news update dec 09 · new icid vice presidents (2009-2012) dr. willem f. vlotman (australia) dr....

1 ICID News Update December 2009

Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture • Water for Food and Rural Development

News UpdateNews UpdateNews UpdateNews UpdateNews UpdateINTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

December 2009 Diamond Jubilee Year (1950-2009)

New ICIDVice Presidents

(2009-2012)Dr. Willem F. Vlotman (Australia)Dr. Willem F. Vlotman(born in 1952)obtained B.Sc. in CivilEngineering (1975),M.Sc. in AgriculturalEngineering (1982),Ph.D in Irrigation andA g r i c u l t u r a lEngineering (1985),and MBA inAgribusiness (2004)

At present he is working as Manager,Water Systems Improvement andSustainability Units, Goulbum-MurrayWater (G-NV), Tatura, Australia.

He has more than 34 years of experiencein channel hydraulics and hydrology;water simulation models, watermanagement; application of chainmanagement; optimizing crop production;computer programming and moderncomputer software applications; extensiveexperience in Institutional Strengtheningand Organizational Development ofresearch organizations, HumanResources Unit and Marketing and Publicrelations Unit. Dr. Vlotman is alsoassociated with various ProfessionalSocieties.

Dr. Vlotman authored and co-authored 7books, 70 reports and working papers,57 technical papers.

In ICID, Dr. Vlotman is the StrategyTheme Leader of ‘Systems’, ChairmanWorking Group on Drainage (WG-DRG),Secretary, Working Group onModernization of Irrigation Services (WG-MIS) and Observer in Asian RegionalWorking Group (ASRWG).

From Secretary General’s Desk...

Dear Friends,

I am delighted toinform you of thes u c c e s s f u lconclusion of the 60th

IEC and 5th AsianRegional Conferencein New Delhi lastweek in a veryremarkable manner. It was indeed ahallmark befitting the Diamond JubileeYear of ICID and as one could seeelsewhere in this News Update, the‘message galaxy’ amply speaks volumesof the event. We owe a great deal to ourhosts, the Indian National Committee onIrrigation and Drainage for havingreceived an impressive number ofdelegates both from foreign countriesand different States of the Indian Union.Attended by more than 700 participantswith about 230 foreign delegates from 47countries, the week long events assumedthe same dimension as of congresses.The Inauguration of the conference bythe Hon’ble Prime Minster of India withthe participation of the Union Ministers ofWater Resources at Cabinet and Statelevels added special value to the role ofICID in managing the agricultural waterand ensuring food security in the settingsof the developing nations. The ClosingCeremony was no less than the Inauguralfunction in as much as we had galaxy oflead figures in the Union Government ofIndia to speak before us – including theUnion Minister of Finance PranabMukerjee, Union Water ResourcesMinister Pawan Kumar Bansal, India’sPlanning Commission Deputy ChairmanMontek Singh Ahluwalia, Minister ofState Water Resources Vincent H. Pala,Minister of State of Communication andInformation Technology Sachin Pilot,Secretaries in the Central Governmentbesides INCID Chairman. In his inauguralspeech, President ChandraMadramootoo highlighted andacknowledged the Indian initiative 60years back to create ICID and praised

the arrangements made by the hostcountry for the events that coincide withthe Diamond Jubilee Year. A cherishablefeature of the occasion was the releaseof a special postage cover connotingICID’s Diamond Jubilee.

We had a very fruitful working groupmeetings well attended. The remarkableattendance that packed the hall insessions like climate change and others,special focus sessions on Mekong Basinand Aral Sea Basin issues added valueto the conference. IWMI/ ADB’s recentworks on Asia’s Future Irrigation and aninternational group meet on WaterGovernance are the other features.Overall, the very high level participationby not only political figures and farmersbut social groups assigned specialrelevance of ICID’s role in water for foodand the importance that the developingworld assigns to it. ICID family willcherish for long the good things thatemerged during the event.

This News Update is a bigger in sizethan usual to convey you all about theimportant aspects of Delhi events. Wecongratulate our three new VicePresidents: Willem Vlotman (Australia),Laszlo Hayde (Hungary) and A.K. Bajaj(India) who joined the galaxy of OfficeBearers. We had briefly summed up inthe Declaration the final outcome.

We thank once again INCID for theirexcellent hospitality and all others whostood by them like the Central Board ofIrrigation and Power as conferencefacilitators.

