IRRIGATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS

1. Irrigation System Performance Assessment And Diagnosis 1.1 The Growing Concern For Improvement Of Irrigation Performance 1.2 Description Of The Project And Its Objectives 1.3 Layout Of This Paper 2.Performance , Performance Indicators And Performance Frameworks 2.1 Resource Use And Performance 2.2 Definitions Of Performance And Performance Indicators 2.3 Standards Mof Comparison 2.4 Performance Indicators In Business 2.4.1 Overall Performance 2.4.2 Operational Control 2.4.3 Strategic Control 2.4.4 Using Performance Indicators In Business 2.5 Performance In Irrigated Agriculture 2.5.1 An Overall Framework For Performance Assessment And Diagnosis 2.5.2 Target And Objective Achievement 2.5.3 Organizations And Customers In Irrigation 2.6 Focusing On Irrigation System Performance 3. Design-Management Environments And Irrigation System Management Objectives 3.1 Design Management-Environments 3.2 Physical Design Of Canal Irrigation Systems 3.2.1 Upstream Control System 3.2.2 Downstream Control Systems 3.3 Water Allocation Principles 3.3.1 Water Rights 3.3.2 Conditionally Of Water Rights 3.4 Institutional And Organizational Conditions 3.4.1 Staffing Level And Skills 3.4.2 Financial Resources 3.4.3 Implementation Responsibility 3.4.4 Planning Functions 3.4.5 Internal Procedures 3.4.6 Incentives And Accountability 3.5 Design-Management Interrelationships 3.5.1 Interrelationships Between Design And Operational Objectives 3.5.2 Adequacy 3.5.3 Reliability 3.5.4 Equity 3.5.5 Design Implications For Operation 3.5.6 Design Implications For Maintenance 3.6 Assessing Performance In Different Design Environments 4. Performance In Fixed Division Systems 4.1 Design Differences In Fixed Division Systems 4.2 Fixed Overflow Systems 4.2.1 Water Distribution Equity 4.2.2 Adequacy 4.2.3 Reliability 4.3submerged Orifice Systems 4.3.1 Water Distribution Equity 4.3.2 Adequacy 4.3.3 Reliability 5. Performance In Gated Division Systems 5.1 Operational Flexibility Of Gated Division Systems 5.2 Systems With Little Cross-Regulation 5.2.1 Equity Of Water Distribution At Main And Secondary Level 5.2.2 Water Distribution At Tertiary Level 5.2.3 Adequacy 5.2.4 Reliability 5.3 Systems With Fixed Cross-Regulation 5.3.1 Water Distribution Equity 5.4 Systems With Gated Cross-Regulation 5.4.1 Water Distribution Equity 5.4.2 Reliability 6. Lessons Learned From The Case Studies 6.1 Lack Of Evidence Of An Effective Performance Assessment Framework 6.2 Lack Of Clearly Stated Objectives 6.3 Target And Objective Mismatches 6.4 Assessment Of Operational Performance 6.5 Assessment Of Performance Between Systems 6.5.1 Equity 6.5.2 Reliability 6.5.3 Adequacy 7. Proposition For Improving Performances 7.1 Objective Setting 7.2 Operational Management 7.3 Information Feedback And Management Control 7.4 Institutional And Other Management Conditions 8. Sustaining Irrigation Performance 8.1 Long-Term Aspects Of Performance 8.2 Sustainability Of Performance Without External Change 8.2.1 Waterlogging , Salinity , And Soil Degradation 8.2.2 Health 8.2.3 Inequitable Access To Benefits Of Irrigation 8.3 Management Response To External Changes 8.3.1 Competition For Water Resources 8.3.2 Declining Water Resources Availability 8.3.3 Changes In Agricultural Demand 8.3.4 Financial Sustainability 8.3.4 Competition For Land Or Labour 9.Conclusion 9.1 Opportunities For The Future

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