Recent Impact Assessment Studies of IWMI Research
- Groundwater governance through electricity supply management : Assessing an innovative intervention in Gujarat, western India
Shah, T. et al., Groundwater governance through electricity supply management: Assessing an innovative intervention in Gujarat, western India, Agricultural Water Management. 2008: 1 2 3 3 — 1 2 4 2. Abstract - Assessing the Outcomes of IWMI’s Research and Interventions on Irrigation Management Transfer
Meredith A. Giordano, Madar Samad and Regassa E. Namara Abstract - Malaria Control through Environmental Management of Irrigation Water
Namara, Regassa E.; Giordano, Meredith; Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.; Boelee, Eline; Weligamage, Parakrama; Weerasinghe, A.; Jayanetti, S. R.; Yapabandara, A. M. G. M. 2008. An impact assessment of malaria control through environmental and irrigation water management. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences), 37(1):107-128. - Impact Assessment of IWMI Research on Accounting for Water Use and Productivity
Meredith Giordano and Regassa Namara Abstract
Examples of IWMI Impact Assessment Studies Of Water Management Policies and Technologies and Tools for Assessment
- Adoption and Impacts of Microirrigation Technologies
- An Assessment of the Small-Scale Irrigation Management Turnover Program in Indonesia
- Applying the Gini Coefficient to Measure Inequality of Water Use in the Olifants River Water Management Area, South Africa
- Assessment of Participatory Management of Irrigation Schemes in Sri Lanka: Partial Reforms, Partial Benefits
- Costs and Performance of Irrigation Projects: A Comparison of Sub-Saharan Africa and Other Developing Regions
- Impact Assessment of Irrigation Management Transfer in the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District, Mexico
- Impact Assessment of Rehabilitation Intervention in the Gal Oya Left Bank
- Impacts of Colombia’s Current Irrigation Management Transfer Program
- Impacts of Irrigation Management Transfer: A Review of the Evidence
- Indicators for Comparing Performance of Irrigated Agricultural Systems
- Institutions, Impact Synergies and Food Security: A Methodology with Results from the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
- Need for Institutional Impact Assessment in Planning Irrigation System Modernization
- Pedaling out of Poverty: Social Impact of a Manual Irrigation Technology in South Asia
- Performance of Two Transferred Modules in the Lagunera Water Relations
- Poverty Dimensions of Irrigation Management Transfer in Large-Scale Canal Irrigation in Andra Pradesh and Gujarat, India
- Prospects for Adopting System of Rice Intensification in Sri Lanka
- Results of Management Turnover in Two Irrigation Districts in Colombia
- The Impact of Government Policies on Land Use in Northern Vietnam
- Treadle Pump Irrigation and Poverty in Ghana
Other documentation of IWMI Accomplishments
- More crop per drop: Revisiting a research paradigm: Results and synthesis of IWMI’s research, 1996-2005
- Merrey, D. 1997. Expanding the Frontiers of Irrigation Management Research: Results of Research and Development at the International Irrigation Management Institute 1984 to 1995. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute.
- IWMI’s Research Achievements, 1995 to 1999
Brokering knowledge for sustainability
Enabling gender and youth inclusion
Co-developing innovation bundles
Strengthening and sustaining the enabling environment
Enhancing capacity for system transformation
Fostering scaling partnerships
Cultivating scaling preparedness
Population pressure and increasing water competition in a changing climate require us to take stock of the availability and use of water across scales. Water availability not only influences farmers’ commercial prospects but also irrigation-related enterprises and agri-businesses. Greater water scarcity could jeopardize irrigation and agricultural markets while excessive water use can lead to declining ecosystems, water quality and soil health. IWMI advises development partners and the public and private sectors on all aspects of water resource availability and use through a variety of advanced modeling and remote-sensing products and tools, including 
The ability of farmers to engage in or expand irrigation depends on the prevailing socioeconomic, ecological and political contexts, which are often complex, non-linear and changeable. Overcoming systemic barriers to farmer-led irrigation development while taking advantage of existing opportunities 
A lack of affordable credit, particularly for women and resource-poor farmers, is one of the main barriers to expanding farmer-led irrigation in low- and middle-income countries. But 
Scaling farmer-led irrigation requires strengthening human capacity and knowledge exchange among all actors and stakeholders involved. IWMI takes an action research approach, working with national and international research institutions, governments, extension agents and public and private organizations to co-develop the scaling ecosystem and strengthen capacity to drive scaling networks and collective action. We support the