SUMMARY:

This policy brief puts forward the need for a continuing capacity development program that embodies strategies for addressing the multifaceted challenges to the effective governance of irrigation water. Moreover, LGUs must provide an enabling environment for cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders. Resources also have to be mobilized to meet operational needs in irrigation systems. 

Authors: Paulo T. Abiera, Dante B. Arcigal Jr., and Rosalie E. Lanceras

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Note:

This policy brief is an output of the participants of the Development Innovations and Policy Laboratory (DIP Lab) Policy Hackathon, Polisiya, Pasya, Syensya: Sta Cruz Watershed, and is intended to promote policy-relevant ideas among key decision makers. This publication has been internally reviewed but not peer-reviewed. Published by the Center for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies, and the Development Innovations and Policy Laboratory, in celebration of the 25th Founding Anniversary of the College of Public Affairs and Development, University of the Philippines Los Baños.