Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing

Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have i...

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Main Authors:	Sidibé, Yoro, Williams, Timothy O.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	water scarcity efficiency equity environmental flows water basin water resources management Niger River
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25017

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spelling	okr-10986-250172021-05-25T10:54:42Z Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing Sidibé, Yoro Williams, Timothy O. water scarcity efficiency equity environmental flows water basin water resources management Niger River Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have implications for water availability and utilization by other users, making it imperative to regard water as an economic rather than a free good. Focusing on a vast irrigable area in Mali with recent large-scale investments, a bio-economic model was used to demonstrate that an improved water valuation system is needed to balance different water users’ needs while ensuring adequate environmental flow. 2016-09-07T22:05:38Z 2016-09-07T22:05:38Z 2016-06-29 Journal Article Water International 0250-8060 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25017 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Mali
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description	Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have implications for water availability and utilization by other users, making it imperative to regard water as an economic rather than a free good. Focusing on a vast irrigable area in Mali with recent large-scale investments, a bio-economic model was used to demonstrate that an improved water valuation system is needed to balance different water users’ needs while ensuring adequate environmental flow.
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author	Sidibé, Yoro Williams, Timothy O.
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title	Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing
title_short	Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing
title_full	Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing
title_fullStr	Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing
title_full_unstemmed	Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing
title_sort	agricultural land investments and water management in the office du niger, mali : options for improved water pricing
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Agricultural Land Investments and Water Management in the Office du Niger, Mali : Options for Improved Water Pricing

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