This research examines the role of small irrigation schemes (SIS) in the South African water management system. We chose to study and interpret the difficulties surrounding the creation of water user associations (WUA), undertaken following the 1998 water reform, in SIS, using a representational approach. This research consists both of a deconstruction of the South African water management policy and an exploration of farmers’ social representations using three case studies. Analysing the interpretations and choices made by officials in the definition and implementation of WUA, the study shows repeated revisions of the institution’s design leading to a gradual exclusion of SIS from participation and undermining of their capacities to contri...
In the former bantustans of South Africa, most smallholder irrigation schemes, although moribund, ar...
Water is a vital resource for irrigated agricultural production. Its availability and accessibility ...
Farmer-led institutional innovations have been touted as the key to improving the management of wate...
This research examines the role of small irrigation schemes (SIS) in the South African water managem...
Cette recherche porte sur la place des petits périmètres irrigués (PPI) dans le système national de ...
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the “International Conference on Exploring Trans...
Good governance is a prerequisite for better management of common-use resources. Awareness of instit...
The 1998 South African water reform is a good example of an attempt to democratize water resource ma...
The 1998 South African water reform is a good example of an attempt to democratize water resource ma...
In line with the current focus of most developing countries to transfer management of communal irrig...
This document embodies the results of research conducted between November 2003 and March 2004 at the...
The 1998 South African water reform is a good example of an attempt to democratize water resource ma...
[i] Water Users Associations (WUAs) are all too often considered a panacea for improving water manag...
The paper investigates institutions and organisations dealing with the sharing of water at Dzindi, a...
The promotion of local governance and the transfer of water management responsibilities to Water Use...
In the former bantustans of South Africa, most smallholder irrigation schemes, although moribund, ar...
Water is a vital resource for irrigated agricultural production. Its availability and accessibility ...
Farmer-led institutional innovations have been touted as the key to improving the management of wate...
This research examines the role of small irrigation schemes (SIS) in the South African water managem...
Cette recherche porte sur la place des petits périmètres irrigués (PPI) dans le système national de ...
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the “International Conference on Exploring Trans...
Good governance is a prerequisite for better management of common-use resources. Awareness of instit...
The 1998 South African water reform is a good example of an attempt to democratize water resource ma...
The 1998 South African water reform is a good example of an attempt to democratize water resource ma...
In line with the current focus of most developing countries to transfer management of communal irrig...
This document embodies the results of research conducted between November 2003 and March 2004 at the...
The 1998 South African water reform is a good example of an attempt to democratize water resource ma...
[i] Water Users Associations (WUAs) are all too often considered a panacea for improving water manag...
The paper investigates institutions and organisations dealing with the sharing of water at Dzindi, a...
The promotion of local governance and the transfer of water management responsibilities to Water Use...
In the former bantustans of South Africa, most smallholder irrigation schemes, although moribund, ar...
Water is a vital resource for irrigated agricultural production. Its availability and accessibility ...
Farmer-led institutional innovations have been touted as the key to improving the management of wate...