Irrigation development strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative study of traditional and modern irrigation systems in Bauchi State of Nigeria
Irrigation development strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative study of traditional and modern irrigation systems in Bauchi State of Nigeria
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撒哈拉以南非洲的灌溉发展战略：尼日利亚包奇州传统和现代灌溉系统的比较研究
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10.1016/0167-8809(93)90058-w
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1993
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K. M. Baba
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作者：
K. M. Baba
大多数撒哈拉以南非洲国家的灌溉发展重点似乎正在转向以电动水泵为基础的小规模灌溉。然而，这种方法的成功取决于其被习惯于基于阴影、葫芦、水桶等传统小规模灌溉系统的农民的广泛采用。要让农民采用现代系统，必须证明它优于传统方法。因此，这项研究的目的是比较新系统和传统系统的潜力。为此，从包奇州1987-1988年、1988-1989年和1989-1990年旱季在阴影和抽水灌溉系统下种植蔬菜(西红柿、辣椒、洋葱和茄子)的农民那里收集了数据。对数据的分析表明，在资源利用、产量和效益方面，泵灌优于阴灌。
The focus of irrigation development in most sub-Saharan African countributes appears to be shifting towards small-scale irrigation based on motorised pumps. The success of this approach depends, however, on its widespread adoption by farmers who are accustomed to traditional small-scale irrigation systems based on shadoof, calabashes, buckets, etc. To get the farmers to adopt the modern system, it must be proved to be superior to the traditional methods. This study was therefore aimed at comparing the potentials of the new system with the traditional one. To achieve this, data were collected from farmers producing vegetables (tomato, pepper, onion and eggplant) under shadoof and pump irrigation systems in Bauchi State in the 1987–1988, 1988–1989 and 1989–1990 dry seasons. Analysis of the data revealed that pump irrigation is superior to shadoof in terms of resource use, yield and profit.