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Optimizing Irrigation Management for Sustainable Agriculture

Learn practical means for improving irrigation management, enhancing productivity, resource mobilization, and sustainable system performance. Explore supply and control management, system design, participatory and decentralized management approaches.

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Optimizing Irrigation Management for Sustainable Agriculture

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  1. WELCOME SOURCE: www.oliverchamber.bc.ca TO PRESENTATION ON MANAGING IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  2. Norman Uphoff state the practical means for improving the way the irrigation bureaucracies operate ,and managers at all levels organized work, incentive and communication MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  3. Q) WHAT DO WE MEAN BY IRRIGATION? • Irrigation is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops or plants SOURCE:www.facstaff.bucknell.edu MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  4. Why do we need managing irrigation? • Greater production and productivity • Improved water distribution, which has two aspects: Greater reliability and predictability More equity in distribution • Reduction in conflicts : • Between the irrigation agency and water users • Between upstream and downstream water users MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  5. Greater resource mobilization: • contribution of labour and materials: • for construction and rehabilitation • for operation of the system, and • for maintenance of the system • Contribution of funds toward: • capital costs, and/or • recurrent costs MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  6. 5 Sustained system performances: • a) By managing water and soil resources so that the long term productivity of the system is maintained. • b) By intensifying production within the carrying capacity of the system generating more employment and sustaining more population. MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  7. ACTIVITIES TO GET THESE OBJECTIVES • The activities focused on irrigation can be summarized in terms of either • A supply management (acquisition and allocation ) • B control management (distribution and, if needed, drainage MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  8. Design and construction of irrigation system include two main activities • a) Creating structure (design and construction) • b) Managing them (operation and maintenance MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  9. The main aspect of managing irrigation structures whether by bureaucratic agency or membership association of users can be categorized as dealing with • a) The variability needed for good irrigation management, involving decision making and communication and • b) The cost associated with carrying out such management, particularly resource mobilization and conflict resolution. MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  10. MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  11. Measurement of system in terms of water distribution 5 DIMENSIONS ARE COVERED:- • Adequacy • Timeliness • Predictability • Equity • Convenience MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  12. Steps in improvement of system • Management by objective. • Participatory Management • Decentralized Management MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  13. Management by objective: The classic mode of management is for top decision makers to determine by themselves what shall be done, and how, and to instruct subordinates to carry out plan of work. The assignment of responsibilities are spelled out so that everyone knows what is expected of him or her and knows also what others are committed to do as their part of bargain MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  14. Elements in participatory management approach include the following • a) Presentation of management roles as functioning for facilitation more than for control of organization activities. • b)Encouragement of suggestions, giving subordinate recognition for useful ones so as to encourage more of them • c)Sharing credit for accomplishment widely and distributing blame fairly • d)Engaging staff in group and self diagnoses of shortcomings at individual and at organizational levels of performance. MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  15. Decentralized Management • Central managers, rather than undertake all decision making, resource mobilization, communication and conflict resolution themselves, can delegate some responsibilities of staff to lower levels. This will bring people together with different level of responsibilities facilitates vertical as well as horizontal flows of ideas and may be as crucial for the productivity effects as getting together people at same level. MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  16. The International Water Management Institute is a nonprofit scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in agriculture and on the water needs of developing countries sa MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  17. CONCLUSIONS • One of the main conclusions arising from reviewing irrigation bureaucracies across a variety of circumstances is the importance of thinking about their performance not as entities in themselves, but with respect to their objectives and environmental conditions. MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  18. The irrigation provided to fields generally is governed by two factors (i) the irrigation bureaucracy (ii) the user of irrigation system. Both the factors must work in such a tandem that a farmer can get optimum production and productivity after use of that irrigation system • In an irrigation bureaucracy, staff will have technical contributions to make within their respective areas of competence, but their interpersonal connections are part of their contributions to agency performance MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  19. REFRENCES: • Managing Irrigation by Norman Uphoff • http://www.fao.org/AG/agL/aglw/watermanagement/default.stm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  20. PRESENTED BY: KAPIL KULSHRESTHA(19) SANDEEP SAXENA (42) MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

  21. THANK YOU MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING TO BE OPTIMISED NOT MAXIMISED

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