TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
A1  - Bjornlund, V
A1  - Bjornlund, H
A1  - van Rooyen, A F
TI  - Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1808448
JF  - International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI)
SN  - 0790-0627
PB  - Routledge
N1  - We would like to acknowledge the important support received in writing this article from Ms Karen
Parry in structural and copy editing. The article was produced in the context of the project
Transforming Smallholder Irrigation into Profitable and Self-Sustaining Systems in Southern
Africa, funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (LWR/2016/137 and
FSC/2013/006) and by the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems with support
from the CGIAR Fund. We also acknowledge the significant contribution of the two reviewers, who
spent considerable time and effort to provide valuable comments and contributions, resulting in a
much-improved article.
N2  - 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.
KW  - Agricultural water Management
KW  -  Farmer-led
KW  -  sub-Saharan Africa
KW  -  Rural economic development
KW  -  Agricultural production
systems
Y1  - 2020/09//
SP  - S54
ID  - icrisat11653
EP  - S101
VL  - 36
IS  - 51
ER  -