Estrategias para el acceso al agua de uso agrario en un escenario de expansión agrícola y escasez hídrica: el caso de la Comisión de Usuarios Miguel Checa en el Valle del Chira
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2017-06-20
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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Durante los últimos veinte años, la frontera agrícola del valle del Chira (Piura, Perú) se
ha expandido considerablemente y, en paralelo, atraviesa por recurrentes episodios de
escasez hídrica. Ambos aspectos que hoy caracterizan el valle son, en parte, producto
del incentivo a la agroindustria en valles costeños y de las reformas en las políticas
hídricas que rigen en el país. Así, los usuarios agrarios –que componen un grupo
heterogéneo compuesto por pequeños y medianos agricultores, así como empresas
agrícolas– desarrollan una serie de estrategias para acceder al agua de uso agrario en
una cuenca con un río declarado como agotado. A partir del caso de la Comisión Miguel
Checa, en el ámbito del valle del Chira, y con el empleo de una metodología cualitativa,
se identifica que las estrategias desarrolladas por los usuarios son: inversión para el
control de la infraestructura, autodefinición del derecho de agua, traslocación del
derecho de agua, redes de soporte, organización alterna para el control interno y
manifestaciones colectivas. El desarrollo de estas estrategias da cuenta de que la
institucionalidad de la gestión del agua de uso agrario en el Perú es híbrida y plurilegal,
ya que presenta una estructura compuesta por tres campos reguladores (campo de
instituciones administrativas públicas de agua, de organizaciones de usuarios y local o
de micro-sistemas de riego) que se hallan interconectados y en ocasiones entran en
conflicto por la definición del acceso al agua en términos de derecho de uso; no obstante,
ninguno de estos campos supera su estado de fragilidad y tampoco viabiliza cabalmente
la seguridad hídrica de los usuarios.
During the last twenty years, the agricultural frontier of the Chira valley (Piura, Peru) has expanded considerably and, in parallel, is suffering from recurrent episodes of water scarcity. Both aspects that today characterize the valley are, in part, product of the incentive to the agribusiness in coastal valleys and the reforms in water policies that govern in the country. Thus, agricultural users - who make up a heterogeneous group composed of small and medium farmers, as well as agricultural companies - develop a series of strategies to access water for agricultural use in a watershed with a river declared as depleted. Since the case of the Miguel Checa Commission, in the Chira Valley area, and using a qualitative methodology, the strategies identified are investment for infrastructure control, self-definition of the right to Water, translocation of water law, support networks, alternate organization for internal control and collective manifestations. The development of these strategies shows that the institutionality of water management for agricultural use in Peru is hybrid and plurilegal, since it is composed of three regulatory fields (public water administrative institutions, user organizations And local or micro-irrigation systems) that coexist, intersect, and sometimes conflict with each other on the definition of access to water in terms of rights. Nevertheless, none of these fields exceeds its fragility neither does it fully enable the water security of the users.
During the last twenty years, the agricultural frontier of the Chira valley (Piura, Peru) has expanded considerably and, in parallel, is suffering from recurrent episodes of water scarcity. Both aspects that today characterize the valley are, in part, product of the incentive to the agribusiness in coastal valleys and the reforms in water policies that govern in the country. Thus, agricultural users - who make up a heterogeneous group composed of small and medium farmers, as well as agricultural companies - develop a series of strategies to access water for agricultural use in a watershed with a river declared as depleted. Since the case of the Miguel Checa Commission, in the Chira Valley area, and using a qualitative methodology, the strategies identified are investment for infrastructure control, self-definition of the right to Water, translocation of water law, support networks, alternate organization for internal control and collective manifestations. The development of these strategies shows that the institutionality of water management for agricultural use in Peru is hybrid and plurilegal, since it is composed of three regulatory fields (public water administrative institutions, user organizations And local or micro-irrigation systems) that coexist, intersect, and sometimes conflict with each other on the definition of access to water in terms of rights. Nevertheless, none of these fields exceeds its fragility neither does it fully enable the water security of the users.
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Recursos hidrológicos--Perú--Valle del Chira (Piura), Agua en agricultura--Perú, Perú--Valle del Chira (Piura)--Abastecimiento de agua
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