Promoting a Smallholder-Centered Approach to Irrigation: Lessons from Village Irrigation Schemes in the Senegal River Valley

dc.contributor.authorDiemer, Geert
dc.contributor.authorFall, Boubacar
dc.contributor.authorHuibers, Frans P.
dc.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-13T14:23:55Z
dc.date.available2009-08-13T14:23:55Z
dc.date.issued1991en_US
dc.description.abstract"In this paper, we examine the empirical validity of these norms. Having identified the trends common to colonial and post-colonial policy with regard to agricultural development, we briefly review the historical background to the emergence of the current design procedures for hydroagricultural schemes. We analyse the sociological research dealing with the phenomenon of irrigation in Africa, from the point of view of its contribution to the analysis of the crisis in hydro-agricultural production. We then identify the factors which explain an isolated case of success, namely the village irrigation schemes in the middle regions of the Senegal river valley. We pinpoint two factors governing the viability of hydroagricultural infrastructure, viz, the dynamics of the smallfarmer production system and the local political system. We conclude by presenting the changes needed in terms of planning and designing hydro-agricultural schemes."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/4595
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesOverseas Development Institute, Londonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrrigation Management Network (African Edition), Network Paper, no. 6en_US
dc.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dc.subjectirrigationen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.titlePromoting a Smallholder-Centered Approach to Irrigation: Lessons from Village Irrigation Schemes in the Senegal River Valleyen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US

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