Propuesta de un marco de evaluación del grado de sustentabilidad de un sistema de riego. Caso de regantes comunitarios en Fómeque

Abstract

The sustainability of the Land Adequation Districts (DAT, in Spanish) must be guaranteed through the management of appropriate and strengthened resources, guaranteeing true and key information in the planning and development of the infrastructure that allows to consolidate the management of the hydric resource and its multipurpose use, therefore the empowerment of the associations of users (particularly in small and medium scale) must be consolidated for the operation and institutional maintenance on the formulation of integral projects, such projects as well as the search of financial incentives must optimize the indicators of productivity and competitiveness to assure the sustainability of the irrigation infrastructure. It is essential to initiate adaptation and forecasting measures that are both tangible and intangible and that focus on improving the planning and administration of natural resources through flexible instruments that can be integrated at the local, regional and national levels for their management, thereby promoting decision-making for rural development. Since water is one of the main resources under pressure, this study seeks to interpret from multiple dimensions (technical, economical, environmental, social and institutional) the sustainable evaluation of the small-scale irrigation districts with the purpose to support in the constant improvement of the rural producers in subjects related to poverty reduction, the improvement of the quality of life, food safety guarantee, and the socioeconomic improvement of the associative aspect and the participatory management of the irrigation. The research initially defined a collection of indicators used in different studies to measure the conditions of agricultural irrigation in different parts of the world, then it gathered the valuation of the indicators and established some components to be evaluated that considered the analyzed indicators to integrate the proposed evaluation framework.