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Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa

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https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1808448
doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1808448
 
Title Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa
 
Creator Bjornlund, V
Bjornlund, H
van Rooyen, A F
 
Subject Rural Development
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Water Resources
 
Description This article explores the factors causing the current poor performance
of most government irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan
Africa. The literature review finds that the poor performance is not
primarily caused by socioeconomic and biophysical conditions
inherent to sub-Saharan Africa. African farmers have adapted to
diverse biophysical conditions and expanded or contracted their
area under agricultural water management in response to market
signals. Rather, this poor performance is predominantly linked to
the production systems introduced during colonialism and developments
since independence, such as agricultural policies restraining
rural economic development, unsuitable irrigation technologies
and agricultural practices, and international lending practices and
trade arrangements.
 
Publisher Routledge
 
Date 2020-09
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11653/1/Exploring%20the%20factors%20causing%20the%20poor%20performance%20of%20most%20irrigation%20schemes%20in%20post%20independence%20sub%20Saharan%20Africa.pdf
Bjornlund, V and Bjornlund, H and van Rooyen, A F (2020) Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI), 36 (51). S54-S101. ISSN 0790-0627