Description: Making a Large Irrigation Scheme Work : A Case Study from Mali

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Making a Large Irrigation Scheme Work : A Case Study from Mali

This report analyzes the government's decision on the outcome of a series of small power shifts triggered by pro-reform players. Reform advocates devised them whenever opportunities arose and used whatever maneuvering room there was to tilt th...

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Main Authors:	Aw, Djibril, Diemer, Geert
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSORPTION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE ALLUVIAL SOILS AVERAGE YEAR BASIN CANALS CASH CROPS CEREALS CLAY CLAY SOILS COMMODITIES CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COTTON COTTON GROWING COTTON PRODUCTION CROP PROCESSING CROPPING CROPPING INTENSITY CROPS CULTIVATION DISCHARGE DIVERSIFIED DIVERSION DRAIN DRAINAGE DRAINS DROUGHT DROUGHTS DRY SEASON EDUCATION EQUIPMENT ESTUARIES EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPORT EXTENSION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FEASIBILITY STUDIES FEED FISHERIES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FUR GARDENS GREEN REVOLUTION HARVESTS HEALTH HORTICULTURE IMPORTS INCOME INCOMES INNOVATION INTAKES IRRIGATION IRRIGATION CANALS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND TENURE LANDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MILLET ONIONS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE RAINFALL RICE RICE CROPS RICE CULTIVATION RICE MARKETING RICE PRICES RICE YIELDS RIVER RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALINIZATION SEDIMENT SEED SEVERE DROUGHT SILT SOIL SOILS SORGHUM SUGAR SUGAR CANE SWAMPS TEMPERATURE TEXTILES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPLANTING VEGETABLES WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER FEES WATER LEVEL WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER RIGHTS WATER USE WATER UTILITIES WEEDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628970/making-large-irrigation-scheme-work-case-study-mali http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7320

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Summary:	This report analyzes the government's decision on the outcome of a series of small power shifts triggered by pro-reform players. Reform advocates devised them whenever opportunities arose and used whatever maneuvering room there was to tilt the power balance between agency and farmers to further the goals of sustainability and partnership. The shifts were thought out for their strategic value, but most came without a timeline or plan for the next moves. Chapter 1 presents the Office du Niver (ON) scheme and its history. Chapters 2 through 5 analyze the reform process. Chapter 6 and appendix B discuss the parts that might be applied in other countries. Appendix A gives operational details on rightsizing the agency and the legal framework. Appendix C analyzes the political dimensions of irrigation reforms in other countries.