INTRODUCTION - Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta Sub-Basin - page 8

description covers existing water governance, water resources, and competing
water uses.
Chapter 3 reviews irrigation development across sub-Saharan Africa. The
review focuses on the trend of irrigation development, types of irrigation
development, challenges affecting irrigation development and finally identifies
success factors for sustainable irrigation development.
Chapter 4 provides a case-study on the performance of two large-scale public
irrigation schemes aimed at contributing to better understaning the potential
of this type of irrigation development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Chapter 5 describes the indigenous small-scale irrigation technologies
identified in the White Volta sub-basin which are rarely found in literature.
Chapter 6 presents a comparative analysis of all six irrigation technologies
identified in the study area. The comparative analysis covers food
productivity, water productivity and the economic impacts of these irrigation
technologies.
Chapter 7 analyses historical trends of irrigation development in the study
area and attempts to forecast future irrigation developments in the White
Volta sub-basin.
In Chapter 8 a hydrological analysis is performed to assess the impact of
upscaling irrigation development on competing water uses including the
Akosombo dam and implications for water resources management in the
Volta basin.
Chapter 9 presents the conclusions of the research.