1. Perú Restoring land use through local water governance & technology in high Andes commaunities Mr Theofilo Zamalloa

2. The Context Community of Asmayacu Fragile high Andean ecosystem Government support to demand driven service delivery

3. The Problem - a farmer’s point of view Natural resources degradation Unavailable TA services High production costs Social, organizational and economic conflicts

4. The setting Transfer of official funds Recognition of traditional irrigation governance Key mechanism Local competition for excellence Proposed Solutions

5. Land & Water Governance Innovation The innovation Retrieve irrigation know-how of women Support traditional irrigation technique Formalise traditional community organisations Formalise traditional irrigation management organisations Foster farmer-to-farmer technical assistance

6. Project Implementation Embedded in community governance reform Clearly sequenced process Validation by consensus Self dissemination

7. Results & impacts Community wide adoption Decrease of labour requirement Production increase Family income increase Conflict reduction Organizations strengthened Natural resources respected

8. Lessons Learned Farmers can manage public funds Technological change needs a supporting governance process Farmers are ready to pay for effective services

9. Conclusions Understanding cultural setting of change Transparency ensures acceptance and ownership of change IFAD catalytic role acknowledged Replication in project area & beyond