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Reform of irrigation management and investment policy in African development
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences | Vol 7, No 4 | a1296 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v7i4.1296
| © 2004 KW Easter, S Zekri
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 14 January 2004 | Published: 30 November 2004
Submitted: 14 January 2004 | Published: 30 November 2004
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KW Easter, University of Minnesota, United StatesS Zekri,, United States
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This paper examines the reform of water and irrigation management in Africa and compares it with similar reforms in Asia. Several things are evident from the review. First, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is at an earlier stage of irrigation development and reform than Asia. Second, the articulated need for reform is much stronger in Asia than it is in SSA. Third, the productivity of small-scale irrigated farms is significantly lower in SSA compared to Asia. Thus any irrigation investment strategy in SSA should be different from Asia and focus on increasing small-farm productivity as well as small-scale irrigation projects. Finally, all direct government irrigation investments should be done jointly with decisions regarding the type of project management.
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