ICID AnnuAl RepoRt • 2010-11
ICID-InACID: Yogyakarta Declaration
We, the participants of the 61th ICID Asian Regional Conference, held on 14-16 October 2010 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Discussing
Improvement of Irrigation and Drainage Efficiently through Participatory Irrigation Development under Small Land Holding Conditions
Considering
that most of the food production in the Asia region is done by smallholders and that smallholders are amongst the poorest segments of the population;
the conversion of irrigated lands to non-agricultural purposes, because of urbanization;
the continuous change of farmland ownership to people from cities;
the increasing financial reliance on commercial and off- farm income opportunities for smallholders brought by urbanization;
the gradual decline in interest of better educated young people to continue smallholder farming;
the rapid increase in urban population which has changed the standard of living requires a significant increase in food production.
Recognizing
the need for improved land and water productivity to improve smallholders livelihoods and to meet food security targets as a result of land conversion;
irrigation and drainage efficiency must be improved as a priority in order to improve smallholders’ livelihood;
the need for off-farm income to cover smallholders’ basic needs;
the limited financial capacity of smallholders to pay irrigation service fees or to invest in improvement of technology;
the need for more resilient farming practices to cope with increasing climate variability and water scarcity;
the need for better environmental management of catchments, rivers, and irrigated areas covered by water management and flood protection systems;
We call upon Governments to:
o Direct agriculture policies and support programs towards generation of more sustainable off-farm employment by developing local agro-industries, provide affordable credit systems, and access to markets;
o Facilitate the development of WUAs (Water User Associations) and WUAFs (Water User Association Federations) towards becoming integrated water, agriculture and eco-system managers, and make them the guardians of the environment;
o Develop a vision and facilitate the transition process from the present smallholder systems to commercial farming entrepreneurs;
Knowledge Institutions to:
o Analyze experiences and develop best practices and approaches for scaling up of integrated WUA/WUAFs as water, agriculture and eco-system managers;
o Analyze experiences of other countries and develop best practices and approaches, for managing the medium to long term transition for smallholder based farming to commercial larger farming and agro-based enterprises;
o Develop and introduce new affordable, water efficient, climate resilient, and eco-friendly technologies to enhance smallholder productivity and improvement of smallholder livelihoods;
Agricultural services and irrigation and drainage management agencies to:
o Act as service providers which effectively engage the smallholders’ WUA/WUAFs as partners in all aspects of development and management, in a coherent and coordinated way, especially with adaptation to urbanization, industrialization, land conversion and climate change;
o Welcome entrepreneurial activity that increase rural participation in the value chain and addresses the discrepancies in rural-urban livelihoods.
International organizations and financing institutions to: o Stimulate
information exchange, research,
technology transfer, and facilitate international dialogue in the challenges of, and options for irrigators and smallholders undertaking agriculture in rapidly urbanizing and industrializing societies.
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