Analyses of crop water use and environmental performance of small private irrigation along the white Volta basin of Northern Ghana

ABSTRACT: Small private irrigation (SPI) is a farmer-initiated irrigation which has the potential to increase the contribution of the overall irrigation sector to global food security. However, there is no much information about these systems for effective policies for regulation. This study compared the resource use productivities and environmental impacts of SPI systems to those of a government-led irrigation scheme (GIS) in Northern Ghana. The results showed that land productivity was higher in the SPI than in the GIS. Productivity per unit cultivated area was 2571.00 US$/ha under SPI while that of the GIS was 676.00 US$/ha. Output per unit command area was also two times higher in the SPI than in the GIS; that is 2571.00 US$/ha and 1113.00 US$/ha for SPI and GIS respectively. For water productiv

SUBMITTER: Alhassan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10458339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature