Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?

Canal irrigation and the way it has been managed continue to be at the central stage of irrigation development debates. This article looks at Irrigation Management Transfer policy processes in the seven interconnected irrigation systems in Kulon Progo district, Yogyakarta province, Indonesia. It foc...

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Main Author: Suhardiman, Diana
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79388
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description Canal irrigation and the way it has been managed continue to be at the central stage of irrigation development debates. This article looks at Irrigation Management Transfer policy processes in the seven interconnected irrigation systems in Kulon Progo district, Yogyakarta province, Indonesia. It focuses on the government’s attempt to transfer funds for irrigation system operation and maintenance, so-called “stimulant funds,” from the irrigation agency to Federation of Water User Associations. Illustrating the transformation of the stimulant funds, from a policy measure to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent-seeking practices, it urges the need to develop autonomous local organizations that are accountable to farmers and look beyond infrastructureoriented development as a basic foundation for irrigation policy reform.
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spelling CGSpace793882023-09-25T09:16:55Z Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking? Suhardiman, Diana irrigation schemes irrigation systems irrigation water empowerment farmers irrigation canals local government bureaucracy water user associations water supply case studies Canal irrigation and the way it has been managed continue to be at the central stage of irrigation development debates. This article looks at Irrigation Management Transfer policy processes in the seven interconnected irrigation systems in Kulon Progo district, Yogyakarta province, Indonesia. It focuses on the government’s attempt to transfer funds for irrigation system operation and maintenance, so-called “stimulant funds,” from the irrigation agency to Federation of Water User Associations. Illustrating the transformation of the stimulant funds, from a policy measure to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent-seeking practices, it urges the need to develop autonomous local organizations that are accountable to farmers and look beyond infrastructureoriented development as a basic foundation for irrigation policy reform. 2016 2017-01-25T08:40:13Z 2017-01-25T08:40:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79388 Limited Access Suhardiman, Diana. 2016. Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking? Human Organization, 75(4):326-335.
spellingShingle irrigation schemes
irrigation systems
irrigation water
empowerment
farmers
irrigation canals
local government
bureaucracy
water user associations
water supply
case studies
Suhardiman, Diana
Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?
title Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?
title_full Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?
title_fullStr Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?
title_full_unstemmed Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?
title_short Irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in Indonesia: from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking?
title_sort irrigation management transfer and the shaping of irrigation realities in indonesia from means to empower farmers to a tool to transfer rent seeking
topic irrigation schemes
irrigation systems
irrigation water
empowerment
farmers
irrigation canals
local government
bureaucracy
water user associations
water supply
case studies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79388
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