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Tanowong Bwasao Irrigation

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The case study of Tanowong bwasao irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. As the water supply became inadequate to meet their cultivation needs, they decided to dig a 25 kilometer ditch to divert water from a new source, the Bwasao Stream, to their fields. Since...
09 Aug 2016

The Amphoe Choke Chai Water User Association, Isan region, northeastern Thailand

Case
The resource appropriated from A Chaek in Amphoe Choke Chai is water for irrigation. This case is regarded as a failed institutional arrangement compared to other WUAs in the Lam Pra Plerng Irrigation Project. The Lam Pra Plerng Irrigation Project was constructed by Thailand's Royal Irrigation Department, which organized four water user associations (WUAs) in the project area. Each WUA is divided into “chaeks” (a chaek is an area served by a common farm turn-out). One or two common...
09 Aug 2016