Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions.
Burkina Faso reformed its water management institutions and adopted integrated water resources management (IWRM) for more than two decades, yet the country still suffers from weak institutions and ineffective implementation of water management reforms. The key institutional question is: “How can IWR...
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| author | Balana, Bedru Debevec, Liza Somda-Kabore , Letisia Rolande |
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| description | Burkina Faso reformed its water management institutions and adopted integrated water resources management (IWRM) for more than two decades, yet the country still suffers from weak institutions and ineffective implementation of water management reforms. The key institutional question is: “How can IWRM reforms be adapted to increase effectiveness and sustainability of water management, and improve livelihoods of rural populations through increased participation of local stakeholders?” A key practical issue related to this bigger institutional question is to understand the barriers to adoption of good land and water management measures by riparian farmers and other land/water users, and the mechanisms to induce behavioral change among these users. Knowledge gaps exist in understanding the local perceptions and preferences of alternative management measures, and the incentive mechanisms to induce behavioral change. The aim of this study, which was part of a 3-year project entitled ‘Participatory planning for more inclusive and sustainable water management in rural Burkina Faso’, was to understand the perceptions, preferences and willingness of farmers and other land/water users to adopt environmentally friendly land and water management measures. The study also examined potential mechanisms that could induce riparian economic actors to adopt such measures. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1072722025-11-07T08:24:41Z Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. Balana, Bedru Debevec, Liza Somda-Kabore , Letisia Rolande water users water resources degradation awareness participation resource management capacity development water use rural areas Burkina Faso reformed its water management institutions and adopted integrated water resources management (IWRM) for more than two decades, yet the country still suffers from weak institutions and ineffective implementation of water management reforms. The key institutional question is: “How can IWRM reforms be adapted to increase effectiveness and sustainability of water management, and improve livelihoods of rural populations through increased participation of local stakeholders?” A key practical issue related to this bigger institutional question is to understand the barriers to adoption of good land and water management measures by riparian farmers and other land/water users, and the mechanisms to induce behavioral change among these users. Knowledge gaps exist in understanding the local perceptions and preferences of alternative management measures, and the incentive mechanisms to induce behavioral change. The aim of this study, which was part of a 3-year project entitled ‘Participatory planning for more inclusive and sustainable water management in rural Burkina Faso’, was to understand the perceptions, preferences and willingness of farmers and other land/water users to adopt environmentally friendly land and water management measures. The study also examined potential mechanisms that could induce riparian economic actors to adopt such measures. 2019-12 2020-02-26T10:00:13Z 2020-02-26T10:00:13Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107272 en https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2021.2020276 Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Balana, Bedru; Debevec, Liza; Somda-Kabore, Letisia Rolande. 2019. Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 8p. |
| spellingShingle | water users water resources degradation awareness participation resource management capacity development water use rural areas Balana, Bedru Debevec, Liza Somda-Kabore , Letisia Rolande Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. |
| title | Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. |
| title_full | Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. |
| title_fullStr | Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. |
| title_short | Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. |
| title_sort | degradation of water resources in rural burkina faso drivers local perceptions and solutions |
| topic | water users water resources degradation awareness participation resource management capacity development water use rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107272 |
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