Realization of good governance indicators of agricultural water resources in the water- user organizations of the Kamyaran water-plain of Kurdistan

Water governance is known as an effective solution to limitation of agricultural water resources and its optimal management. Therefore, it is very important to identify and evaluate the indicators as well as the priority mechanisms for its realization.with this knowledge, this research has evaluated the feasibility of good governance indicators of agricultural water resources in the water-user organizations of Kamyaran county.This research is a type of descriptive-analytical research that was conducted by survey method. In addition to in-depth library studies, the required data was collected using the field method and questionnaire tool in 2021.The statistical population included 220 water users in eight villages who were selected by census. The validity of questionnire was examined by subject experts in university and its reliability calculation was confirmed by Ordinal theta coefficient (θ=0.72-0.85). The findings revealed the state of good governance of the organizations at a weak (47.72%) and moderate (37.27%) respectively. The comparison of the averages showed that its dimensions of financial reliability and independence, participation, justice and transparency was higher than the average of the society,but it was lower in other dimensions. Considering the significant level of farmers' governance of water resources in terms of components of financial reliability, participation, justice, it is acceptable,but in terms of adequacy and reliability, efficiency and effectiveness, and accountability, it is reported to be weak.The correlation coefficient confirm significant relationship between the variables of the number of participants in public meetings,and the main job history with the variable of the good governance level of organizations.