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

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  • Shah, Tushaar
  • van Koppen, Barbara
  • Merrey, Douglas J.
  • de Lange, Marna
  • Samad, Madar

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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.

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  • Shah, Tushaar & van Koppen, Barbara & Merrey, Douglas J. & de Lange, Marna & Samad, Madar, 2002. "Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation: Lessons from international experience with irrigation management transfer," IWMI Research Reports 44563, International Water Management Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iwmirr:44563
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.44563
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