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1 Ssennyonga, J. W.. 1986. Kenya's transition from the Wittfogelian legacy to community- managed irrigation. Paper presented at the Forum on Irrigation Systems and Applications, WMS II Project, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 13-15 May 1986. 33p.
Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Policy ; Bureaucracy ; Political aspects ; Irrigated farming / Kenya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 291 Record No: H01669)
This paper analyses the historical, agronomic, and organizational factors which have led to the radical break with irrigation policies which, since the 1900's in varying forms and circumstances, have until recently approximated to Wittfogels' (1957) model. He associates the emergence of centralized bureaucratic forms of government with the introduction of large-scale irrigation systems. In the case of oriental societies, he contends, despotic political systems were necessary for the maintenance of irrigated agriculture. This paper is not concerned with whether or not Wittfogel's hypothesis has universal applicability, rather it only attempts to trace aspects in Kenyan irrigation policies which vindicate Wittfogel's model.
2 Ssennyonga, J. W.. 1981. The Marakwet Irrigation System as a model of a systems approach to water management. Paper presented at a Conference on Irrigation Development in Arid and Semi-arid Areas of Kenya, Limuru, Kenya, 26-27 March 1981. 25p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 947 Record No: H02423)
3 Ssennyonga, J. W.. 1988. Rethinking irrigation organization: Starting from the bottom line. In Thom, D. J. (Ed.), Proceedings of the forum on the performance of irrigated agriculture in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 18-22 January 1988. Logan, UT, USA: Utah State University. pp.175-183. (WMS report no.86)
Irrigation ; Institutions ; Performance ; Water users ; Labor ; Farmer participation ; Farmer-agency interactions / Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G100 THO Record No: H04140)
4 Lynch, B. D.; Ssennyonga, J. W.; Rukuni, M.; Koita, T.; Bernsten, R.; Horst, L. 1987. Research on irrigation in Africa: Papers presented at the Forum on Irrigation Systems Research and Applications, 13-15 May 1986. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University. 83p. (WMS report no.63)
Research ; History ; Development policy ; Small scale systems ; Farmer participation ; Governmental interrelations ; Primary level irrigation ; Rice ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Water management / Africa / Zimbabwe / Mauritania
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G100 LYN Record No: H04204)
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