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Is small-scale irrigation an efficient pro-poor strategy in the upper Limpopo Basin in Mozambique?

Ducrot Raphaèle. 2017. Is small-scale irrigation an efficient pro-poor strategy in the upper Limpopo Basin in Mozambique?. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 100 : 383-392.

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Quartile : Q2, Sujet : WATER RESOURCES / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY / Quartile : Q3, Sujet : METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

Résumé : In Sub-Saharan Africa, there is evidence that households with access to small-scale irrigation are significantly less poor than households that do not have access to irrigation. However, private motopumps tend to be distributed inequitably. This paper investigates the success of explicit pro-poor interventions with emphasis on small-scale irrigation in the semi-arid Limpopo Basin in Mozambique. It reveals that high irrigation costs are progressively excluding the poor, who are unable to generate a cash income from other activities they need to fund irrigation. In addition, the operation of collective schemes involving the poor is being jeopardized by the development of private irrigation schemes, which benefit from hidden subsidies appropriated by local elites. This results in unequal access to irrigation, which can cause resentment at community level. This weakens community cohesiveness, as well as communities' capacities for collective action and coordination, which are crucial for collective irrigation.

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Mozambique

Classification Agris : F06 - Irrigation

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2014-2018) - Agriculture écologiquement intensive

Auteurs et affiliations

  • Ducrot Raphaèle, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)

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