By our full supply of irrigation water, agricultural productivity will be enhanced, thus raises quality of life of farmers and strengthens the country’s economic stability.

Responsibilities

1. Be a main organization in water resources development for sufficient utilization and in response to the potential of each basin;

2. Manage water allocation to every stakeholder in equitable and sustainable manners;

3. Encourage people participation in water management at all levels for sustainable and utmost benefits of water management and development; and

4. Prevent and mitigate water hazards.

Objectives

1. Agricultural areas shall be thoroughly supplied with irrigation water.

2. Farmers shall be served with good irrigation service, which raises their quality of life.

Strategies and Tactics

To achieve the above-mentioned objectives, the Royal Irrigation Department has set 3 strategies including all tactics concerned to be in accordance with the national agenda, national policies, and strategies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives as follows:

Strategies

1) Strategy 1 Sufficient Supply of Irrigation Water for Agriculture This strategy is aimed at extending irrigation system to cover the country’s agricultural areas by the construction of large scale and medium scale irrigation projects as well as water development for rural and community area projects. However, all factors concerned shall be prepared in advance for the readiness for the project construction and construction efficiency.

2) Strategy 2 Development of Water Hazard Prevention System The Department will support the development of efficient water hazard prevention and mitigation system by the construction of structures to prevent and mitigate water hazards and the installation of warning system.

3) Strategy3 Encouragement of Efficient People Participation in Water Management Aiming at increasing quality of life of farmers at all levels, the Department realizes that to render good irrigation service to the farmers, the Department shall increase the efficiency of its irrigation projects and its administration as well as encouraging participation of all concerned sectors in water management.

Tactics

The above-mentioned strategies can be classified into 5 tactics as follows :

1. Increase of Irrigated Areas Aiming at increasing irrigated areas for enhancing agricultural productivity, the Department will be in readiness in construction ,study, survey, design; as well as acquiring land and undertaking the construction of large scale and medium scale irrigation projects and water development for rural and community area projects.

2. Development of Irrigation Projects’ Efficiency The Department will promote and support projects that increase working efficiency of irrigation operation projects, irrigation system maintenance projects and irrigation rehabilitation projects.

3. Water Hazard Prevention and Mitigation The Department will promote and support the construction and installation of warning system as well as the protection and mitigation of areas affected by flood and other water hazards in both agricultural area and economic zone.

4. Participation in Water Management and Public Relations The Department will promote and support participation of all sectors in water management by developing the potential of water users organization in water management , strengthening local communities and enhancing proactive public relations of irrigation works.

5. Increase of Administration Efficiency To increase the Department’s administration efficiency especially in the aspects of time and cost reduction; and productivity increase, the Department feels the needs to develop and enhance human resources development systematically so that its human resources will be able to undertake the Department’s tasks and responsibilities effectively. Moreover, the Department will undertake the project that will monitor and evaluate its performances systematically and continuously especially the RID Transparency Project.