Costs and performance of irrigation projects: A comparison of Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions

• Main Authors: Inocencio, Arlene B., Kikuchi, Masao, Tonosaki, Manabu, Maruyama, Atsushi, Merrey, Douglas, Sally, Hilmy, de Jong, Ijsbrand
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Irrigation—Africa, Sub-Saharan; Irrigation; Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7495
• Institution: De La Salle University

High investment costs together with declining world prices for food and the perceived failures of many past irrigation projects are the main reasons for the reluctance of development agencies and governments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to invest more resources in irrigation. This study aims to estab...