as central agencies seem to define missions and objectives but do not invest the necessary means to achieve them little coordination is possible between these policy areas in addition intensive competition between different ministries is common in water energy and agricultural policy coordination in several lac countries in chile water policies in the agricultural sector are designed by two separate ministries with different interests the ministry of public works through its office of water infrastructure dams irrigation etc lastly unclear allocation of roles and a lack of institutional incentives for cooperation are also cited as common concerns for both waterenergy and wateragricultural policy coherence