The Transformation Of Irrigation Boards Into Water User Associations In South Africa Case Studies Of The Umlaas Komati Lomati And Hereford Irrigation Boards Volume 2

Author : Nicolas Faysse,Jabulani Gumbo
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Irrigation water
ISBN : 9789290905592

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The transformation of irrigation boards into water user associations in South Africa: Case studies of the Umlaas, Komati, Lomati and Hereford Irrigation Boards. Volume 2 by Nicolas Faysse,Jabulani Gumbo Pdf

The first case study deals with the Umlaas IB in KwaZulu-Natal. This Board manages water use in the upper part of the Mlazi River catchment. Around 4,000 ha are irrigated, mainly to produce maize and sugar cane. Times of water scarcity are rare. Slopes in the upper parts of the catchment are steep and the IB along with the upstream rural communities and commercial forestry companies, have undertaken several initiatives to address erosion problems in the area, with the cooperation of these companies. The second case study relates to the Komati and Lomati IBs in Mpumalanga. The irrigated area of around 21,000 ha is mainly dedicated to sugarcane farming. It hosts the largest area of small-scale irrigation farming in South Africa, but periods of water scarcity are frequent. While the IBs have not transformed into WUAs yet, they have already incorporated the emerging farmers in their area of jurisdiction, as well as in the management of water. The third case study assesses the Hereford IB in Mpumalanga. The Board manages an earthen canal, mainly for citrus and wheat farming, on a total area of 3,400 ha. Small-scale farmers have settled on an abandoned commercial farm, and the current upgrading of the emerging farmers’ scheme and the setting-up of water meters open the way for the meaningful integration of the emerging farmers in the forthcoming WUA.

Author : Peter Leigh Taylor,David A. Sonnenfeld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351578493

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Water Crises and Governance by Peter Leigh Taylor,David A. Sonnenfeld Pdf

Water Crises and Governance critically examines the relationship between water crises and governance in the face of challenges to provide water for growing human demand and environmental needs. Water crises threaten the assumptions and accepted management practices of water users, managers and policymakers. In developed and developing world contexts from North America and Australasia, to Latin America, Africa and China, existing institutions and governance arrangements have unintentionally provoked water crises while shaping diverse, often innovative responses to management dilemmas. This volume brings together original field-based studies by social scientists investigating water crises and their implications for governance. Contributors to this collection find that water crises degrade environments, place untenable burdens on stakeholders, and produce or exacerbate social conflict, undermining ecological and social conditions that sustain effective collaboration. At the same time, water crises can promote institutional change that "resets" governance, promoting unusual and creative responses appropriate for local contexts. The studies in this volume provide evidence that, while water crises pose serious threats to environments and societies, they also provide opportunities to learn from experience and recraft water governance with coherent visions of more ecologically and socially sustainable futures. This volume was originally published as a special issue of Society & Natural Resources.

Author : Mukuyu, Patience,van Koppen, Barbara,Jacobs-Mata, Inga
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780639202143

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Operationalising hybrid water law for historical justice by Mukuyu, Patience,van Koppen, Barbara,Jacobs-Mata, Inga Pdf

Final project report submitted to the Water Research Commission (WRC). Pretoria, South Africa: Water Research Commission (WRC).

Author : Mehta, Lyla,Derman, Bill
Publisher : Weaver Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781779223142

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Flows and Practices by Mehta, Lyla,Derman, Bill Pdf

For the past two decades, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been the dominant paradigm in water resources. This book explores how ideas of IWRM are being translated and adapted in Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Grounded in social science theory and research, it highlights the importance of politics, history and culture in shaping water management practices and reform, and demonstrates how Africa has clearly been a laboratory for IWRM. While a new cadre of professionals made IWRM their mission, we show that poor women and men may not have always benefitted. In some cases IWRM has also offered a distraction from more critical issues such as water and land grabs, privatisation, the negative impacts of water permits, and a range of institutional ambiguities that prevent water allocations to small and poor water users. By critically examining the interpretations and challenges of IWRM, the book contributes to improving water policies and practices and making them more locally appropriate in Africa and beyond.

Author : Seshoka, Jetrickde Lange, WillemFaysse, Nicolas
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Irrigation water
ISBN : 9789290905585

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The transformation of irrigation boards into water user associations in South Africa: Case studies of the Lower Olifants, Great Letaba and Vaalharts water user associations. Volume 1 by Seshoka, Jetrickde Lange, WillemFaysse, Nicolas Pdf

The first case study is the Lower Olifants WUA in the Western Cape, which was the first WUA in South Africa. Its principal functions are to operate and maintain a canal that enables irrigation throughout the year in an arid region. Around 9,200 hectares are irrigated, mainly for vineyards. The second case study relates to the Great Letaba WUA in the Limpopo Province. This WUA manages the allocation of water downstream of two large dams, near the town of Tzaneen. An area of 12,500 hectares is irrigated in the river valley, mainly for fruit tree farming. The third case study assesses the Vaalharts WUA, which is situated in both Northern Cape and North West provinces. This WUA is one of the largest irrigation schemes in South Africa (37,100 hectares overall). It manages mainly a canal that takes water from the Vaal River to irrigate commercial farms and, downstream, the Taung Irrigation Scheme in the former Bophuthatswana homeland.