Let me take this opportunity to thank youall for your remarkable support during2009; and, Wish you a very Happy andRewarding New Year 2010.

Best Regards,

M. GopalakrishnanSecretary General

Season’s GreetingsSeason’s GreetingsSeason’s GreetingsSeason’s GreetingsSeason’s Greetings andandandandand Best Wishes for a HappyBest Wishes for a HappyBest Wishes for a HappyBest Wishes for a HappyBest Wishes for a Happy,,,,,Prosperous Prosperous Prosperous Prosperous Prosperous and Fruitful New Yearand Fruitful New Yearand Fruitful New Yearand Fruitful New Yearand Fruitful New Year



Dr. Laszlo G. Hayde (Hungary)

Dr. Laszlo G. Hayde(born in 1958)obtained Doctorate inFluid Mechanics fromTechnical Universityof Budapest (1995),M.Sc. in CivilE n g i n e e r i n g(Specialization inH y d r a u l i cEngineering, 1982).

At present Dr. Hayde is working asSenior Lecturer in Irrigation Engineering,UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands.

Dr. Hayde has more than 27 years ofexperience in consulting, education andresearch in : Water and environmentalplanning and management, hydraulicengineering, fluid mechanics, EU WaterFramework Directive, environmentallysound solutions in Hydraulic engineering,environmental impacts and assessment;19 years of experience in educationmanagement, organization of educationalprogrammes, curricula development etc.He is also associated with variousprofessional societies. Dr. Hayde hasauthored and co-authored 1 book, 2book chapters, 2 Journal papers and 5peer reviewed publications.

In ICID, Dr. Hayde has been SecretaryGeneral of HUCID (2002-2005) andbecame Vice President of HUCID in2008. At present Dr. Hayde is Secretaryof European Regional Working Group(ERWG), Members of Working Group onHistory of Irrigation, Drainage and FloodControl (WG-HIST) and Permanent

Finance Committee (PFC). He edited theICID Publication “Danube Valley, Historyof Irrigation and Flood Control” in 2004.He was also Observer in ICID’s erstwhileWorking Group on Capacity Building,Training and Education (WG-CBTE).

Mr. A.K. Bajaj (India)

Mr. A.K. Bajaj (bornin 1951) obtained B.E.Hons. in MechanicalEngineering and M.Tech in FluidsEngineering andWater Resourcessubjects.

At present, Mr. Bajajis working asChairman, Central Water Commissionand Ex-officio Secretary to Governmentof India, Ministry of Water Resourcessince April 2008.

Mr. Bajaj has more than 35 years ofexperience in Planning, design andconceptualization of Water resources ofthe country at macro level, appraisal ofmajor and medium multipurpose waterresources projects, undertaking floodmanagement activities on an annualbasis and advising the CentralGovernment. He has written manytechnical papers which have beenpresented or published in variousJournals.

In ICID, Mr. Bajaj is a member ofPermanent Committee for TechnicalActivities (PCTA) and ICID StaffCommittee. He has also become amember of PFC in 2009.

Best Paper Award 2009The Best Paper Award was instituted byICID in 2006. The Award is given to thebest paper published in the issues of theJournal in the preceding year. Thedecision on the best paper award ismade by the Editor in consultation withthe Associate Editors.

This year the Best Paper Award 2009 isawarded to Ms. Jianxin Mu (China),Dr. Shahbaz Khan (Australia); andDr. Gao Zhanyi (China) in recognition oftheir outstanding paper titled “IntegratedWater Assessment Model for WaterBudgeting Under Future Development

Scenarios in Qiantang River Basin ofChina” published in Issue 57.4 of Irrigationand Drainage – The Journal of ICID. Theaward was a citation plaque and GiftBooks from M/s. Wiley-Blackwell (UK),the publisher of our Journal.

Congratulations to all awardees.

Winners of WatSaveAwards 2009

Technology Award

Prof. Dr Rai Niaz Ahmad’s ‘Wheat BedPlanter’ won him the WatSaveTechnology Award 2009. The bed planting

machine developstwo beds and threefurrows in singleoperation. It isdesigned to plant fourrows on one bed. Afurrow for irrigationseparates each bed.There is a buffer zone in the center offour rows on the bed. The machinedevelops two lines of crop on both sidesof the furrow. Each furrow irrigates only20 cm (8 inches) of the adjacent bed. Thecenter to center distance of two beds is90 cm (36 inches) with a bed of 60 cm(24 inches). Thus, the machine hasprovision to plant 4 lines in 90 cm (36inches) width while maintaining thetraditional plant population. This saved45% of water compared to traditionalmethods, with 17% increase in yield. Themachine has been used for other crops(cotton, maize and rice with different butsimilarly impressive results). The waterproductivity improvements were achievedon 815 ha at four locations, but thetechnology has great potential (8.4 Mhaof wheat in Pakistan alone). Pleaseaccess ICID website for more details.

