Water Control: State Intervention and Farmer Cooperation - A Study of Farmland Water Conservancy in Five Villages of Jingmen

Author: Luo Xingzuo
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book uses the water management practices of five villages in Jingmen City, Jianghan Plain, as its narrative framework to explore the relationship between state intervention and farmer cooperation in water management against the backdrop of changes in the relationship between the state and rural society. The author argues that state intervention and farmer cooperation are prerequisites for effective supply of farmland irrigation. The current market-oriented water management system reform has and led to the decline of farmland irrigation construction, with the most important reason being the state's withdrawal and the disintegration of farmer cooperation. Therefore, institutional arrangements for farmland irrigation that suit China's context must seek the best combination among the state, the market, and the village.