Desempenho do distrito de irrigação Senador Nilo Coelho.

A global and quantitative approach was used to describe and evaluate performance indicators aimed at guiding interventions for the improvement of performance in irrigation schemes. With the implementation of the research programme to evaluate irrigation performance of the RPIP-Brazil project, one of the selected pilot areas was the Senator Nilo Coelho Irrigation District, Pernambuco. Various indicators, related to irrigated area, water requirements, water supply, energy and water tariff, were quantified and analysed, showing a profile of the irrigation scheme performance. The indicators utilized gave promising results over the years of monitoring and showed an inter-dependent relationship among them.