Linking performance and collective action - The case of the office du Niger Irrigation Scheme in Mali

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-168

  Vandersypen, Klaartje ^a   Verbist, B ^a   Keita, A C T ^b   Raes, D ^a   Jamin, J Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b URDOC ^*  (Mali)

^c UMR G EAU   (France)

Author keywords

Collective action; Irrigated rice schemes; Mali; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MANAGEMENT; PAPER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CASE STUDIES; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; FIELD STUDIES; IRRIGATED RICE SCHEMES; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCIES; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; MALI; MENTAL MODELS; MUTUAL BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; POLICY MAKERS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSES; TERTIARY LEVELS; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

IRRIGATION;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INCENTIVE; IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 58149195457     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9269-1     Document Type: Article

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