Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa?
This article examines the policy and institutional constraints on smallholder adoption of groundwater irrigation practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis departs from the unilateral focus on the promotion of technologies and probes not only the issues of groundwater governance but also those po...
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| author | Chokkakula, S. Giordano, Mark |
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| description | This article examines the policy and institutional constraints on smallholder adoption of groundwater irrigation practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis departs from the unilateral focus on the promotion of technologies and probes not only the issues of groundwater governance but also those policies related to other enabling factors such as access to credit, energy and agricultural pricing policies and land-tenure security. The paper argues that the region may be missing an opportunity by not ensuring at least neutral policy towards agricultural groundwater development and addressing other constraints which hold back not only agricultural groundwater use but smallholder agriculture development in general. |
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| spelling | CGSpace402632025-06-17T08:24:00Z Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? Chokkakula, S. Giordano, Mark groundwater irrigation farmer-led irrigation groundwater development smallholders water use institutions water policy agricultural development costs economic aspects land tenure political aspects This article examines the policy and institutional constraints on smallholder adoption of groundwater irrigation practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis departs from the unilateral focus on the promotion of technologies and probes not only the issues of groundwater governance but also those policies related to other enabling factors such as access to credit, energy and agricultural pricing policies and land-tenure security. The paper argues that the region may be missing an opportunity by not ensuring at least neutral policy towards agricultural groundwater development and addressing other constraints which hold back not only agricultural groundwater use but smallholder agriculture development in general. 2013-10 2014-06-13T14:47:17Z 2014-06-13T14:47:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40263 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Chokkakula, S.; Giordano, Mark. 2013. Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? Water International, 38(6):790-808. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2013.843842 |
| spellingShingle | groundwater irrigation farmer-led irrigation groundwater development smallholders water use institutions water policy agricultural development costs economic aspects land tenure political aspects Chokkakula, S. Giordano, Mark Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
| title | Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
| title_full | Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
| title_fullStr | Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
| title_short | Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
| title_sort | do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in sub saharan africa |
| topic | groundwater irrigation farmer-led irrigation groundwater development smallholders water use institutions water policy agricultural development costs economic aspects land tenure political aspects |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40263 |
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