Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation: lessons from international experience with irrigation management transfer

Shah, Tushaar; van Koppen, Barbara; Merrey, Douglas J.; Lange, M. de; Samad, M.

Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation: lessons from international experience with irrigation management transfer

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2002

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Shah, T.; van Koppen, B.; Merrey, D.; de Lange, M.; Samad, M. 2002. Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation: lessons from international experience with irrigation management transfer. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 24p. (IWMI Research Report 060)

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This report reviews several decades of global experience in transferring management of government-run irrigation systems to farmer associations or other nongovernmental agencies in an attempt to apply the lessons of success to the African smallholder irrigation context.