Professional Documents
Culture Documents
IPTRID-FAO
Maher Salman
(Technical Officer)
Contents
Average 0.015
40% of
Fees to cover 30 % of capital
capital
investment NA costs over 10 NA
costs over
costs years
30 years
(Environmental Considerations)
• Positive impact:
– minimizing environmental pollution through appropriate
irrigation management practices
– improvement of water quality
– water resources conservation
Conclusions
• Irrigation modernisation initiatives in the region largely driven
by the international donors and the exacerbating water
scarcity problems
• Practical implementation of modernisation falls short to the
expectations of national policies
• Dominance of technical solutions and technology transfer
• Costs (O&M) associated with modernisation interventions are
partially recovered with flat rate fees that have little impact on
increasing water use efficiency
• Positive impact on the environment and sustainability of
resources is associated with all modernisation interventions
• Nevertheless, environmental impact assessment and social
impact assessment still need to be strengthened and properly
implemented