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Irrigation management transfer in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of policy implementation across scales

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  • Cesario Cambaza
  • Jaime Hoogesteger
  • Gert Jan Veldwisch

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This article explores how irrigation management transfer policies were implemented in Mali, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. In Mali and Mozambique, where the irrigation bureaucracy controlled one large irrigation system, state agencies retained control over irrigation management despite reduced state funding. In Malawi and Zimbabwe, where the state irrigation systems and the irrigation bureaucracy were smaller, users have taken over irrigation management, but are having trouble sustaining irrigated agriculture. We show how irrigation management transfer policies were shaped by the interplay between international donors, macro-economic dynamics, national politics and the interactions with (and the nature of) irrigation infrastructure, bureaucracies and organized users.

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  • Cesario Cambaza & Jaime Hoogesteger & Gert Jan Veldwisch, 2020. "Irrigation management transfer in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of policy implementation across scales," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(1), pages 3-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:45:y:2020:i:1:p:3-19
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2019.1702310
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    1. Jaime Hoogesteger & Diana Suhardiman & Rutgerd Boelens & Fabio de Castro & Bibiana Duarte-Abadía & Juan Pablo Hidalgo-Bastidas & Janwillem Liebrand & Nuria Hernández-Mora & Kanokwan Manorom & Gert Jan, 2023. "River Commoning and the State: A Cross‐Country Analysis of River Defense Collectives," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 280-292.
    2. Mdemu, M.V. & Kimaro, E.G. & Tafula, M. & de Sousa, W. & Moyo, M. & Parry, K. & Bjornlund, H. & Mukwakwami, N. & Ramshaw, P., 2023. "Participatory mapping of irrigation schemes in Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe and their value for multi-level learning," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 290(C).
    3. Ali, Sameen A. Mohsin, 2020. "Driving participatory reforms into the ground: The bureaucratic politics of irrigation management transfer in Pakistan," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
    4. Berhe, Gebremeskel Teklay & Baartman, Jantiene E.M. & Veldwisch, Gert Jan & Grum, Berhane & Ritsema, Coen J., 2022. "Irrigation development and management practices in Ethiopia: A systematic review on existing problems, sustainability issues and future directions," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 274(C).
    5. Goelnitz, Anna & Al-Saidi, Mohammad, 2020. "Too big to handle, too important to abandon: Reforming Sudan’s Gezira scheme," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).
    6. Sida, Y. G. & Simane, B. & Assefa, E. & Haileslassie, Amare, 2022. "Polycentric irrigation water governance: irrigation water users associations service delivery in Ketar Subbasin, Ethiopia," Papers published in Journals (Open Access), International Water Management Institute, pages 18(10):783-.

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