Participatory rural appraisal for irrigation management research: lessons from IIMI's experience

The paper focuses on the use and potential for using PRA in irrigation management research. The first part of the paper focuses on irrigation management research. The second part looks at PRA techniques which are of potential use for irrigation management research. The third section describes experiences of using PRA for irrigation management research, with examples from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. A major finding of the literature review is that participation in irrigation management has become a normal way of thinking in the irrigation world, but that participation in irrigation management research is still fragmented. The paper concludes by advocating increased involvement of stakeholders in the research process, and makes some suggestions as to how this could be achieved.