Sustainable irrigation development in the White Volta sub-Basin disseration submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Board for Doctorates of Delft University of Technology and of the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education for the degree of doctor, to be defended in public on Tuesday, 13th December 2011 at 12:30 hours in Delft, The Netherlands
by
 
Antwi Ofosu, Eric.

Title
Sustainable irrigation development in the White Volta sub-Basin disseration submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Board for Doctorates of Delft University of Technology and of the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education for the degree of doctor, to be defended in public on Tuesday, 13th December 2011 at 12:30 hours in Delft, The Netherlands

Author
Antwi Ofosu, Eric.

ISBN
9781466552821

Publication Information
Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, 2011.

Physical Description
xxviii, 252 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps.

Contents
ch. 1. Introduction -- 2. The White Volta sub-Basin -- 3. Review of irrigation development in Sub-Saharan Africa -- ch. 4. Is large-scale public irrigation the way-forward for sub-Saharan Africa? -- ch. 5. Description of irrigation technologies in the White Volta sub-Basin -- ch. 6. Productivity of irrigation technologies in the White Volta sub-Basin -- ch. 7. Past and future trend of irrigation development in three catchments of the White Volta sub-Basin -- ch. 8. Impact of intensifying irrigation development and implications for sustainable water resources management in the White Volta sub-Basin -- ch. 9. Conclusions and recommendations.

Subject Term
Irrigation -- White Volta River Valley (Burkina Faso and Ghana)

Geographic Term
White Volta River Valley (Burkina Faso and Ghana)

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