Paddy Irrigation and Water Management in Southeast Asia Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Prologo
	Prefacio
	Avant-propos
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations and acronyms
	Summary	1
	Resumen	7
	Resume analytique	14
1	Introduction and background	21
2	Operation and maintenance: summary of the literature	23
	O&M performance	23
	Institutions	25
	Contributing factors	26
	Influence of O&M performance on production	27
3	Scheme sites and infrastructure	29
	Thailand	29
	Myanmar	30
	Vietnam	30
	Bangladesh	31
4	Operation and maintenance: systems and performance	32
	Agency level	32
	Irrigator level	34
	Water user groups	36
	Cost recovery	37
	Comparisons with flood control	38
5	Agro-economic impacts	40
	Agricultural impacts	40
	Farmers' financial benefits	43
	Economic rates of return	45
6	Influence of O&M performance on agro-economic impacts	48
	Agency maintenance	49
	Agency operations	49
	Irrigator maintenance	49
	Irrigator operations	50
	Conclusion	51
7	Findings and recommendations	52
	Findings	52
	Recommendations	58
Annex	Incremental and total paddy incomes per farm and per hectare	61
	References	63