How Farmers Deal with Water Scarcity in Community-Managed Irrigation SYSTEMS: A Case Study in Northern Tunisia
| Autor: | Intissar Ferchichi, Abdel Aziz Zaïri, Serge Marlet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Irrigation
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry Soil Science Water supply Community management 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Drip irrigation 01 natural sciences Agricultural economics Water scarcity Water resources Water conservation 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Water resource management business Irrigation management Agronomy and Crop Science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Irrigation and Drainage. 66:556-566 |
| ISSN: | 1531-0353 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ird.2135 |
| Popis: | Operating irrigation systems when water supplies are insecure is a critical challenge for both farmers and managers. The aim of this paper is to analyse how farmers adapt to water scarcity and to investigate to what extent individual farmers' practices affected the management of a community-managed irrigation system in an area with perennial citrus orchards in northern Tunisia. Results revealed a wide range of farmers' strategies and practices aimed at maximizing their access to surface water and groundwater according to their ability. But this resulted in increasing inequity, because the biggest farmers managed to access groundwater or practised drip irrigation, while the vulnerability of small farmers increased. In this context the introduction of drip irrigation has not led to water saving. These findings should encourage the adoption of fair collective rules that account for water scarcity and farmers' diversity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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