Irrigation water management policies: Allocation and pricing principles and implementation experience

摘要: Food security and sustainable development require efficient use of water resources, especially in irrigation. Economic pricing can be an effective tool to achieve more use, provided it is supported by other policies implementation. Applying various cost recovery arrangements suggested for allocation. Any adverse impact on farmers' incomes must addressed reliable service accompany higher prices. Experience from several countries suggests a variety implementation issues. Essential complements are distribution rules technological choices at critical nodes the delivery system that allow farmers flexibility conserving response Among supporting institutions, users associations seem priority than markets.