N OVERVIEW OF FARMER'S WATER USERS ASSOCIATION INVOLVEMENT AND EFFICIENCY IN DJIRATAWA HYDRO- AGRICULTURAL PLANNING, NIGER

Sub-Saharan irrigation systems were so far under-performed due to the lack of a good management. However, this paperseeks to analyse the efficiency and involvement of water users association in Djiratawa irrigation scheme. A participatoryirrigation management model was used to obtain theses study results. Then, through this study, a mixed method was adoptedby using two sources of data (primaries and secondaries). In fact, informants were purposely interviewed until getting thesaturation in their response. Quantitative data were transformed and analysed by using sphinx software to describe theinvolvement and efficiency rate between water user’s associations where QGis 10.3 software was also used to establish themap of the study area. Finally, study has also shown that farmers get access through water distribution calendar andnegotiation.