The work of Dr. Ahmad can be moresuccinctly termed as “Bed PlantingMachine”. Congratulations to the awardwinner.

Young Professional Award

Dr. Malcolm Gillies’work on ‘Developmentand application ofinnovative andadvanced simulationtools for theevaluation andoptimisation ofsurface irrigationsystems’ won him theYoung Professionals Award 2009. Hiswork was for software (simulation tools)for the inverse solution of the volumerequired for surface irrigation (furrow,bay or basin) capable of dealing withvariable conditions by virtue of beingbased on measurement of actual advanceand runoff.

Performance gains (water savings) inexcess of 20% are readily achievable insurface irrigation systems through theprocess of evaluation and practicechange. Surface irrigation remains the



dominant irrigation method in Australia at70% of the total area irrigated (in excessof 1,000,000 ha and 4,000,000 ML).Measurements of performance acrossthe main surface irrigated crops (cotton,grains, sugar and pasture) showapplication efficiencies ranging from 20to 90% but averaging about 50%.Selection of more appropriate flow ratesand irrigation times better suited to thespecific soils can raise averageefficiencies to above 70%. Please accessICID website for more details.

The work of Dr. Gillies can be moresuccinctly termed as “An ObservationalApproach to the Optimisation of SurfaceIrrigation”. Congratulations to the awardwinner.

Innovative Water ManagementAward

Messrs ShahajiM a n i k r a oSomawanshi, BharatKawale and SanjayMadhukar Belsare’swork on

‘Transformation ofirrigation throughmanagement transfer’

won them theWatSave InnovativeWater ManagementAward 2009.

Participatory IrrigationManagement (PIM)was introduced in the project in 1990 with3 Water User Associations (WUAs). In2004, 24 WUAs took over the operationand maintenance of the entire irrigationscheme. Water is supplied volumetricallyat the head of canal and subsequentlythe Project Level Water Users Association(PLWUA) distributes the water among 24WUAs as per their demand andentitlements. The PLWUA collects watercharges from its member associations.Management transfer to PLWUA hasresulted in to 100% utilization of irrigation

potential, saving in water, cropdiversification, and 100% collection ofwater charges. In this way average areairrigated increased from 3,212 ha to10,750 ha after the management transferover a period of 15 years.

The big improvement in water productivityappears to have come in the last 5 yearswith management based on assuredentitlements of volumetric bulk suppliesthat have increased the irrigated area byabout a third with more or less the sameamount of water at the canal head.Please access ICID website for moredetails.

The work of Messrs Shahaji ManikraoSomawanshi, Bharat Kawale and SanjayMadhukar Belsare can be more succinctlytermed as “Increased Productivity fromParticipatory Management of Bulk WaterEntitlements”. Congratulations to theaward winners.

Special Recognition

Additionally, the Panel of Judgesrecommended recognising the farmerinitiative on “Rainwater Conservationthrough Natural Cracks in Deep BlackSoils” by Mr. Arvind Narayanrao Nalkande(India). The 4692 sq. km area of thePurna valley of Vidarbha region inMaharashtra, India characterized by highclay content (50-70%), alkaline inreaction, calcareous with slowpermeability. The soils have low hydraulicconductivity and thus become susceptibleto poor drainage. Some areas havesodicity problem in the sub soil. Thefarmers of the valley face problems likewater stagnation in rainy season, poordrainage, deterioration of soil structure,moisture stress and soil erosion. Keepingin view the problems at grass root level,Mr. Arvind Nalkande adopted a simpleaffordable and efficient technique of rainwater management and soil erosioncontrol. He adopted the following steps– (i) Use of natural soil cracks forconservation of rainwater, (ii) Contourcultivation for in situ soil and waterconservation, (iii) Use of farm pond forcollecting runoff, and (iv) Reuse of waterfrom farm pond as a protective irrigationduring prolonged monsoon break. Thus,Mr. Arvind Nalkande practiced the modelof in situ rain water conservation inDhamodi village and achieved the

