Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing
Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have i...
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| description | Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have implications for water availability and utilization by other users, making it imperative to regard water as an economic rather than a free good. Focusing on a vast irrigable area in Mali with recent large-scale investments, a bio-economic model was used to demonstrate that an improved water valuation system is needed to balance different water users’ needs while ensuring adequate environmental flow. |
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| spelling | CGSpace772412025-12-02T10:59:51Z Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing Sidibe, Y. Williams, Timothy O. agriculture farmland land investments water management water rates water scarcity water availability equity environmental flows agricultural production rural areas living standards natural resources farmers Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have implications for water availability and utilization by other users, making it imperative to regard water as an economic rather than a free good. Focusing on a vast irrigable area in Mali with recent large-scale investments, a bio-economic model was used to demonstrate that an improved water valuation system is needed to balance different water users’ needs while ensuring adequate environmental flow. 2016-07-28 2016-10-12T09:45:47Z 2016-10-12T09:45:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77241 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Sidibe, Y.; Williams, Timothy O. 2016. Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing. Water International, 41(5):738-755. doi: 10.1080/02508060.2016.1178900 |
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| title | Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing |
| title_full | Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing |
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| title_short | Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing |
| title_sort | agricultural land investments and water management in the office du niger mali options for improved water pricing |
| topic | agriculture farmland land investments water management water rates water scarcity water availability equity environmental flows agricultural production rural areas living standards natural resources farmers |
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