Abstract
In the Republic of Niger, eight exemplary irrigation systems were studied. ranging from large, government- administered perimeters to small, privately-owned, manual-lift microsystems. The total cost to the thinner for water, the various components of that cost, and related farmer and system performance were evaluated and found to vary significantly among systems. Irrigation systems in which farmers incur the highest volumetric costs for water and which allow for greater direct farmer control over system water management tend to exhibit the highest performance characteristics.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp1-12
- Journal
- Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 2, 1
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Norman, W. R., & Walter, M. F. (1997). Farmer Water Costs and Related Performance in Irrigated Systems: Case Studies from the Sahel. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 2, 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp1-12
MLA 9
Norman, W. Ray, and M. F. Walter. "Farmer Water Costs and Related Performance in Irrigated Systems: Case Studies from the Sahel." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 2, 1997, pp. 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp1-12.
Chicago (author–date)
Norman, W. Ray, and M. F. Walter. 1997. "Farmer Water Costs and Related Performance in Irrigated Systems: Case Studies from the Sahel." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 2: 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp1-12.
Harvard
Norman, W. R. and Walter, M. F. (1997) 'Farmer Water Costs and Related Performance in Irrigated Systems: Case Studies from the Sahel', Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 2, pp. 1. doi:10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp1-12.
Vancouver
Norman WR, Walter MF. Farmer Water Costs and Related Performance in Irrigated Systems: Case Studies from the Sahel. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences. 1997;2:1. doi:10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp1-12
IEEE
W. R. Norman, and M. F. Walter, "Farmer Water Costs and Related Performance in Irrigated Systems: Case Studies from the Sahel," Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 2, pp. 1, 1997, doi: 10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp1-12.