New Additions toICID’s TDS Database

(November 2009)The additions during the month to the TDSDatabase are:

Article Section – 55 additions (Articles/ Papers)

(i) Hydropower & Dams, 2009, Vol. 16,No. 5 (11 articles)

(ii) Paddy and Water Environment,September 2009, Vol. 7, No. 3 (10articles)

(iii) Natural Resources Journal, 2008,Vol. 48, No. 3 (4 articles)

(iv) WMO Bulletin, July 2009, Vol. 58,No. 3 (9 articles)

(v) Lakes & Reservoirs – Research andManagement, September 2009, Vol.14, No. 3 (7 articles)

(vi) Journal of Indian Water ResourcesSociety, July 2009, Vol. 29, No. 3 (8articles)

(vii) International Water Power & DamConstruction, September 2009, Vol.61, No. 9 (2 articles)

(viii) Water and Energy International, April-June 2009, Vol. 66, No. 2 (4 articles)

Book Section – 10 additions; till date31429 additions have been made to TDSdatabase. The Text Delivery Service(TDS) has received two requests duringthe period from India and Iran.

The Text Delivery Service (TDS) databasecan be accessed by visiting ICID website:www.icid.org.

following aspects – (i) Utilization of theland according to its physical properties,(ii) Conserved as much rain water aspossible at the place where it falls, (iii)Drained out excess water with a safevelocity and diverted it to storage pondsand stored it for future use, (iv) Avoidedgully formation and controlled soil erosionand recharged ground water, and (v)Maximized productivity per unit area andper unit of water.

He practiced these techniques in his ownfield and after visible benefits, hedemonstrated these techniques to thefarmers and promoted the practicalimplementation on the farmers field in hisvillage. Please access ICID website formore details.

Congratulations to the award winner.



Messages from Dignitaries on the Occassion of60th International Executive Council Meeting and

5th Asian Regional Conference6-11 December 2009, New Delhi, India



We have impressive Messages from

the Chief Ministers of several State

Governments in India. These will be

brought out in subsequent issues

(for want of space).



In the Diamond Jubilee Year of ICID, the 60th

International Executive Council (IEC) meetingand 5th Asian Regional Conference (ARC) ofthe International Commission on Irrigationand Drainage (ICID) were held during 6-11December 2009 at Vigyan Bhawan in NewDelhi, India. The theme of the 5th AsianRegional Conference was “Improvement inEfficiency of Irrigation Projects throughTechnology Up-gradation and BetterOperation & Maintenance”.

During above events, over 32 ICID Workbodymeetings and 6 Special Sessions were held.The papers received for 5th Asian RegionalConference were presented in 20 TechnicalSessions. The events were organized by theIndian National Committee of ICID (INCID)under the dynamic leadership of Mr. A.K.Bajaj, Chairman of CWC / INCID and thesupport from Central Board of Irrigation &Power (CBIP).

More than 700 delegates from 47 countries ofwhich 230 were foreign delegates participatedin various events. The highlights of the abovemeetings were:

Opening Ceremony

The 5th Asian Regional Conference wasinaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh. Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal,Hon’ble Union Minister of Water Resources,Mr. Vincent H. Pala, Hon’ble Minister of Statefor Water Resources, Mr. U.N. Panjiar,Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, Mr.A.K. Bajaj, Chairman, Central WaterCommission / Indian National Committee ofICID, Prof. Dr. Chandra A. Madramootoo,President of ICID and Er. M. Gopalakrishnan,Secretary General, ICID graced the occasion.

Exhibition

An impressive number of international andnational agencies, manufacturers of irrigationand drainage products put their stalls inan exhibition which was inaugurated byHon’ble Union Minister of Water ResourcesMr. Pawan Kumar Bansal.

New Vice Presidents

• Dr. Willem F. Vlotman (Australia)• Dr. Laszlo G. Hayde (Hungary)• Mr. A.K. Bajaj (India)

Secretary General

Secretary General Gopalakrishnan’s presentterm was extended till December 2010.

The ICID WatSave Award Winners

• Technology Award – Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad(Pakistan)

Highlights of the 60th IEC Meeting and 5th ARC at New Delhi, India• Innovative Water Management

Award – Mr. S.M. Somawanshi,Mr. Bharat Kawale and Dr. Sanjay M.Belsare (India)

• Young Professionals Award –Dr. Malcolm Gillies (Australia)

• Special Recognition – Mr. ArvindNarayanrao Nalkande, a farmer fromIndia.

