Ghazouani W., Molle François, Swelam A., Rap E., Abdo A. (2014). Understanding farmers' adaptation to water scarcity : a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt.
Colombo : IWMI, 31 p. (IWMI Research Report ; 160). ISBN 978-92-9090-810-4.
Titre du document
Understanding farmers' adaptation to water scarcity : a case study from the western Nile Delta, Egypt
Année de publication
2014
Type de document
Ouvrage
Auteurs
Ghazouani W., Molle François, Swelam A., Rap E., Abdo A.
Source
Colombo : IWMI, 2014,
31 p. (IWMI Research Report ; 160). ISBN 978-92-9090-810-4
This study was undertaken to analyze farmers' adaption to water scarcity in the command area of a secondary canal in the Nile Delta of Egypt. The results revealed that farmers' responses were driven by a multiplicity of factors, beyond water scarcity or profit maximization. These additional factors include food security of the family, risk management, social capital and history of farmers, and most unexpectedly the collective dimension of crop choice. The findings of this study expose the limitations of projects, modeling exercises or policy recommendations that are too often based on the oversimplified view of profit maximization as the basis of farming system dynamics.
Plan de classement
Hydrologie [062]
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Economie et sociologie rurale [098]
