Bandyopadhyay, SushenjitShyamsundar, PriyaXei, Mei2012-06-072012-06-072007-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7486Irrigation management transfer is an important strategy among donors and governments to strengthen farmer control over water and irrigation infrastructure. This study seeks to understand whether irrigation management transfer is meeting the promise of its commitments. The authors use data from a survey of 68 irrigator associations and 1,020 farm households in the Philippines to estimate the impact of irrigation management transfer on irrigation association performance and on rice yields. They also estimate a stochastic frontier production function to assess contributions to technical efficiency. There are three main results. First, the presence of irrigation management transfer is associated with an increase in maintenance activities undertaken by irrigation associations. Second, by increasing local control over water delivery, the presence of irrigation management transfer is associated with a 2-6 percent increase in farm yields. Rice production in irrigation management transfer areas is greater even after controlling for various differences among rice farmers in transfer and non-transfer areas. Third, irrigation management transfer is, at a minimum, poverty-neutral, and may even give the asset-poor a small boost in terms of rice yields. The authors speculate that this boost may be a result of increased timeliness of water delivery and better resolution of conflicts related to illegal use.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYCANAL IRRIGATIONCANAL MAINTENANCECLIMATE CHANGECOMMON PROPERTYCOMMUNAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMSCOMMUNITY FORESTRYCOVERINGCROP YIELDCROPPING INTENSITYDAMSDISTRIBUTION OF WATERDOWNSTREAM FARMERSDRAINAGEDRY SEASONENGINEERINGFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM OUTPUTFARM PRODUCTIONFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARMERFARMER ASSOCIATIONSFARMER GROUPSFARMER MEMBERSFARMER PARTICIPATIONFARMING COMMUNITIESFLOODSFOOD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLDSINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINTERNATIONAL WATERIRRIGATED FARMINGIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION AGENCIESIRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONIRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONSIRRIGATION DEPARTMENTSIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION DISTRICTSIRRIGATION FACILITIESIRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTUREIRRIGATION MANAGEMENTIRRIGATION MANAGEMENT TRANSFERIRRIGATION PROJECTSIRRIGATION SCHEMESIRRIGATION SECTORIRRIGATION SERVICEIRRIGATION SYSTEMIRRIGATION WATERIRRIGATION WATER DELIVERYLAND SIZENATIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMSNATURAL RESOURCESOUTPUT PRICESPACIFIC REGIONPARTICIPATORY IRRIGATIONPARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENTPIPESPOOR FARMERSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPRIVATE IRRIGATIONPRIVATE IRRIGATION SYSTEMSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTION GROWTHPROPERTY RESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESERVOIR IRRIGATIONRICE PRODUCTIONRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTSECONDARY CANALSSMALL FARMERSSMALL HOLDER IRRIGATIONSOUTH ASIANUSE OF WATERWATER AVAILABILITYWATER CONSERVATIONWATER DELIVERYWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER LOSSESWATER MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTWATER SUPPLYWATER USERWATER USER ASSOCIATIONWATER USER ASSOCIATIONSWATER USER FEESWATER USERSWATER USERS ASSOCIATIONSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4298