Agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa: planning and management to improve the benefits and reduce the environmental and health costs

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cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countrySudan
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SD
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierMatthew McCartney: 0000-0001-6342-2815
dc.contributor.authorMcCartney, Matthew P.en
dc.contributor.authorBoelee, Elineen
dc.contributor.authorCofie, Olufunke O.en
dc.contributor.authorAmerasinghe, Felix P.en
dc.contributor.authorMutero, Clifford M.en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-13T14:29:52Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-13T14:29:52Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/40015
dc.titleAgricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa: planning and management to improve the benefits and reduce the environmental and health costsen
dcterms.abstractThis report analyses environmental and health impacts arising from agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa and recommends ways to increase the sustainability of investments in irrigation by taking into account health and environmental concerns. In many places in the region irrigation is a key means of enhancing productivity that can reduce poverty and improve livelihoods. However, failure to adequately foresee, plan and manage the negative environmental and health impacts arising from irrigation undermines the sustainability of many projects and may worsen poverty. This report is not intended as a compendium of data on environmental and health issues pertaining to agricultural water development. Rather it seeks to provide an overview and framework for understanding policy and programming issues to tackle these issues.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMcCartney, Matthew; Boelee, Eline; Cofie, Olufunke; Amerasinghe, Felix; Mutero, Clifford. 2005. Agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa: planning and management to improve the benefits and reduce the environmental and health costs. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 50p.en
dcterms.issued2005
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjectirrigation effectsen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental impact assessmenten
dcterms.subjecthealth hazardsen
dcterms.subjectpolicyen
dcterms.typeReport

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