Water users associations and irrigation water use efficiency in costal oases areas of Gabes, South-eastern Tunisia

Mahdhi, Naceur

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“…As a consequence, many GDA face today serious financial problems and cannot implement properly water management actions. Moreover, a recent study (Mahdhi et al, 2021), points out the inefficiency of GDA in Tunisia, resulting from both management and engineering factors.…”

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Farmers’ perceptions of water management in Jemna oasis, Southern Tunisia

Farolfi¹,

Lavaine²,

Morardet³

et al. 2022

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Groundwater resources are a crucial driver of development. Since the 1970s, the expansion of irrigated land on the margins of the existing ‘traditional’ oases has been encouraged by the Tunisian authorities to enhance local development. As a result, oases in Southern Tunisia are currently facing sustainability concerns. This situation requires alternative water management approaches, in which local actors collaborate and contribute to the design of new rules. To understand Tunisian oasis farmers’ perceptions of water rules and public organisations, in 2021, we conducted an online survey in Jemna, an oasis in the Kebili region in Southern Tunisia. The picture that emerged from the online survey is that farmers in extension areas have distinctive characteristics but also similarities with farmers in the traditional oasis. Both types of farmers mainly cultivate date palm (monoculture), and, like farmers in the extensions, many farmers in the traditional oasis have a private borehole. All farmers in the Jemna oasis clearly perceive the limited availability and poor quality of the groundwater resource. However, they do not believe these problems cause conflict among farmers. They consider that, to solve possible conflicts and to ensure better water management in the oasis, collaboration among farmers is more effective than changes to rules issued by existing organisations. These preliminary results, if confirmed, can have important policy implications, as the farmers’ perceptions of water rules and organisations, as well as farmers’ willingness to collaborate, are crucial for a possible new approach to water management in the oasis.

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Farmers’ perceptions of water management in Jemna oasis, Southern Tunisia

Farolfi¹,

Lavaine²,

Morardet³

et al. 2022

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“…Innovation is a key issue addressing competitiveness and is strongly related to a high market-entrepreneurial orientation (Yagüe-Perales, Pérez-Ledo and March-Chorda 2020). This is especially of concern within a semi-arid region, where struggle for availability of water has been a constant (Jeder, Dbouba and Fouzai 2020; Mahdhi et al 2021). In Spain, in the last 25 years, more than one and a half million hectares of irrigated land have been modernised by changing the irrigation system and introducing innovative measures in both irrigation and cultivation, with the aim of achieving water savings and efficiency, as well as the improvement of the irrigator’s quality of life.…”

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Innovation in Irrigated Fields in a Semi-arid Region: Southeastern Spain Case

Gil-Meseguer

Bernabé-Crespo

Espín

2022

International Journal of Rural Management

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In Spain, in the last 25 years (1996–2020), more than a million and a half hectares of irrigated land have been modernised with irrigation systems. Almost half of this irrigated surface is immersed in a second generation of modernisation in order to be more efficient and save water and energy. This represents a strategic issue in a climate crisis scenario, to assure the quantity and quality of the productions of these irrigable areas, bases of market supply, agro-industries and sources of employment. Throughout this process, innovation was experienced (pressure irrigation, deficit irrigation, accurate irrigation, fertigation and nutrient solution, energy self-consumption, new crop varieties, hydroponic cultivation with or without substratum, etc.). The drivers of these innovations are the harvesting-exporting companies and the irrigation communities. This research is a diachronic study of regional geography; data are provided by official statistics and through extensive fieldwork and interviews with managers. The objective is to explain the irrigation innovation techniques undertaken in the semi-arid environment of Southeastern Spain, one of the driest regions in Europe.

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The role of institutional diversity in sustainable water use: Performance comparison among water user organizations

Ağizan,

Bayramoğlu,

Ağizan

et al. 2024

Irrigation and Drainage

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The aim of this study was to compare the performance of water user organizations (WUOs) in the agricultural sector in terms of their managerial efficiency. A survey was carried out across the study area to evaluate 67 WUOs, including irrigation cooperatives, municipalities, village legal entities (VLEs) and water user associations (WUAs). The findings were then used to create a management performance index. It has been determined that municipalities excel in terms of physical performance, irrigation cooperatives in enterprise and social performance and WUAs in institutional and investment performance. The general management performance index revealed that the most successful WUOs in the Konya closed basin were WUAs. Therefore, proposals have been put forward to begin institutionalization processes in other institutions to attain the successful institutionalization in WUAs. Additionally, the shift towards prepaid systems is recommended to mitigate collection problems, while water should be priced according to the full cost method. Finally, supporting the use of alternative energy sources for irrigation is crucial.

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Water users associations and irrigation water use efficiency in costal oases areas of Gabes, South-eastern Tunisia

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

Farmers’ perceptions of water management in Jemna oasis, Southern Tunisia

Farmers’ perceptions of water management in Jemna oasis, Southern Tunisia

Innovation in Irrigated Fields in a Semi-arid Region: Southeastern Spain Case

The role of institutional diversity in sustainable water use: Performance comparison among water user organizations

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