Mismanaging the peasants: some origins of low productivity on irrigation schemes in the north of Nigeria

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Title:	Mismanaging the peasants: some origins of low productivity on irrigation schemes in the north of Nigeria
Author:	Palmer-Jones, R.W.
Book title:	Irrigation in tropical Africa; problems and problem solving
Year:	1983
Pages:	96-108
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Northern Nigeria
Subjects:	small farms farm management irrigation
Abstract:	Smallholder irrigation projects in Africa are notorious for their low productivity. Some claim that the peasants are lazy, stupid and greedy. Others argue that the incentives are not in fact enough in view of the actual availability of the required resources and the more attractive uses for them open to the peasants. In this paper, based on the example of the Kano River Project, the author argues that there are elements of truth in both views. Ref.