ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT BY FARMERS IN THE CHHATTIS MAUJA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, NEPAL

1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Research Questions 1.3 Framework for Analysis 1.4 Selection of A System for Study 1.5 Field Methods 1.6 Organization of the Findings 2. Descriptive Overview Of The Chhattis Mauja System 2.1 System Characteristics 2.2 Historical Development 2.3 Merger With The Sorah Mauja System 2.4 Present Status 2.5 Organization And Irrigation Related Institutions 2.6 Allocation Of Rights And Obligations Among Branch Canals: The Kulara System 2.7 Levels Of Organization 3. Management Of Operations 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Sample Branch Canals 3.3 Management Of Agriculture And Irrigation Events In 1988/89 3.4 Crop Calendar 3.5 Irrigation In The 1988 Rice Season 3.6 Irrigation In The 1988/89 Wheat Season 3.7 Irrigation In The 1989 Maize Season 3.8 Rice Seedbeds And Transplanting In 1989 3.9 Main Canal Water Distribution Procedure For Rice 3.10 Irrigation Management Pattern In The Sample Branches Hydrologic Characteristics Shaping 3.12 Operational Rules 3.13 Seepage And Percolation Rates 3.14 Level Of Groundwater Table 3.15 Reuse Of Drainage Water 3.16 Implication For Operational Rules 3.17 Decision-Making Authority 3.18 Joint System Level 3.19 Main System Level 3.20 Village Level 3.21 Decision Making And Outcome Examples 3.22 The Joint System 3.23 Free Riders 3.24 Rule Regarding Illegal Water Use From Main Canal 3.25 System-Level Accounts 3.26 Salary Review For The Meth Mukhtiyar 3.27 Fine For Absent Workers 3.28 Communication 4. Analysis Of Irrigation And Agricultural System Outputs 4.1 Goals Of Chattis Mauja Irrigation System 4.2 System-Level Goals 4.3 National-Level Goals 4.4 System-Level Water Distribution 4.5 Monsoon Rice Season 4.6 Water Distribution Compared To Water Allocation 4.7 Rice Yield 4.8 Rainfall Pattern 4.9 Water Status Plots 4.10 Analysis Of Monsoon Rice Irrigation Distribution 4.11winter Crops 4.12 Irrigation Distribution 4.13 Wheat Yield 4.14 Potential For Increasing The Area Growing Wheat 4.15 Spring (Dry Season) Crops 4.16 Irrigation Distribution For Maize 4.17 Maize Yield 4.18 Potential For Increasing The Area Growing Maize In The Dry Season 4.19 Rice Seedbeds And Transplanting 4.20 Irrigation Distribution 4.21 Irrigation Distribution Compared To Irrigation Allocation 4.22 Conclusion 5. Management Of Maintenance 5.1 Maintenance Rules 5.2 Changes In Maintenance Practices 5.3 System-Level Maintenance Rules 5.4 Village-Level Maintenance Rules 5.5 Canal Desilting 5.6 Main Canal Desilting Observation 5.7 Branch Canal Desilting Observation 5.8 Emergency Maintenance Observation 5.9 Materials And Equipment For Maintenance 5.10 System Maintenance And Improvement 5.11 External Assistance 5.12 Unilateral Decision By The Chairman 5.13 Additional Observations 5.14 Inflation Of Labor Records 5.15 Fertilizer Value Of Silt 6. The Cost System Operation And Maintenance 6.1 Resource Mobilization 6.2 Boundary For Cost Analysis 6.3 Cash Income And Expenditure 6.4 Village-Level Income 6.5 System-Level Income 6.6 Cash Expenditure 6.7 Cost Of System Operation And Maintenance 6.8 Cash And Labor Payment For Farmers 6.9 Analysis Of Farmer Payments 6.10 Village-Level Payment For Main System O&M 6.11 Effective Rate Of Taxation (Ert) 6.12 External Resources 6.13 Maintenance Reduction Through Physical Improvement 6.14 Additional Observations 7. Summary And Conclusion 7.1 Effectiveness Of The System's Institutions And Procedures 7.12 Tailoring Institutions To Meet The Need Of The System 7.3 The Alleged Free Rider Problem 7.4 Proportional Equivalence Of Benefits, Costs, And Representation 7.5 System Output Performance 7.6 Performance Compared To System-Level Goals 7.7 Performance Compared To National-Level Goals 7.8 Cost And Benefits Of Irrigation 7.9 Improvements 7.10 Can Production Be Increase? 7.11 Physical Improvements 7.12 External Assistance

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