Farmer Water User Community (FWUC)

3rd CDN meeting, 19 May 2013

What is FWUC?

• organizations of farmers established in order to own, operate and maintain the irrigation system and related infrastructure that serve the land that they cultivate.

FWUC committee

• FWUC committee normally consists of – 4 persons as FWUC executive committee– 3 persons per group as FWUG committee– 2 persons per sub-group

• Number of group and sub-group divided depending on branch canal and area irrigated

FWUC structure

FWUC

FWUG

Sub-group

Sub-group

FWUG

Sub-group

• FWUC– Manage whole irrigation area– Functioning by statutes approved by MOWRAM– Hold a general meeting– Decision of water distribution plan– Decision and collecting irrigation service fee

Role and responsibility of FWUC committee

• FWUG– Implementing the work program of the

Community;– Coordinating between members of FWUG and

community; and– Collecting irrigation service fee from the members

according to the terms set by the community

• Sub-group– Collecting fee– Manage side canal– Join FWUC committee meeting

Stakeholders/partners involved• Local authorities ( village, commune, district

and provincial level)• Line department/ministry• Private Water Seller (PWS)

Irrigation Service Fee setting up (ISF)

• FWUC executive committee draft the ISF (statute)• Consultation meeting at village basis• Finalize the ISF• Normally, it is 150kg/ha/yr• The fee can be in the form of rice or money

Fee payment

• Without PWS, Farmers pay ISF directly to FWUC ( Farmers pump water from the canal by themselves)

• With PWS, Farmers pay water fee to PWS according to number of cropping ( water fee can be ranged from 300,000- 450,000 riel/ha) and PWS pay ISF to FWUC

What Officially FWUC need to have

• Statute/by-law• Bank account• Committee ( organizational chart)• 5-year maintenance plan

Steps in FWUC establishment and Capacity building ( by PDOWRAM)

• FWUC establishment– Meeting with local authorities– Village meeting to introduce PIMD ( Participatory

Irrigation Management and Development) and Objective of forming FWUC

– Sub-group leader election– FWUG leader election– FWUC committee election

• Draft and finalize statute/by-law• Consultation meeting at village basis• Draft and finalize 5-year maintenance plan

FWUC capacity building

• Operation ( 6 lessons)• Maintenance (7 lessons)• Additional course (10 lessons)

What CAVAC do for irrigation?

• Construction and O&M– Consultation with PDOWRAM to identify potential

canal to be rehabilitated– Site visit– Feasibility study– Canal alignment identification and pegging– Land-loss check– Topography ( PDOWRAM)

– Detail design (CAVAC)– Bidding- Temporary monitor committee setting up

(community)– Construction– FWUC establishment and capacity building

Main canal

Secondary canal

Delivery canal

Canal alignment identification activities

Concrete canal

Canal construction

Canal alignment pegging

Irrigated rice field

Successful farmer

Thank you!!!!