Viewpoint – The politics of research on farmer-managed irrigation systems in Asia: Some reflections for Africa
This article presents a reconstruction of the 1980sʼ research-policy debate on farmer-managed irrigation systems (FMIS) in Asia. Such a reconstruction yields important lessons for the role of academic researchers in the current research-policy debate on African farmer-led irrigation development (F...
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| description | This article presents a reconstruction of the 1980sʼ research-policy debate on farmer-managed
irrigation systems (FMIS) in Asia. Such a reconstruction yields important lessons for the role of academic
researchers in the current research-policy debate on African farmer-led irrigation development (FLID). Two
interrelated insights stand out: (1) academic irrigation research was (and is) produced in an institutional context
that is infused with the politics of the professional tradition in irrigation, and more specifically, (2) academic
knowledge on the institutional heterogeneity of farmer-organized irrigation was (and is) incompatible with how
things really work in the institution of the irrigation tradition. These insights raise critical questions on the politics
of academic research on FLID, whose research agenda is really pursued, what roles do academic researchers want
to play, and how to make irrigation research in development more democratic? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed125cfc15314d398e2313520aa70a452022-12-22T01:05:59ZengWater Alternatives AssociationWater Alternatives1965-01751965-01752019-02-01121129145Viewpoint – The politics of research on farmer-managed irrigation systems in Asia: Some reflections for AfricaJanwillem Liebrand0Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsThis article presents a reconstruction of the 1980sʼ research-policy debate on farmer-managed irrigation systems (FMIS) in Asia. Such a reconstruction yields important lessons for the role of academic researchers in the current research-policy debate on African farmer-led irrigation development (FLID). Two interrelated insights stand out: (1) academic irrigation research was (and is) produced in an institutional context that is infused with the politics of the professional tradition in irrigation, and more specifically, (2) academic knowledge on the institutional heterogeneity of farmer-organized irrigation was (and is) incompatible with how things really work in the institution of the irrigation tradition. These insights raise critical questions on the politics of academic research on FLID, whose research agenda is really pursued, what roles do academic researchers want to play, and how to make irrigation research in development more democratic?http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol12/v12issue1/482-a12-1-8/fileIrrigationknowledgepolicypolitics of researchfarmer-managed irrigation systemsfarmer-led irrigation development |
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| title | Viewpoint – The politics of research on farmer-managed irrigation systems in Asia: Some reflections for Africa |
| title_full | Viewpoint – The politics of research on farmer-managed irrigation systems in Asia: Some reflections for Africa |
| title_fullStr | Viewpoint – The politics of research on farmer-managed irrigation systems in Asia: Some reflections for Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Viewpoint – The politics of research on farmer-managed irrigation systems in Asia: Some reflections for Africa |
| title_short | Viewpoint – The politics of research on farmer-managed irrigation systems in Asia: Some reflections for Africa |
| title_sort | viewpoint the politics of research on farmer managed irrigation systems in asia some reflections for africa |
| topic | Irrigation knowledge policy politics of research farmer-managed irrigation systems farmer-led irrigation development |
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