Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta Sub-Basin

Title

Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta Sub-Basin

 Author

Ofosu, E.A.

Contributor

Van der Zaag, P. (promotor)
Van de Giesen, N.C. (promotor)

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

 Department

Water Management

 Date

2011-12-13

 Abstract

This study on sustainable irrigation development identified growing markets for irrigated products as an important driving force behind the expansion of irrigation which has given rise to new technologies. The new technologies have spread because they gave farmers direct control over water sources. These new technologies allow relatively small farm sizes which can be adequately managed by the surveyed farmers. As a result high productivities are achieved. The hydrological impact of upscaling irrigation in the sub-basin is sustainable and will maximize the overall benefits derived from water resources in the Volta Basin.

 Subject

Ghana
Burkina Faso
private-led irrigation
government-led irrigation
productivity
trade-offs
small-scale irrigation

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 Publisher

CRC Press/Balkema

 ISBN

978-0-415-62103-8

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

doctoral thesis

 Rights

(c) 2011 Ofosu, E.A.
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