Empowerment of farmer organizations: case study of Farmer Managed Irrigated Agriculture Project, Sindh

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Murray-Rust, Hammond
Memon, Yameen
Talpur, Mustafa
Date
2001
Language
en
Type
Working Paper
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Murray-Rust, Hammond; Memon, Yameen; Talpur, Mustafa. 2001. Empowerment of farmer organizations: case study of Farmer Managed Irrigated Agriculture Project, Sindh. Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). iii, 20p. (IWMI Working Paper 019 / Pakistan Country Series 6) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.164
Permanent link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/39257
Internet URL: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Working_Papers/working/WOR19.pdf
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This paper reviews the conditions and progress towards empowerment of farmer organizations under the Farmer-Managed Irrigated Agriculture Project in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It discusses the conditions necessary to achieve the goal of an empowered and vitalized farmer organization, the issue of legal status, skill-building activities to build the capacity of the members to manage their own affairs, and institutional issues.
Subjects
FARMER MANAGED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; FARMERS' ASSOCIATIONS; IRRIGATION PROGRAMS; CASE STUDIES; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATED FARMING; FARMER PARTICIPATION; LEGAL ASPECTS; INSTITUTION BUILDING;
Countries
PAKISTAN
Regions
SOUTH ASIA
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