http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11653 2020-11-14T09:29:25Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/11653/ Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa Bjornlund, V Bjornlund, H van Rooyen, A F Rural Development Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Water Resources 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. Routledge 2020-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en 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 https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1808448 doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1808448 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage