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Nayband irrigation system, Khorasan province, Iran

Case
The Nayband Irrigation system is located in The province of Khorasan in north eastern Iran. The original case was reported in 1971 and 1972, and catalogues an action situation involving approximately 80 agricultural related families. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation, which is delivered by canals. This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database. A summary of the original CPR coding conducted in the 1980s by Edella...
09 Aug 2016

Nazareno-Gamutan communal irrigation system, Plaridel, Luzon, Philippines

Case
The resource appropriated from Nazareno-Gamutan system is water for irrigation, and the system is comprised of canals that deliver water from the Lanaran River and the Dokaling Creek to the nearby farmlands. There are 1001-2500 total appropriator teams that are always formally organized. The Nazareno Gamutan Irrigation System, a communal system owned by Nazareno Gamutan Agricultural Development, Inc., has a century of successful operations behind it, attributed to good leadership and the...
09 Aug 2016

Oaig-Daya irrigation system, Oaig-Daya and Parioc barrios, Candon municipality, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

Case
The resource appropriated from Oaig-Daya Irrigation System is water for irrigation, and the system consists of canals that deliver water from the Oaig-Daya Creek to the nearby farmlands in the neighboring barrios of Oaig-Daya and Parioc of the municipality Candon in Ilocos Sur, Philippines. There are 51-100 total appropriator teams appropriating from the resource. At the beginning of the period, there was an apparently balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to...
09 Aug 2016

Obara pond irrigation system, Niiike Buraku, Okayama Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan

Case
The resource appropriated from Obara Pond is water for irrigation, and the case takes place in the settlement of Niiike Buraku on the coastal plain of Okayama Prefecture in the Honshu island of Japan. This irrigation system is comprised of a pond a little more than two acres in area, as well as the ditches that lead water to 10 acres of farmland. At the beginning of the period, there was an apparently balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of...
09 Aug 2016

Pinagbayanan irrigation system, Laguna, Philippines

Case
The Pinagbayanan Irrigation System is located in Barrio Pinagbayanan, Laguna in Philippines. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation appropriated and distributed by two water pumps and canals that deliver water from the pumps to rice fields, and a gravity irrigation system managed by the National Irrigation Administration. The original case was reported in 1975. This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database. A summary of the...
09 Aug 2016

Sabangan Bato irrigation system, Panangpan, Sabangan Bato, and Bidbiday barrios, Galimuyod, Phillippines

Case
The farms served by the Sabangan Bato Irrigation System are located in the adjoining Barrios of Panangpan, Sabangan Bato, and Bidbiday of the town of Galimuyod in the Ilocos Sur Province in the Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation in canals that divert water from the Candon River to the adjacent farmlands, and open wells located over the fields. At the beginning of the period, there was a moderate shortage of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the...
09 Aug 2016

Saebah communal irrigation system, Cemplang village, west Java, Indonesia

Case
The Saebah communal system of irrigation was studied in the Cemplang village of West Java in Indonesia. The resource appropriated from Saebah Communal System is water for irrigation. The irrigation system comprises canals that deliver water from a river for irrigation. The study examines the impact of national subsidies on the rehabilitation of two small-scale river-diversion irrigation systems in Indonesia. Subsidies were substantial inducements to the mobilization of local resources, and high...
09 Aug 2016

Sananeri Tank irrigation system, India

Case
The resource appropriated from Sananeri Tank is water for irrigation. The resource discussed in this study includes a tank and the channels that divert water to the field. The author shows that nonformal local cultivators associations make an important contribution to the overall performance of the irrigation system, even where government agencies are formally responsible for irrigation. Such organizations mobilize local resources in various tasks, including inspection and repair of physical...
09 Aug 2016

Silag-Butir Irrigation System, Barrios Pacang, Silag, Butir, and Cabaruan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

Case
In the case of the Silag-Butir Irrigation System, ricefields are located in the adjoining Barrios of Silag, Butir, Pacang and Cabaruan (between 1.5 km and 4 km off Santa Maria municipality) in the Ilocos Sur Province in the Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation. The system serves an area of 115 hectares cultivated by 201-500 total appropriator teams  during wet season and 38 hectares during dry season. At the beginning of the period, there was a moderate shortage...
09 Aug 2016

Silean Banua irrigation system, Lintong ni Huta, Balige subdistrict, Indonesia

Case
Silean Banua Irrigation system is located in Lintong ni Huta, The subdistrict of Balige in Indonesia.The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation The original case was reported in 1979 and catalogues an action situation involving 38 members. The author uses this case to challenge Bennett's (1976) proposition that traditional societies lack the capacity for cooperation, social mobilization, financing, and engineering expertise to construct large irrigation...
09 Aug 2016

Subak irrigation system, Tihingan village, Klungkung district, Bali (Indonesia)

Case
The rice paddies and irrigation system of this case is near Tihingan Village, in the, Klungkung district, 45 Km northeast of Denpasar on the Island of Bali, in Indonesia. The original case spans from 1957 to 1959. The data was extracted for a chapter by Geertz (1967) in a book about irrigation systems in South Asia (ed. Coward, 1980) and catalogues an action situation involving 455 rice farmers who are members of an organization called a subak, that regulates irrigation and planting...
09 Aug 2016

Takkapala communal irrigation system, Malino village, south Sulawesi, Indonesia

Case
The Takkapala communal irrigation system was studied in the Malino village in Indonesia. The resource harvested is water for irrigation. Although an extensive description of the institutions in the Takkapala Communal System was not presented in this case study on irrigation, the authors did highlight the impact of national subsidies on the rehabilitation of two small-scale river-diversion irrigation systems in Indonesia. Subsidies were substantial inducements to the mobilization of local...
09 Aug 2016

Tanowong Bwasao Irrigation

Case
The case study of Tanowong bwasao irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. As the water supply became inadequate to meet their cultivation needs, they decided to dig a 25 kilometer ditch to divert water from a new source, the Bwasao Stream, to their fields. Since the project was...
09 Aug 2016

Tanowong traditional irrigation system, Philippines

Case
The case study of Tanowong traditional irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. As the water supply became inadequate to meet their cultivation needs, they decided to dig a 25 kilometer ditch to divert water from a new source, the Bwasao Stream, to their fields. Since the project...
09 Aug 2016

Ten - Dakh Branch watercourse irrigation, Punjab province, Pakistan

Case
This case was part of the original CPR database developed in the 1980s by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University. The resource appropriated from Watercourse Ten-Dakh Branch is water for irrigation. Based on an intensive survey of ten improved watercourses in Punjab, this study shows the inadequacy of present forms of social organization of watercourses for insuring their adequate maintenance. The study suggests the following sociological characteristics as conducive to good...
09 Aug 2016