@article{fdi:010086972,
  title = {{C}ommunality in farmer managed irrigation systems : {I}nsights from {S}pain, {E}cuador, {C}ambodia and {M}ozambique},
  author = {{H}oogesteger, {J}. and {B}olding, {A}. and {S}anchis-{I}bor, {C}. and {V}eldwisch, {G}. {J}. and {V}enot, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {V}os, {J}. and {B}oelens, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{CONTEXT}: {W}orldwide farmer managed irrigation systems have provided crops for food, feed and the market for centuries. {F}rom high mountain environments to river valleys and deltas, in all continents people have organized to construct, use, maintain, transform and sustain irrigated agro-ecosystems. {I}n this context it is important to better understand how these systems are sustained. {OBJECTIVE}: {T}he objective of this contribution is to explore and theorize through which strategies and mecha-nisms irrigators are able to sustain these systems in a constantly changing socio-environmental context. {METHODS}: {T}he study is based on ethnographic qualitative research in four areas where farmer managed irri-gation systems are sustained by irrigators ({V}alencia region, {S}pain; {E}cuadorian highlands; {C}ambodian {M}ekong delta; and {T}sangano district, {M}ozambique). {R}esearch consisted of interviews and observations in these areas and was supported by a literature review of what has been published about these systems. {RESULTS} {AND} {CONCLUSIONS}: {R}esults show that farmer managed irrigation systems are dynamic systems that constantly transform but that are sustained in these changes through what we term 'communality'. {W}e introduce this term to point out three interrelated elements that stand at the basis of farmer managed irrigation systems sustenance, namely: commons, community and polity. {A}nalysis of the four case studies points out that these three elements are mobilized differently by farmers depending on their socio-environmental context. {W}e show that the mobilization of these different elements amidst internal and external challenges and conflicts, forms the basis for the longevity and sustainability of collectively managed irrigation systems. {SIGNIFICANCE}: {I}n the literature on farmer managed irrigation systems collective action has been portrayed as the main pillar that sustains these systems. {T}his contribution challenges this notion by showing that irrigation systems are sustained by a combination of individual actions, collective practices, normative frameworks and organizational forms; a sense of community; and the development of political agency (polity). {R}ecognizing that these elements come together as site specific hybrids opens new avenues of inquiry to better understand the sustainability of farmer managed irrigation systems.},
  keywords = {{W}ater collectives ; {I}rrigation ; {C}ollective action ; {P}olitical agency ; {C}ommunity ; {ESPAGNE} ; {EQUATEUR} ; {CAMBODGE} ; {MOZAMBIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}gricultural {S}ystems},
  volume = {204},
  numero = {},
  pages = {103552 [10 p.]},
  ISSN = {0308-521{X}},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103552},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086972},
}