The irrigation districts water user associations (modulos) have features that differ from those of, also self-governed, traditional irrigation organizations. The first objective of this article is to characterize distinctive features. The second objective is to explore, in the modulos, the presence of informal local organizations. The comparative method (between types of organizations and between modulos) as well as the ethnographic method (at the modulos) is used. The results encompass characterization of distinctive features and fact based determination of presence of local organizations in the modulos. The case studies of modulos, in relation to the universe of irrigation districts, are limited. However, the approach is novel, few studies contrast organizational types and there are few ethnographies from the local viewpoint for the modulos. It is shown that there are substantive differences between the organizational types, and that despite the rigidity and centralization of the organizational design of the modulos, there is local organizational effervescence.

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Caracterización de los módulos de los distritos de riego y presencia de organizaciones locales

The efficient management of water for agriculture is important to solve water shortage. To address this situation, in 2009, small irrigation systems were analyzed in order to understand the peasant logic in technological practices and agreements on water management in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Through a statistical sample of 105 producers, information was collected through a questionnaire on social variables of the producers, infrastructure and operation of the irrigation systems. Agricultural practices such as spatial and temporal arrangements in crops, diversification, rotation, and use of the irrigation tip were identified, as well as loan and water purchase arrangements, distribution of water by shifts and works to clean the channels. It was concluded that there are successes and limitations in the logic deployed by producers to address the problems of water shortage, infrastructure and operation of irrigation systems which can serve as a basis for interventions.

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Andrés Pérez Magaña

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Situación social y tecnológica en el manejo del agua para riego en Puebla, México