):316-329. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.649
spellingShingle irrigation management
privatization
performance evaluation
water users associations
research methods
qualitative analysis
farmers
economic aspects
Yakubov, Murat
Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study
title Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study
title_full Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study
title_fullStr Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study
title_short Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study
title_sort assessing irrigation performance from the farmer s perspective a qualitative study
topic irrigation management
privatization
performance evaluation
water users associations
research methods
qualitative analysis
farmers
economic aspects
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40403
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