Explaining Intervention Outcome in Farmer Managed Irrigation System

Abstract

Intervention can indeed impact a farmer managed irrigation system (FMIS) in many ways. Although the realization of this fact is creeping in, many still undermine the idea that focus should be given to understanding the dynamics of the intervention process and designing rules and implementing them effectively. With the aim of establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between intervention and its outcome, the present study used a change in cost sharing rules as a key variable. A case study of the Dumkibas Sinchai Yojana irrigation system in Nawalparasi district, Nepal, supports the idea that change in cost-sharing rules may indeed play a crucial role in shaping the outcome of the intervention and thus a necessary condition to explain successful outcome. [Abstact from CAB Direct]