Author : Faysse, Nicolas
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Irrigation
ISBN : 9789290905738

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An assessment of small-scale users' inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa by Faysse, Nicolas Pdf

The management of water resources is being transformed in South Africa. All water users, especially the small-scale ones, are now invited to participate in this movement. This report reviews the process of inclusion of small-scale users in the new large-scale Water User Associations (WUA).Considering the difficulties encountered in this process, this report also recommend external monitoring after the transformation of an Irrigation Board into a WUA. This method may also facilitate assessment of the inclusion of small-scale users into catchment management agencies, and water resource management organizations.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : [Geneva, Swizerland] : United Nations Publications
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9211250897

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African Water Journal by United Nations Pdf

Author : H. Thompson,C. M. Stimie,E. Richters,S. Perret
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Irrigation
ISBN : 9789290904410

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Policies, Legislation and Organizations Related to Water in South Africa, with Special Reference to the Olifants River Basin by H. Thompson,C. M. Stimie,E. Richters,S. Perret Pdf

The study is reported in two Working Papers. Working Paper 17 reports the findings of the HIM exercise. This paper contains the policies, legislation and organizations relevant for understanding of the HIM for the Olifants river basin. It also includes the historical development of the institutional framework in the basin, as this history has left a profound imprint on the South African society at large and is still dictating, in many cases, the interactions between the different organizations. This background on previous and current institutions and policies at the different government levels is used to shed light on the current relationships between different organizations in the basin. Although focusing on the Olifants, the description provided is applicable to the rest of South Africa in broad terms.

Author : Synne Movik
Publisher : HSRC Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Irrigation laws
ISBN : 0796923531

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Fluid Rights by Synne Movik Pdf

This book gets to grips with the complexities of policy change in South Africa, asking how evolving doctrines and policies shape the way water use rights are conceptualised and governed. It offers an historical overview of the evolution of water resources policy and legislation, before going on to explore in-depth the process of formulating the Water Allocation Reform policy. This is then contrasted with an 'on-the-ground' case study that brings into relief the dynamics occuring at the policy level. The book offers a new perspective that emphasises the discursive contruction of rights - how different principles are privileged in diverging discourses around scarcity, equity, efficiency and sustainability, and hou such 'allocation discourses' are transformed at the local level by new processes of politics and power. The book sets these processes within the wider context of political and economic change in South Africa, and draws lessons for the broader experience of water policy and legislation in an international context. The book is aimed towards researchers, policymakers and practitioners and a broader international readership interested in water policy and development.

Author : Minu Hemmati
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136560842

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Multi-stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability by Minu Hemmati Pdf

Governments, business, international bodies and local groups are turning to multi-stakeholder processes to find practical ways forward. This book explains how MSPs can be organized to deliver their potential for successful resolution of complex issues and for sustainable development. It includes detailed examples and provides practical checklists, explaining how to get beyond adversarial politics and achieve positive results.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Water quality management
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110902819

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White Paper on a National Water Policy for South Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Cruikshank,Lawrence Susskind
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1989-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0465007503

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Breaking The Impasse by Jeffrey Cruikshank,Lawrence Susskind Pdf

Drawing on his experience in the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, a leading mediator and his co-author provide the first jargon-free guide to consensual strategies for resolving public disputes—indispensable to citizen activists and to business and government leaders.

Author : Eiman Karar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319433509

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Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century by Eiman Karar Pdf

The objective of this book is to broadly illustrate the key aspects of water governance, mapping the spectrum of decision-making from techno-centric and eco-centric approaches, to hybrid concepts and people-centric approaches. Topics covered include the challenges for water-governance models, the polycentric model, the integration challenge, water in the decision-making hierarchy, and the rise of water-sensitive design, while also taking into account interdependencies between stakeholders, as well as the issue of scale. The book’s content is presented in an integrated and comprehensive format, building on detailed case studies from around the world and the authors’ working experiences in the water sector. Combining essential insights with accessible, non-technical language, it offers a valuable resource for academics, technicians and policy-makers alike.

Author : Aditi Mukherji,Avinash Kishore
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Irrigation
ISBN : 9789290905158

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Tubewell Transfer in Gujarat by Aditi Mukherji,Avinash Kishore Pdf

In India public (government) tubewells were built with the intention of providing irrigation to all categories of farmers in a fair, equitable and affordable manner. However, most public tubewell programs across India have failed on all these counts. Efforts to transfer their management to water users too have met with little success. Nonetheless, the Gujarat Water Resources Development Corporation (GWRDC)-a state-owned public company-has achieved rare success in tubewell transfer by handing over management of around 60 percent of public tubewells in the Gujarat state to user groups. This study tries to identify the factors that helped in accelerating the transfer process and evaluate the performance of transferred tubewells against those owned by individuals and GWRDC. It also suggests some policy changes that can make the scheme function better and explores the replicability of the success achieved in Gujarat.

Author : Carlos Garces-Restrepo,Douglas L. Vermillion,Giovanni Munoz
Publisher : Fao
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015075643901

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Irrigation Management Transfer by Carlos Garces-Restrepo,Douglas L. Vermillion,Giovanni Munoz Pdf

The present water report is the final product emanating from efforts by FAO, IWMI and others to document and understand the implications of the irrigation sector embarking on a wide reform process. It is intended to be a knowledge synthesis document that captures the global experiences emerging from a wide-reaching process targeting the reform of the irrigation sector. This study indicates that irrigation management transfer (IMT) is an approach for irrigation sector reform with the potential to improve the sustainability of irrigation systems. The process requires inter alia strong political commitment, negotiations among stakeholders, and long-term capacity development. Irrigation management transfer should not be seen as a process that has a clear "beginning" and "end". While the former can be more easily identified, the latter is much more difficult to determine. In fact, IMT can be the initial stage of an evolving long reform process. The accompanying CD-ROM contains IMT country profiles and case studies, an international IMT e-mail conference, a bibliography and links.--Publisher's description.