IS LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC IRRIGATION THE WAYFORWARD FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA? - Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta Sub-Basin - page 103

Assessing the delivery of these services by the management is an important
measure of the performance and sustainability of the irrigation schemes.
Records could only be obtained from Tono irrigation scheme which happens
to perform far better than Vea in terms of management and productivity.
Most tractors in the Vea scheme are broken down.

Figure 4.13: a) Tractor support services provided at Tono; Figure b) Credit
support services provided at Tono
Figure 4.13a shows that there has been a consistent decline in the percentage
area cultivated by tractor services at Tono since 2003. Reasons for this
decline are due to lack of tractor maintenance, poor revenue collection
and/or inadequate credit facilities to enable farmers to hire tractor services.
Table 4.7: Credits provided for rice farmers in Tono scheme and re-payment
records.

Credits (US$) Re-payment (%)

Village Committee
Farmers

Contract
Farmers

Village Committee
Farmers

Contract
Farmers

Season

10,110 746 93 98

Dry 2004/05

4,623 543 90 95

Wet 2005

5,743 432 92 97

Dry 2005/06

6,508 401 88 98

Wet 2006

13,180 354 95 100

Dry 2006/07

6,664 ---- 32 ---

Wet 2007

5,639 ---- 70 ---

Dry 2007/08

Average 7,495 495 80 98

Figure 13b shows that most credit is provided to village committee farmers
and a consistent decline in credit provided to contract farmers. However,