Abstract:
Improvement of irrigation performance -The pressure to produce more food with fewer resources requires that performance in terms of both water and land utilization taut improves. To achieve this, irrigation managers, whether at national, system or farm level, need to work together and harder to meet the challenge of the future. In light of this scenario it is perhaps surprising that few irrigation institutions include rewards for high performance as an incentive for staff to try to improve productivity: most irrigation agencies have not adapted to the management challenge following their establishment and growth as design and construction agencies. At the same time, there are few clear and comprehensive guidelines available to agencies or managers that can help them in the institutional and technical transformations that are prerequisites for achieving high performance.
