Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin

Eric Antwi Ofosu (Ghana, 1979) received a BSc degree in Civil Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, in 2002, and an MPhil degree in Water Resource Engineering on a study on drought preparedness plan for the Kumasi Water Supply System in 2005. In 2006 he was awarded a fellowship from the Netherlands Government to pursue a PhD degree in Integrated Water Resources Management at UNESCO-IHE as part of a capacity building project with the Civil Engineering Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

1. Introduction 2. The White Volta sub-basin 3. Review of Irrigation Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 4. Is Large-Scale Public Irrigation the way-forward for sub-Saharan Africa? 5. Description of Irrigation Technologies in the White Volta sub-basin 6. Productivity of Irrigation Technologies in the White Volta sub-basin 7. Past and Future Trend of Irrigation Development in three catchments of the White Volta sub-basin 8. Impact of Intensifying Irrigation Development and Implications for Sustainable Water Resources Management in the White Volta sub-basin9. Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix A - data for cropwat