Transferência de gestão dos perímetros públicos de irrigação: o processo de emancipação do perímetro irrigado várzeas de Sousa.

Abstract

The term Management Transfer is understood as the process of delegation of authority and responsibility of irrigation government agencies related entities to the private sector, especially associations of producer water users. Thus, this study aimed to describe the process of Management Transfer of the Public Irrigation Perimeter to the Distrito de Irrigação do Perímetro Irrigado Várzeas de Sousa – DPIVAS1 and the problems faced by the current management. Concerning to the objectives, the research is classified as exploratory and descriptive. In relation to the procedures, it is constituted as documentary and field research. In respect of nature, it is classified as qualitative. Initially, a review of the literature was held/ carried out in search of the published works (articles, dissertations, theses), besides the consultations in books from the administration of the irrigation in Brazil until the phase of Management Transfer of the Irrigated Public Perimeters. In order to do a survey about the perception of the irrigators about the transfer of management and to identify the problems faced by the current management of the DPIVAS, an interview was applied in the form of a focal group with the current advisors of Perimeter management. The data analysis showed that, although Irrigated Perimeter Várzeas de Sousa has passed for the process of emancipation, it does not have total autonomy in the management of the District and that the referred perimeter still faces serious problems due to the processing delays and authorizations along with the Federal and State Governments, such as problems related to the lack of maintenance of the water distribution trough, lack of titles to land ownership and bidding problems, among others.