Research Catalog

Title

Irrigation in tropical Africa : problems and problem solving / edited by W.M. Adams and A.T. Grove.

Publication

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : African Studies Centre, [1983]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Adams, W. M. (William Mark), 1955-
• Grove, A. T. (Alfred Thomas)
• University of Cambridge. African Studies Centre.

Description

iv, 148 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge African monographs ; no. 3

Uniform Title

Cambridge African monographs ; no. 3.

Subject

• Irrigation > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses
• Irrigation > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Planning > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Papers presented at a workshop organized by the African Studies Centre and held at the University of Cambridge, March 24-25, 1983.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Irrigation in Nigeria : madness of fowl, marriage with cat / W.J Griffith (10 p.). -- Irrigation in Madagascar : a review / D Potten (6 p.). -- Soil survey for irrigation projects : a discussion of typical problems / W Borden (7 p.). -- Soil survey for irrigation : a case study of Bacita Estate, Nigeria / D Dent (13 p.). -- Irrigation manpower planning with special reference to Nigeria / R.C Carter (10 p.). -- Fuelwood : a forgotten dimension of irrigation planning / Francine M.R Hughes (17 p.). -- Hausa women and agricultural change on the Kano River project, Nigeria / C Jackson (8 p.). -- Land issue in large scale irrigation projects / Alan Bird (11 p.). -- Labour constraints in the implementation of irrigation projects / J.M Siann (10 p.). -- Mismanaging the peasants : some origins of low productivity on irrigation schemes in N. Nigeria / Richard W Palmer-Jones (13 p.). -- Use of repertory grid analysis in the study of farmers' choice of crops / John Briggs (11 p.). -- Irrigation as hazard : farmers' responses to the introduction of irrigation in Sokota, Nigeria / W.M Adams (10 p.). -- Simulation and modelling for training in irrigation management / M.A Burton (10 p.). -- Epilogue : perspectives on irrigation in tropical Africa / W.M Adams (7 p.).

ISBN

0902993100 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^84251217^

OCLC

• 12080028
• SCSB-11857721

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library