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Participatory Multi Criteria Decision Making for Irrigation ManagementChiang Rai Province, Thailand |
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| Creator | Pattana Kayachai |
| Title | Participatory Multi Criteria Decision Making for Irrigation ManagementChiang Rai Province, Thailand |
| Contributor | Chanchai Sangchyoswat |
| Publisher | Phetchaburi Rajabhat University |
| Publication Year | 2566 |
| Journal Title | Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR) |
| Journal Vol. | 18 |
| Journal No. | 6 |
| Page no. | 9-16 |
| Keyword | Participatory multi-criteria decision making (PMCDM), analytical hierarchy process (AHP), irrigation, participatory method |
| URL Website | https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jtir |
| Website title | Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR) |
| ISSN | 2697-536X |
| Abstract | This study aimed to investigate alternative options for irrigation management in the dry season by participatory multicriteriadecision making and to reveal attitudes of relevant stakeholders in irrigation management at the Mae Lao irrigation scheme(MLIS), Chiang Rai province. In the past, the Royal Irrigation Department used the Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)to collaborate with stakeholder irrigation management. In order to determine the appropriate irrigation during dry season, theParticipatory Multi Criteria Decision-Making (PMCDM) tool, based on the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), was appliedin this study. All appropriate irrigation management options were assigned scores by the PMCDM procedure through twoworkshops. In the Workshop, all relevant key stakeholders (11 government officials and 22 water users) participated in a focusgroup with an expert facilitator using participatory methods. In the PMCDM procedure, relevant multiple criteria (technique,irrigated agriculture, institution and budget criteria) were generated and evaluated in the criterion weighting procedure. Then,relevant solution options of irrigation management were prioritized by these stakeholders. The results show that financial bud-get criterion has the highest weighted criteria score. Establishing the local irrigation budget and reforming irrigation institutionare the first and the second ranking of alternative solution options. Moreover, two criteria (institutional transparency and finan-cial budget) got high sensitivity scores. These criteria influenced attitude of participants who then changed alternative optionscores. Participants attitudes toward alternative options for irrigation management showed that their status, roles, responsibil-ities and irrigation knowledge have influence whether their views become positive or negative towards alternative solution forparticipatory irrigation management in the study area |
