Land and water rights in the Sahel
| dc.creator | Cotula, L. | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:38:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:38:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2006 | |
| dc.date | 2019-05-30T13:19:21.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-28T01:37:58Z | |
| dc.description | Water for agriculture draws on a range of sources - from naturally available water bodies to water supply infrastructure. In sub-Saharan Africa, only a very small percentage of arable land is irrigated. Most farmers produce food under rainfed conditions. In 1995, for instance, 89 percent of cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa was delivered from rainfed agriculture, compared to 58 percent in the West Asia and Northern Africa region (InterAcademy Council, 2004). The situation in the Sahel is v ery much in line with this trend. Here, the past few decades have witnessed considerable efforts to improve the water infrastructure in rural areas. As a result, there has been a multiplication of pastoral water points and of irrigation schemes - from large, state-owned schemes like the Office du Niger in Mali (which dates back to the 1930s) to village-level irrigation schemes. Irrigation has enabled the cultivation of a range of crops - from rice to fruit and vegetables. However, rainfed farmin g (millet, sorghum, etc) and pastoralism are - and are likely to remain - the dominant forms of agricultural production and the pillars of rural livelihoods in much of the Sahel. | |
| dc.format | 75 p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ah246e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-ah246e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/341734 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.relation | LSP Working Paper | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Land and water rights in the Sahel | |
| dc.title | Land and water rights in the Sahel | |
| dc.title | Tenure challenges of improving access to water for agriculture | |
| dc.type | Book (series) |