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Why equity of irrigation water supply matters for economic equality
Joint Authors
Manerro, A.
Isddory, D.
Bjornllund, H.
Source
Issue
Vol. 7, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.107-113, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Economy and Commerce
Agriculture
Abstract EN
Food security and poverty are still persistent in sub-Sahharan Africa, contrasting with the global declining trend.
Irrigated agriculture has been recognized as a key strategy to promote development, yet its benefits are not always shared equitably across communities.
This study investigates how unequal water supply within a small holder irrigation scheme can impact the community’s socio-economic inequalities.
In addition to lower crop productivity, which has already been pointed out by previous studies, the results of this investigation re veal that un equal water supply may also ex acerbate socio-economic inequalities through lower market prices, higher risk of crop failure and dependency on occasion na labor.
In order to revert this trend, a combination of technical and noon-technical measures are proposed that would improve equality of water distribution within the scheme.
Abstract FRE
La sécur ité alimentaiire et la pauuvreté sont ddes problèmeespersistantss en Afriquee sub-Sahari enne, ce qui coontraste aveec leur dimi nution à nivveau global..
L’agricultuure d’irrigattion est recoonnue comme uune des strattégies clés p our promouvvoir le déve eloppement.
Cependant, les bénéficees qui en dériveent ne sont ppas toujours partagés dee manière éqquitable parmmi la populaation.
Cette étude analyse ccommentla ddistributioninnégaleà l’eaau dans un ssystem d’irriigation peutt avoir un immpact sur les innégalitéssociio-économiqques de la coommunauté aagri col e.
Au-delà de la pproductive, cce qui a déjà été montré paar des étudess précédentees, les résulttats de cette recherche mmontrent quue des prix de mmarché plus bas, un maajeur risque de pertes dde récolte ett la dépendaance sur l’emmploi instable ppeuvent aussi aggraver des disparittés socio-écoonomiques.
Afin d’inveertir ceprocèès, les auteurs pproposent unne série des mesures tecchniques et non-techniqques qui ontt comme obbjectif rendre la distributionn de l’eau pluus équitable dans le systèème d’irrigaation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Manerro, A.& Isddory, D.& Bjornllund, H.. 2016. Why equity of irrigation water supply matters for economic equality. Arab Water Council Journal،Vol. 7, no. 2, pp.107-113.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1222206
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Manerro, A.…[et al.]. Why equity of irrigation water supply matters for economic equality. Arab Water Council Journal Vol. 7, no. 2 (Dec. 2016), pp.107-113.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1222206
American Medical Association (AMA)
Manerro, A.& Isddory, D.& Bjornllund, H.. Why equity of irrigation water supply matters for economic equality. Arab Water Council Journal. 2016. Vol. 7, no. 2, pp.107-113.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1222206
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 112-113
Record ID
BIM-1222206