The cost of rehabilitating the provincial and district networks should thus be shared between the central and local governments according to their fiscal capacity, for example through a matching grant where the size of the central government’s assistance for rehabilitation would be determined by O&M funding from local governments. This is a pre-condition toward introducing farm water charges and associated policy tools such as water trading. Charging farmers for water provision can provide a signal of the value of water, thus improving water use efficiency, shifting water use to higher value products and facilitating the recovery of infrastructure costs. However, it is not realistic if water is not provided in a reliable manner from upper level canals.