Abstract:
Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) is tlie concept ttiat farmers or irrigation
water users participate with Irrigation Department or relevant irrigation management
organization on decision making and conducting irrigation activities in aspects of
construction and operation and maintenance as mutually agreed or determined.
Farmers or farmer organization can participate with irrigation department in four
stages such as project planning stage, pre-contract stage, construction stage and
operation and maintenance stage. In this research the focus is on how effective farmer
participation is in miner irrigation construction
Literature Review in this research carried out according to the research objectives.
Literature findings and discussion of direct involve officers in Provincial Irrigation
Department, North Central Province, through developing a questionnaire. Here in data
collection is aimed at three categories such as management staff, beneficiaries having
successful projects and beneficiaries having unsuccessful projects. All beneficiaries
covered six divisional secretaries.
The research concludes that there were many factors should improve for the
successfuiness of beneficiary participation projects in minor irrigation construction.
The findings have emphasized on training programs for beneficiaries about
construction principles. Farmer organization should be strengthening in financially
and pay monthly bill. Communication should develop with farmers such as monthly
site meetings, frequently site visits etc. Management staff should give continuous
support to maintain the cash flow of FOs during the construction process and should
be aware politician and policy makers
