Participatory Irrigation Management, and Development

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Participatory Irrigation Management, and
Development (PIMD) in CAMBODIA
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W-1

• What is Cambodia
• Key Principles of PIMD
• What is PIMD?

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What is Cambodia

• TThe Total Land Areas 181,035 Km2
• TThe Cultivated Areas3.8 Million ha
• TTwo Seasons Wet (May-Nov.) and Dry (Dec.-May)
• TThe Major Crop and Staple Food Rice
• TThe Total Number Population 13 Million
• TThe Water Source Mekong, Bassac, Tonle Sap
• TThe Total Irrigated Area 407,000 ha
•  The Total Specific Number of Irrigation Schemes
  1000 Including Small, Medium, and Large Scale
• Yearly National Budget for the Irrigation Sector
  1MUS/Y
• RResources from the External Donor for the
  Irrigation Sector During the Last 3 years 3 M
  US/Y

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Key Principles

•      Mobilizing support for PIMD,
•       PIMD policies
•       Organizational changes and management
  transfer,
•       Implementation of PIMD,
•       Water delivery, maintenance and
  modernization
•       Financing the irrigation sector
•       Support services for sustainable PIMD
•       Outcomes and impacts of PIMD.

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What is PIMD

• PIMD is the empowerment of farmers through
  establishment of legal farmer water users
  community.
• PIMD transfers irrigation system management from
  MOWRAM to farmer water users community.

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Structure of PIMD
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PIMD in Cambodia

• Implemented the existed National Policy on PIMD
  Prakash 306 to organize the FWUC
• Water Fee Determination and Collection
• X1X2X3X4X5
• Y -------------------------- 20 of
  Increasing Yield
• Irrigated Areas
• Where, X is the OM costs
• X1 expenditure on the maintenance and repair
• X2 expenditure on the fuel (incase of
  pumping)
• X3 expenditure on the contribution to the
  FWUC
• X4 expenditure on administration
• X5 expenditure on the contingency
• Y ISF per hectare

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PIMD in Cambodia (Continue)

• In year one the government shares 80 and the
  farmer members 20
• In year two the government shares 60 and the
  farmer members 40
• In year threethe government shares 40 and the
  farmer members 60
• In year fourthe government shares 20 and the
  farmer members 80
• and, in the year five the government shares 0
  and the farmer members 100

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PIMD in Cambodia (Continue)

• ? Organized 84 FWUCs including 69,935families.
• ? Covered cultivated areas
• Wet season 42,450 ha
• Dry season 22,139 ha
• This Reform Process in Irrigation sector has been
  strongly supported and supporting by the RGC.
• The Reform Process is also encouraged and
  supported by the Water Law.
• The Reform is supported and assisted by the
  internal and external donors

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W-2 Why PIMD? Constraints

• Low profitability of irrigated agriculture
• Low productivity of irrigated agriculture
• Poorly developed markets, roads and financial
  services in rural areas
• Lack of strong rural institutions and providers
  of support services for irrigated agriculture
• Weak legal status of FWUC
• Lack of clear land law

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Why PIMD?

• PIMD modifies the government administration into
  responsive, demand-oriented management by water
  users.
• PIMD can reduce the requirements for government
  staff and duplicated resources in the irrigation
  sector.
• PIMD help farmers to diversify and intensify
  crops, and develop agri-business enterprises.
• PIMD has increased the amount of funds available
  in the FWUCs for OM.
• PIMD promote empowerment of farmers through
  development of strong FWUCs which may response an
  entire irrigation scheme. This provided the
  opportunities for more integrated water
  management, agricultural development and
  marketing strategies.

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W-3

• When PIMD?
• Establish the National Secretariat for PIMD as
  soon as we can.