Peer Training as a Way to Motivate Institutional Change in Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems
This paper examines aspects of improving irrigation system performance through better farmer organisation. The paper reviews an action research project carried out on small, isolated irrigation systems built and managed by farmers in Nepal. Farmers in systems suffering from poor cooperative operation and maintenance were taken to observe the practice of well organised farmer managed systems. The positive impact associated with strong local organisations on performance were demonstrated to the visiting farmers.