Effects Of Institutional Capacity And Cooperation Level On Governance Of Irrigation System

Agricultural irrigation system is an indispensable material basis for the scientific development of agricultural production and an important guarantee for the revitalization of rural economy and society.Its operational efficiency is directly related to the food security and economic health of the whole country.However,most irrigation systems in agricultural irrigation areas do not fully play their due functions.The main reason for this agricultural production dilemma is due to the governance failure of irrigation systems.As A result of the conflict between the quasi-public property of farmland irrigation system and the private nature of farmers’ production and operation,the ineffective supply of farmland irrigation system facilities and the disorder of irrigation water supply are the main manifestations of the failure of farmland irrigation system management,and also the crux that hinders its function.Faced with the fact that rural public affairs governance is ineffective,it is difficult to have a scientific theoretical system to make a strong explanation.As a non-profit village economic cooperation organization with democratic management and benefits,the governance performance of farmland irrigation system is inevitably affected by the institutional capacity of villages and the internal cooperation factors of farmland irrigation organization under the self-organization management mode of farmers’ interconnection.The capacity of village system can provide a suitable management stage for farmland irrigation affairs,enable the main body of different farmers to cooperate effectively and achieve the purpose of irrigation resources integration.The cooperation within organizations can evolve a spontaneous order to reduce internal interpersonal conflicts and provide a harmonious organizational environment for the operation of farmland irrigation systems.Therefore,it is of great significance to introduce the concept of village institutional capacity and cooperation within irrigation organizations into the analysis framework of Irrigation System Governance.This paper studies the dual perspectives from the institutional capacity of villages and the level of cooperation within irrigation organizations.It is based on multi-dimensional theories such as public affairs governance theory,collective action theory,common-pool resource theory and institutional capacity theory.On the basis of related research literature review,the use of 1042 farmer household’s micro data from Yellow River irrigated area of Inner Mongolia,Ningxia,Gansu,Shaanxi,Henan and Shandong province,analysis of the Yellow River irrigated area management present situation and problems of farmland irrigation system,constructed the institutional capacity and cooperation level characterization of index system,using the factor analysis method to measure and analytical institutional capacity and cooperation level index of the system.Furthermore,using double-hurdle model,hierarchical linear models and quantile regression,etc mathematical model and econometric methods to explore the influence mechanism of institutional capacity and cooperational level two key factors for farmland irrigation facilities supply,irrigation water order and comprehensive performance,and combined with empirical research conclusion points out that the irrigation system of governance to improve optimization path.The main research conclusions of this article are as follows:(1)The management of farmland irrigation system mainly includes the supply of farmland irrigation system facilities and the order of water use.They represent the management of the supply and occupation dimensions of farmland irrigation resource system respectively.Data analysis results show that in the Yellow River irrigated area,55% of farmers satisfied with village farmland irrigation facilities supply,72% of farmers think that most of the farmers will comply with the order.It shows that the farmland irrigation supply effect is general,the order of water use is good,the Yellow River irrigated area in the farmland irrigation system governance still exists much room for improvement.(2)The institutional capacity system of the village includes three levels: knowledge resources,relationship resources and mobilization capacity.At the level of knowledge resources,the degree of mutual help is the highest when farmers encounter difficulties in life,indicating that in the rural society where mutual help is the traditional virtue,mutual help among villagers is an important part of the village system ability.At the level of relational resources,farmers have the highest degree of trust in village cadres,indicating that compared with other factors in relational resources,farmers’ trust in village cadres is the key to self-brand construction of farmland irrigation affairs managed by village committees or farmers’ water users’ associations.At the level of mobilization capability,village management has the highest ability to organize households to promote collective action,indicating that the ability of farmers to participate in the public affairs of villages is the main component of village mobilization capability.(3)The internal cooperation of farmland irrigation organizations consists of the response degree of farmers to relevant meetings organized by the village committee or the association of farmers using water and the coordination degree of farmers in the process of farmland irrigation.In terms of the response of farmers to relevant meetings organized by committee or the association,farmers actively participate in the meetings to the highest degree,indicating that the vertical cooperation between farmers and the committee or the association is mainly carried out by meeting decision-making.In terms of the coordination between farmers in the process of farmland irrigation,farmers and other members maintain the unity to ensure success of collective action is the highest,indicating that the cooperation level between farmers is mainly reflected in the unity to achieve the common goal.(4)The institutional capacity of villages and the level of cooperation within irrigation organizations have a significant impact on the supply of irrigation systems.Knowledge resources,relationship resources and mobilization ability in the field of village space significantly promote the willingness and degree of farmers to participate in the supply of farmland irrigation system.The stronger the institutional capacity in the field of village space,the stronger the willingness of farmers to participate in the supply of village farmland irrigation system,and the greater the degree of investment or project in the construction and management of village farmland irrigation system.The level of vertical and horizontal cooperation within farmland irrigation organizations can promote the participation of farmers in the supply of farmland irrigation system.The higher the level of cooperation in farmland irrigation organizations,the stronger the willingness of farmers to participate in the supply of farmland irrigation system,and the greater the degree of investment and investment in the construction and management of farmland irrigation system.In addition to unilaterally influencing farmers’ participation in the supply of farmland irrigation system,institutional capacity and cooperation level also have interaction effects,which have significant effects on the willingness and degree of farmers’ participation in the supply of farmland irrigation system.(5)The influence of institutional capacity and cooperation level on the order of irrigation water is significant.The institutional ability affects the order of irrigation water through the irrigation behavior of farmers,and the reduction of water theft and water use disputes,the improvement of water satisfaction are the important media of institutional ability in the order of irrigation water.The level of cooperation within farmland irrigation organizations is an important factor that affects institutional capacity to promote farmers’ positive irrigation behavior.The level of cooperation positively regulates the relationship between institutional capacity,farmers’ water use behavior and village irrigation order.The higher the level of cooperation within the farmland irrigation organization,the easier it is to promote the institutional capacity to guide and regulate farmers’ irrigation behavior.It is a key way to explain the effectiveness of self-organizing management of farmland irrigation system that village institutional ability can guarantee the maintenance of water order of farmland irrigation system by positively influencing farmers’ irrigation behavior.(6)There is a significant positive effect on the management performance of farmland irrigation system between the institutional ability of villages and the cooperation level of farmland irrigation organizations.There is a close relationship between the institutional capacity in the field of village space and the management performance of farmland irrigation system.there is a significant positive relationship between the knowledge resources,relationship resources and mobilization capacity that represent the institutional capacity of villages and the supply performance,order performance and comprehensive management performance of farmland irrigation system.The stronger the institutional capacity in the field of village space,the higher the supply performance,order performance and comprehensive management performance of village irrigation system.The cooperative factors within the village irrigation organization have positive effects on the supply performance,order performance and comprehensive management performance of the irrigation system.The level of cooperation within irrigation organizations has a positive regulating effect between institutional capacity and management performance of irrigation systems.The cooperation level positively regulates the relationship between institutional capacity and the supply performance of the irrigation system,and the cooperation level also positively regulates the relationship between institutional capacity and the order performance of the irrigation system.