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      Institutional Aspects of Sustainability for Irrigated Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions Translated title: Aspectos Institucionales para la Sustentabilidad de la Agricultura de Riego en Regiones Áridas y Semi-Áridas

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          Concerns, arguments, and approaches to sustainability are exposed in both scientific and technical irrigation literature which is based on the priority of food production and water preservation as a basic resource. Different approaches related to sustainable irrigated agriculture are identified beyond the technical considerations of irrigation as dealt with by very specialized scientific literature. These focus on socio-economic and institutional aspects of irrigation management. In this chapter, four main approaches are discussed: "New institutionalism" is an approach which emphasizes economic and financial issues such as cost recovery and the role of the market in water rights reallocation. A second approach, "Common pool resources management" highlights the role of local organizations and institutions with respect to collective water management, and the possibilities to design "robust institutions" considering the involvement of different stakeholders, not only (state) authorities. A third is identified as the "Empowerment approach". In this approach, topics such as power relations, autonomy, gender relations, as well as water rights and access are considered as key elements configuring water management practices in irrigation systems. Finally, there is the "Post-institutional approach". It outlines concepts such as "institutional bricolage", uncertainty, and legal pluralism used as analytical elements to understand the dynamics and complexities of irrigation development. In conclusion, different levels to analyze sustainability are discussed from an institutional perspective by identifying key knowledge gaps and the need to integrate some of the elements found in the different approaches.

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          En la literatura científica y técnica sobre riego se han planteado diferentes preocupaciones, argumentos y enfoques que contribuyan a su sostenibilidad, basados en la prioridad dada a la producción de alimentos y a la preservación del agua como un recurso básico. Más allá de consideraciones técnicas sobre el riego, tal como son abordadas por literatura científica especializada, se han identificado diferentes enfoques relacionados a la sostenibilidad de la agricultura bajo riego. Estos enfoques se concentran principalmente en aspectos institucionales y socioeconómicos de la gestión del riego. En este capítulo se discuten cuatro enfoques: El "nuevo institucionalismo", que enfatiza temas económicos y financieros como la recuperación de costos o el rol del mercado en la reasignación de derechos de agua. Un segundo enfoque es el denominado "Gestión de recursos comunes", que resalta el rol de organizaciones e instituciones locales en la gestión colectiva y en las posibilidades de diseñar instituciones "robustas" si se considera el involucramiento de diferentes grupos de interés y no únicamente autoridades (estatales). Un tercer enfoque se identifica como "Enfoque de empoderamiento". Otros tópicos como relaciones de poder, autonomía, relaciones de género, acceso y derechos al agua, son considerados como elementos clave en la configuración de las prácticas de gestión del agua en sistemas de riego. Finalmente, un cuarto enfoque es llamado "Enfoque pos-institucional". Dentro de éste, conceptos como "bricolaje institucional", incertidumbre, pluralismo legal, son usados como elementos analíticos para entender la dinámica y complejidades en que se desarrolla el riego. Como conclusión, se discuten los diferentes niveles en que la sostenibilidad puede ser analizada desde una perspectiva institucional, identificando vacíos de conocimiento y la necesidad de integrar algunos de los elementos encontrados en los diferentes enfoques descritos.

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                Journal
                chiljar
                Chilean journal of agricultural research
                Chil. j. agric. res.
                Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA (Chillán, , Chile )
                0718-5839
                December 2009
                : 69
                : suppl 1
                : 41-53
                Affiliations
                [01] Cochabamba orgnameUniversidad Mayor de San Simón orgdiv1Centro Agua Bolivia ivan.delcallejo@ 123456centro-agua.org
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                S0718-58392009000500005 S0718-5839(09)06900000005
                10.4067/S0718-58392009000500005
                881b4b84-b259-421a-8c10-51b6f64a77ae

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                riego sostenible,gestión del agua,instituciones de riego,enfoques institucionales,sustainable irrigation,water management,irrigation institutions,institutional approaches

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