Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso
Small reservoirs in Burkina Faso are constructed for many purposes such as domestic water uses, livestock watering and irrigated rice production downstream of the dam. Increasingly farmers use individually owned motorized pumps to draw water directly from the reservoir and irrigate vegetables upstre...
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| author | Fraiture, Charlotte de Kouali, Gael Ndanga Sally, Hilmy Kabre, P. |
| author_browse | Fraiture, Charlotte de Kabre, P. Kouali, Gael Ndanga Sally, Hilmy |
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| description | Small reservoirs in Burkina Faso are constructed for many purposes such as domestic water uses, livestock watering and irrigated rice production downstream of the dam. Increasingly farmers use individually owned motorized pumps to draw water directly from the reservoir and irrigate vegetables upstream of the dam. This practice, while tolerated, is unauthorized and referred to as 'irrigation pirate' in French. Upstream vegetable cultivation is successful because it is more profitable than downstream rice cultivation. Often, the 'unofficial' irrigated area around the reservoir is much larger than the official command area below the dam. However, in the absence of an overarching authority to manage the water source, this may lead to conflicts and resource degradation. We take the example of the Korsimoro reservoir in Burkina Faso to illustrate the positive and negative impacts of spontaneous individual irrigation around communally managed water bodies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace402392025-06-17T08:23:24Z Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso Fraiture, Charlotte de Kouali, Gael Ndanga Sally, Hilmy Kabre, P. rservoirs upstream downstream irrigated farming vegetable growing small scale systems resource management water use water users farmers Small reservoirs in Burkina Faso are constructed for many purposes such as domestic water uses, livestock watering and irrigated rice production downstream of the dam. Increasingly farmers use individually owned motorized pumps to draw water directly from the reservoir and irrigate vegetables upstream of the dam. This practice, while tolerated, is unauthorized and referred to as 'irrigation pirate' in French. Upstream vegetable cultivation is successful because it is more profitable than downstream rice cultivation. Often, the 'unofficial' irrigated area around the reservoir is much larger than the official command area below the dam. However, in the absence of an overarching authority to manage the water source, this may lead to conflicts and resource degradation. We take the example of the Korsimoro reservoir in Burkina Faso to illustrate the positive and negative impacts of spontaneous individual irrigation around communally managed water bodies. 2014-01 2014-06-13T14:47:14Z 2014-06-13T14:47:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40239 en Limited Access Elsevier de Fraiture, C.; Kouali, Gael Ndanga; Sally, Hilmy; Kabre, P. 2014. Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Water Management, 131:212-220. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.001 |
| spellingShingle | rservoirs upstream downstream irrigated farming vegetable growing small scale systems resource management water use water users farmers Fraiture, Charlotte de Kouali, Gael Ndanga Sally, Hilmy Kabre, P. Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso |
| title | Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso |
| title_full | Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso |
| title_short | Pirates or pioneers?: unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | pirates or pioneers unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in burkina faso |
| topic | rservoirs upstream downstream irrigated farming vegetable growing small scale systems resource management water use water users farmers |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40239 |
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