Proposal for an African network on integrated irrigation and aquaculture. Proceedings of a Workshop held in Accra, Ghana, 20-21 September 1999.
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There is great potential for integrated irrigation-aquaculture (IIA) in sub-Saharan Africa and this type of integration fits well into the water control and diversification components of the FAO Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS). Three international institutions interested in IIA and experienced in networking were reviewed: the Regional Association for Irrigation and Drainage, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture with its Eco-regional Programme for Humid and Sub-Humid Tro pics of Subsaharan Africa, and the West Africa Rice Development Association with its two regional research consortia, the Inland Valley Consortium and the Regional Rice Research Network. IIA field activities in Mali and Zambia were presented and IIA-related research was reported from Burkina Faso and Ghana. All countries indicated a high potential for IIA. Possible actors involved in IIA activities represent a wide variety of research and development agencies in each country. Information to faci litate IIA development is frequently lacking. Joining national networks into a regional network would expedite access to and exchange of information. The Workshop proposed the establishment of a regional IIA Network and elaborated on such potential network’s goal, objectives, themes, context of operation, structure and linkages.