Farmer Water User Community (FWUC) 3rd CDN meeting, 19 May 2013

What is FWUC? organizations of farmers established in order to own, operate and maintain the irrigation system and related infrastructure that serve the land that they cultivate.

FWUC committee FWUC committee normally consists of 4 persons as FWUC executive committee 3 persons per group as FWUG committee 2 persons per sub-group Number of group and sub-group divided depending on branch canal and area irrigated

FWUC structure FWUC FWUG Sub-group

Role and responsibility of FWUC committee Manage whole irrigation area Functioning by statutes approved by MOWRAM Hold a general meeting Decision of water distribution plan Decision and collecting irrigation service fee

FWUG Implementing the work program of the Community; Coordinating between members of FWUG and community; and Collecting irrigation service fee from the members according to the terms set by the community

Sub-group Collecting fee Manage side canal Join FWUC committee meeting

Stakeholders/partners involved Local authorities ( village, commune, district and provincial level) Line department/ministry Private Water Seller (PWS)

Irrigation Service Fee setting up (ISF) FWUC executive committee draft the ISF (statute) Consultation meeting at village basis Finalize the ISF Normally, it is 150kg/ha/yr The fee can be in the form of rice or money

Fee payment Without PWS, Farmers pay ISF directly to FWUC ( Farmers pump water from the canal by themselves) With PWS, Farmers pay water fee to PWS according to number of cropping ( water fee can be ranged from 300,000- 450,000 riel/ha) and PWS pay ISF to FWUC

What Officially FWUC need to have Statute/by-law Bank account Committee ( organizational chart) 5-year maintenance plan

Steps in FWUC establishment and Capacity building ( by PDOWRAM) Meeting with local authorities Village meeting to introduce PIMD ( Participatory Irrigation Management and Development) and Objective of forming FWUC Sub-group leader election FWUG leader election FWUC committee election

Draft and finalize statute/by-law Consultation meeting at village basis Draft and finalize 5-year maintenance plan

FWUC capacity building Operation ( 6 lessons) Maintenance (7 lessons) Additional course (10 lessons)

What CAVAC do for irrigation? Construction and O&M Consultation with PDOWRAM to identify potential canal to be rehabilitated Site visit Feasibility study Canal alignment identification and pegging Land-loss check Topography ( PDOWRAM)

Detail design (CAVAC) Bidding- Temporary monitor committee setting up (community) Construction FWUC establishment and capacity building

Main canal

Secondary canal

Delivery canal

Canal alignment identification activities

Concrete canal

Canal construction

Canal alignment pegging

Irrigated rice field

Successful farmer

Thank you!!!!