South-South Aid for Irrigation

  • Donald Bobiash
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Abstract

This chapter examines four aid-funded West African irrigation projects. The two principal case studies, one sponsored by the People’s Republic of China, the other by the United States, are in Guinea-Bissau. Two other irrigation projects sponsored by the PRC in Ghana will also be briefly examined. First, the performance of aid to African irrigation will be discussed at a general level.

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Rice Production Project Site Project Staff Rice Irrigation Extension Agent 
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