Best Paper Award 2009 was presented toMs. Jianxin Mu (China), Dr. Shahbaz Khan(Australia); and Dr. Gao Zhanyi (China) inrecognition of their paper in Irrigation andDrainage (Issue 57.4).

MoU - Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)was signed for Bilateral Collaboration betweenInternational Commission on Irrigation andDrainage (ICID) and Ministry of Energy,Islamic Republic of Iran through IranianNational Committee on Irrigation and Drainage(IRNCID).

New Chairs, Vice Chairs and Secretaries ofICID Workboides

• Vice Presidents Dr. A. Hafied A. Gany(Indonesia) and Mr. Shinsuke Ota (Japan)will serve as Chairman and Vice-Chairmanof PCSPOA.

• Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran) will serve asnew Chairman of WG-HIST.

• Dr. Gerhard Backeberg (South Africa) willserve as New Chairman of TF-FIN.

• Ir. Henk P. Ritzema (The Netherlands)and Dr. Ruey-Chy Kao (Chinese Taipei)will serve as new Vice-Chairman andSecretary of the WG-SDTA, respectively.

• Dr. Laszlo G. Hayde (Hungary) will serveas new Vice-Chairman of PFC.

• Mr. R.C. Jha (India) will serve as newVice-Chairman of TF-POVERTY.

• Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran) and Dr. TakaoMasumoto (Japan) will serve as new Vice-Chairman and Secretary of theWG-CAFM.

• Dr. Marcel Kuper (France) and Dr. BruceLankford (UK) will serve as new AssociateEditors of the EB-JOUR.

• Mr. L.C. Tollefson (Canada) will serve asnew Vice-Chairman of the WG-CROP.

• Dr. Ray Shyan Wu (Chinese Taipei) willserve as new Secretary of WG-CLIMATE.

• Dr. Adama Sangare (Mali) and Mr. AndrewSanewe (South Africa) will serve as newChairman and Vice Chairman of AFRWG.

New Task Force

• Task Force on ‘Water for Bio-Energy andFood’

Re-named ICID Workbody/ Newsletter

• ST-ARAL renamed as Working Group on

“Irrigation and Drainage in States withTransition Economy”

• ICID quarterly newsletter renamed ICIDNews

Publications released

• Publication released during the OpeningCeremony was “Water ResourcesDevelopment in India”.

• ICID Multilingual Technical Dictionary onIrrigation and Drainage (2010).

• ICID@60 (CD-ROM).

New Member Countries of ICID

• Applications from Cameroon and Fijihave been accepted.

Congresses / Conferences / Workshops

• WG-CROP proposes to organize aworkshop on “Water Saving andConservation” in October 2010 atYogyakarta, Indonesia.

• 24th ICID European Regional Conferencewill be held in December 2010 at Orleans,France.

• WG-PQW proposes to organize aworkshop on “Water Quality and Irrigation”in October 2011 at Tehran, Iran.

• 25th ICID European Regional Conferencewill be held during 16-20 May 2011 atGroningen, The Netherlands.

• 63rd IEC and 7th Asian Regional Conferencewill be held in 2012 at Adelaide, Australia.

• 65th IEC and 22nd ICID Congress will beheld in 2014 in South Korea.

Closing Ceremony

Hon’ble Union Finance Minister Mr. PranabMukherjee was the Chief Guest for theClosing Ceremony. Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal,Hon’ble Union Minister of Water Resources,Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman,Planning Commission, Mr. Vincent H. Pala,Hon’ble Minister of State for Water Resources,

Mr. Sachin Pilot, Hon’ble Minister of State forCommunications & Information Technology,Mr. U.N. Panjiar, Secretary of Ministry ofWater Resources, Mr. S. Manoharan,Additional Secretary, Ministry of WaterResources, Mr. A.K. Bajaj, Chairman, CentralWater Commission / Indian NationalCommittee of ICID, Prof. Dr. Chandra A.Madramootoo, President of ICID and Er. M.Gopalakrishnan, Secretary General, ICIDgraced the occasion.

A Special Postal cover marking the‘Diamond Jubilee Year’ (1950-2009)of ICID was released during theClosing Ceremony.



INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE48 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021, India, Tel : 91-11-2611 5679, 91-11-2611 6837, 91-11-2467 9532

Fax : 91-11-2611 5962; E-Mail : [email protected]; Website : http://www.icid.orgEditor : Dr. V.K. Labhsetwar, Director; DTP : K.D. Tanwar, Central Office

60TH International Executive Council Meeting and5th Asian Regional Conference, 6-11 December 2009, New Delhi, India

The Indian National Committee on Irrigationand Drainage (INCID) hosted the eventsbefore you on the theme “Improvement inefficiency of irrigation projects throughtechnology upgradation and betteroperation and management”. More than 700professionals, experts, researchers, policymakers, managers, donors, developmentpartners, and representatives from national,international organizations from 47 countriesparticipated in the event.

Global food demand is expected to doubleover the next 25-30 years. An increase inirrigated area and consequent increase in

water withdrawals for food production istherefore imperative. This conference isvery much timely in view of the worldwideissue of soaring food prices impacted byglobal financial turmoil. Many nationalgovernments, particularly in emerging andleast developed countries would have toput major efforts to achieve the requiredincrease in food production. This globalevent provided an important platform fordiscussing issues, experiences, bestpractices, innovative ideas and challengesin agricultural water managementspecifically focusing on technological

upgradation and improvement of watermanagement in the Asian region. Morethan 190 technical papers were presentedin the Conference covering wide range oftechnical, institutional, legal issues ofirrigation development and management

The Conference was inaugurated by Hon’blePrime Minister of India, Dr. ManmohanSingh, who highlighted the challenge offood demand, climate change, floods anddrought requiring integrated approach intoresource management to conserve waterand ensure equitable distribution ofresources, through citizen and State actions.

Delhi Declaration

Preamble

Realizing the growing population,industrialization and urbanization;Foreseeing the increased demand forprecious water resources for variouspurposes particularly for agriculture;Recognizing the enormous challengesand complexities associated with thewater sector;Considering the likely impact of ClimateChange on agricultural land and waterresources; and

In due consideration of the transactions anddeliberations in various technical workinggroups, special sessions, and the AsianRegional Conference it was resolved that:

There is an urgent need for implementingvarious strategies and measures to boostagricultural production utilizing theavailable water and land resources withthe highest efficiency possible in contextto the social, economic and ecologicalfactors. Since secured food productioncomes mostly from irrigated agriculture,especially in semi-arid and arid countries,it calls for a considerable improvement inthe overall performance of the irrigationand drainage sectorAbout 70%, a major part of the world’sirrigated area lies in the Asian region, asis its share of global population.Agricultural Water Management in Asiancountries plays a crucial role not only incoping with food demand but also inalleviation of poverty, especially in rural

areas. National Governments need toinvigorate their focus in modernization/ improvement of publicly operatedirrigation and / or drainage schemescreating a synergy between agriculturaland water policies with a view tosecuring food.Recognizing the enormous challengesand complex issues facing the irrigationsector, increased investment both frompublic and private sources not only forexpansion of irrigation area but also formodernizing existing infrastructurethrough the appropriate institutionalarrangements are needed. Privatesector is urged to come forward anddischarge their social responsibility inwater and food sector.Farmers, as the principal stakeholders,should be consulted. Women play abig role in food production. ParticipatoryIrrigation Management (PIM) with wellintroduced reforms can enhanceirrigation performance. National andregional governments and donoragencies are urged to support PIM,and encourage reforms by mobilizingfinancial and technical sources. Thereis a need to make Water UserAssociations (WUAs) economicallysound and legally empowered.Enhanced support is needed forresearch and development, capacitybuilding, improved extension servicesin the dissemination of technology/

information/ knowledge among allstakeholders, especially farmers.Promote best agricultural technologiesand their dissemination to reach up tothe level of the farmers.Taking into consideration the likelyimpacts of climate change on theavailability of water resources and cropyields, national governments andrelated organizations are called uponto develop work plans for adoption/mitigation measures and encouragetheir implementation.An integrated approach of agriculturaldrainage by developing and adoptingmodern technologies and tools suitedto local conditions for the reclamationof waterlogged and saline areas isrequired right from planning /implementation stage.The public private partnership indevelopment and management of waterresources for irrigation with theinvolvement of local stakeholders toensure efficient management of thescarce water resources is to be givenimmediate attention.Encouraging an increase in investmentin water resources sector, particularlyin irrigation, from both private andpublic sources will create a properenvision for a thrust in action orientedprogramme.

news update dec 09 · new icid vice presidents (2009-2012) dr. willem f. vlotman (australia) dr....

Documents