SA Waterbulletin May 1985

Abstract

In contrast to initial expectations, irrigation in many developing countries in Africa does not at present offer a solution to the vagaries of climate or contribute effectively to selfsufficiency of food production. This is the opinion of Mr J-C Legoupil of IRA T (Institute of Tropical Agronomic Research) in France, who presented a keynote address at the recent workshop on research requirements relating to social, economic, and ecological aspects of irrigation development, held in Pretoria under the auspices of the Co-ordinating Committee for Irrigation Research. It was the fifth and final workshop in the series on identifying irrigation research needs, the others having focussed on agronomic, soils, hydrological and engineering aspects, with the common aim of achieving maximum return per unit of water supplied for irrigation.

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