Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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dc.creatorChokkakula, S.
dc.creatorGiordano, Mark
dc.date2013-10
dc.date2014-06-13T14:47:17Z
dc.date2014-06-13T14:47:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:36:23Z
dc.descriptionThis article examines the policy and institutional constraints on smallholder adoption of groundwater irrigation practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis departs from the unilateral focus on the promotion of technologies and probes not only the issues of groundwater governance but also those policies related to other enabling factors such as access to credit, energy and agricultural pricing policies and land-tenure security. The paper argues that the region may be missing an opportunity by not ensuring at least neutral policy towards agricultural groundwater development and addressing other constraints which hold back not only agricultural groundwater use but smallholder agriculture development in general.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/40263
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/160636
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceChokkakula, S.; Giordano, Mark. 2013. Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa? Water International, 38(6):790-808. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2013.843842
dc.subjectgroundwater irrigation
dc.subjectfarmer-led irrigation
dc.subjectgroundwater development
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.subjectwater policy
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectcosts
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectland tenure
dc.subjectpolitical aspects
dc.titleDo policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa?
dc.typeJournal Article

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