Why invest in minor projects in sub-Saharan Africa? An exploration of the scale economy and diseconomy of irrigation projects

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-60

  Fujiie, Hitoshi ^a   Maruyama, Atsushi ^b   Fujiie, Masako ^b   Takagaki, Michiko ^b   Merrey, Douglas J ^c   Kikuchi, Masao ^b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction cost; Irrigation development; Overhead cost; Performance; Scale economy; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT; OVERHEAD COSTS; PERFORMANCE; SCALE ECONOMIES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; HEAVY WATER; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION CANALS; PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

ECONOMY OF SCALE; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRANSACTION COST; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 80255127498     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: 15730654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10795-011-9111-4     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Aw D, Diemer G (2005) Making a large irrigation scheme work: A case study from Mali. Direction in Development, World Bank, Washington, DC.
2. Barbier EB, Thompson JR (1998) The value of water: floodplain versus large-scale irrigation benefits in Northern Nigeria. Ambio 27(6): 434-440.
3. Cleveringa R, Kay M, Cohen A (2009) Synthesis of strategic approaches: enhancing pro-poor investments in water and rural livelihoods. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome.
4. Collaborative Program (2007) Investment in agricultural water for poverty reduction and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: Synthesis report. A collaborative program of AfDB, FAO, IFAD, IWMI, and the World Bank. World Bank, Washington, DC.
5. Commission for Africa (2005) Report of the Commission for Africa. Commission for Africa. http://www. commissionforafrica. info/2005-report.
6. Dillon A (2010) Do differences in the scale of irrigation projects generate different impacts on poverty and production? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1022. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC.
7. Easter KW, Liu Y (2005) Cost recovery and water pricing for irrigation and drainage projects. Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper 26, World Bank, Washington, DC.
8. FAO (2005) Irrigation in Africa in figures-AQUASTAT Survey 2005-. FAO Water Reports 29. Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome.
9. Faurès J-M, Santini G (eds) (2008) Water and the rural poor: interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. FAO, Rome.
10. Fox P, Rockström J, Barron J (2005) Risk analysis and economic viability of water harvesting for supplemental irrigation in semi-arid Burkina Faso and Kenya. Agric Syst 83: 231-250.
11. G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (2008) G8 Leaders statement on global food security. http://www. mofa. go. jp/policy/economy/summit/2008/doc/doc080709_04_en. html.
12. Grimm J, Richter M (2006) Financing small-scale irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa, Part 1 & 2. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Eschborn.
13. Hanjra MA, Ferede T, Gutta DG (2009) Reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa through investments in water and other priorities. Agric Water Manag 96: 1062-1070.
14. Hayami Y, Kikuchi M (2000) A rice village saga: three decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines. Barnes & Noble, Lanham, Boulder, New York.
15. IFAD (2005) The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Special Country Programme Phase II (SCP II): Interim Evaluation. IFAD, Rome.
16. Inocencio A, Kikuchi M, Tonosaki M, Maruyama A, Merrey DJ, Sally H, de Jong I (2007) Costs and performance of irrigation projects: a comparison of Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions. IWMI Research Report 109, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka.
17. Ishikawa S (1967) Economic development in Asian perspective. Kinokuniya, Tokyo.
18. Ito Y (2011) Personal communication, 29 July 2011.
19. IWMI (2006) Agricultural water management technologies for small scale farmers in southern Africa: an inventory and assessment of experiences, good practices and costs. Southern Africa Sub-Regional Office of IWMI, Pretoria.
20. Kikuchi M (2010) A note on rice in Africa: Green revolution in Asia in retrospect and in sub-Saharan Africa in prospect. NARO/JICA NERICA Promotion Project, Kampala, Uganda.
21. Kikuchi M, Dozina G, Hayami Y (1978) Economics of community work programs: a communal irrigation project in the Philippines. Econ Dev Cult Chang 26(2): 211-225.
22. Kitamura Y, Yano T (2001) Irrigation infrastructure needed to secure self-sufficiency in food in sub-Saharan Africa. Jpn J Trop Agric 45(4): 259-274.
23. Mati BM (2005) Overview of water and soil nutrient management under smallholder rain-fed agriculture in East Africa. IWMI Working Paper 105. IWMI, Colombo.
24. Mati BM (2008) Capacity development for smallholder irrigation in Kenya. Irrig Drain 57: 332-340.
25. MDG Africa Steering Group (2008) Achieving the millennium development goals in Africa: recommendations of the MDG Africa Steering Group. United Nations, New York.
26. Merrey DJ, Sally H (2008) Micro-agricultural water management technologies for food security in southern Africa: part of the solution or a red herring? Water Policy 10: 515-530.
27. Ngigi SN (2009) Climatic change adaptation strategies: water resources management options for smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The MDG Center for East and Southern Africa of the Earth Institute of Columbia University, New York.
28. Ostrom E, Schroeder LD, Wynne SG (1993) Institutional incentives and sustainable development: infrastructure policies in perspective. In: Sabatier PA (ed) Theoretical lenses on public policy. Westview Press, Boulder/ San Francisco/ Oxford.
29. Otsuka K, Kalirajan K (2006) Rice green revolution in Asia and its transferability to Arica: an introduction. Dev Econ 44(2): 107-122.
30. Riddell PJ, Westlake M, Burke J (2006) Demand for products of irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. FAO Water Report 31. FAO, Rome.
31. Rosegrant MW, Ringler C, Benson T, Diao X, Resnick D, Thurlow J, Torero M, Orden D (2006) Agriculture and achieving the millennium development goals. World Bank (Agriculture and Rural Development Department), Washington, DC.
32. Svendsen M, Ewing M, Msangi S (2009) Measuring irrigation performance in Africa. IFPRI Discussion Paper 894. IFPRI, Washington DC.
33. Tiffen M (1987) Dethroning the internal rate of return: the evidence from irrigation projects. Dev Policy Rev 5: 361-377.
34. Turner B (1994) Small-scale irrigation in developing countries. Land Use Policy 11(4): 251-261.
35. Turral H, Svendsen M, Faures J-M (2010) Investing in irrigation: reviewing the past and looking to the future. Agric Water Manag 97: 551-560.
36. UN (United Nations) (2005) The millennium development goals report, 2005. United Nations, New York.
37. Veldwisch GJ, Bolding A, Wester P (2009) Sand in the engine: the travails of an irrigated rice scheme in Bwanje Valley, Malawi. J Dev Stud 45(2): 197-226.
38. World Bank (2007) Africa region: irrigation business plan. World Bank Africa Region, Washington, DC.
39. You L, Ringler C, Nelson G, Wood-Sichra U, Robertson R, Wood S, Zhe G, Zhu T, Sun Y (2009) Torrents and trickles: irrigation spending needs in Africa. AICD Background Paper 9, World Bank, Washington, DC.