[ Gestion de l’eau agricole de petites et moyennes retenues au Burkina Faso: Cas de Mogtedo ]
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 940–955
Farid Traoré1, Sié Palé2, Jérôme Compaoré3, Joachim BONKOUNGOU4, Cyrille Bassolo Baki5, Aïda Zaré6, Joost Wellens7, B. V. C. Adolphe Zangré8, and Bernard Tychon9
1 Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), 04 BP 8645 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso
2 Université de Dédougou, Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement et du Développement Rural, BP 176 Dédougou, Burkina Faso
3 Chercheur INERA/CNRST 04 BP 8645 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso
4 INERA/CREAF Kamboinsé, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
5 Université de Liège (Campus d’Arlon), Avenue de Longwy 185 Arlon 6700, Belgium
6 Université de Dédougou, Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement et du Développement Rural, BP 176 Dédougou, Burkina Faso
7 Université de Liège (Campus d’Arlon), Avenue de Longwy 185 Arlon 6700, Belgium
8 DGADI, 03 BP 7123, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
9 Université de Liège (Campus d’Arlon), Avenue de Longwy 185 Arlon 6700, Belgium
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The droughts of the 1970s and 1980s led the government of Burkina Faso to secure water resources and agricultural production by building large reservoirs and irrigation schemes. In the early 2000s, this policy of securing water resources was pursued through small-scale village irrigation, which involved developing irrigated agricultural areas around small to medium-sized reservoirs. This study presents the case of water management in a hydro-agricultural area located in Mogtedo (Burkina Faso), with a view to proposing optimisation solutions. The study was based mainly on a literature review and the use of the database of the Irrigation Development Support Programme (2011-2016) in Burkina Faso, with a view to assessing the extent to which agricultural water needs are being met. Analysis of water management in the study area revealed organisational and structural shortcomings within the organisations in charge of water management. It also shows that there is a precarious balance between water supply and demand. This balance is threatened by an unfavourable climatic outlook, which could result in a considerable deficit in the reservoir’s capacity to meet the needs of multiple uses. In order to delay the occurrence of such a collapse, solutions have been proposed, in particular, to improve in particular the efficiency of the use of agricultural water and to better protect the water reservoir against sedimentation.
Author Keywords: Agriculture, small-scale irrigation, agricultural water, scenario, climatic change.
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 940–955
Farid Traoré1, Sié Palé2, Jérôme Compaoré3, Joachim BONKOUNGOU4, Cyrille Bassolo Baki5, Aïda Zaré6, Joost Wellens7, B. V. C. Adolphe Zangré8, and Bernard Tychon9
1 Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), 04 BP 8645 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso
2 Université de Dédougou, Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement et du Développement Rural, BP 176 Dédougou, Burkina Faso
3 Chercheur INERA/CNRST 04 BP 8645 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso
4 INERA/CREAF Kamboinsé, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
5 Université de Liège (Campus d’Arlon), Avenue de Longwy 185 Arlon 6700, Belgium
6 Université de Dédougou, Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement et du Développement Rural, BP 176 Dédougou, Burkina Faso
7 Université de Liège (Campus d’Arlon), Avenue de Longwy 185 Arlon 6700, Belgium
8 DGADI, 03 BP 7123, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
9 Université de Liège (Campus d’Arlon), Avenue de Longwy 185 Arlon 6700, Belgium
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The droughts of the 1970s and 1980s led the government of Burkina Faso to secure water resources and agricultural production by building large reservoirs and irrigation schemes. In the early 2000s, this policy of securing water resources was pursued through small-scale village irrigation, which involved developing irrigated agricultural areas around small to medium-sized reservoirs. This study presents the case of water management in a hydro-agricultural area located in Mogtedo (Burkina Faso), with a view to proposing optimisation solutions. The study was based mainly on a literature review and the use of the database of the Irrigation Development Support Programme (2011-2016) in Burkina Faso, with a view to assessing the extent to which agricultural water needs are being met. Analysis of water management in the study area revealed organisational and structural shortcomings within the organisations in charge of water management. It also shows that there is a precarious balance between water supply and demand. This balance is threatened by an unfavourable climatic outlook, which could result in a considerable deficit in the reservoir’s capacity to meet the needs of multiple uses. In order to delay the occurrence of such a collapse, solutions have been proposed, in particular, to improve in particular the efficiency of the use of agricultural water and to better protect the water reservoir against sedimentation.
Author Keywords: Agriculture, small-scale irrigation, agricultural water, scenario, climatic change.
Abstract: (french)
Les sécheresses enregistrées au cours des décennies 1970 et 1980 ont conduit l’État burkinabè à sécuriser les ressources en eau et la production agricole à travers la construction d’importantes retenues d’eau et de périmètres irrigués. Au début des années 2000, cette politique de sécurisation s’est poursuivie à travers la petite irrigation villageoise qui a consisté en l’aménagement de zones agricoles irriguées autour de petites à moyennes retenues d’eau. Cette étude présente le cas de la gestion de l’eau d’un aménagement hydroagricole situé à Mogtedo (Burkina Faso), dans une perspective de proposition de solutions d’optimisation. L’étude s’est basée essentiellement sur une synthèse bibliographique, et une exploitation de la base de données du Programme d’Appui au Développement de l’Irrigation (2011-2016) au Burkina Faso en vue de dresser un état de la satisfaction des besoins en eau agricole. L’analyse de la gestion de l’eau au sein de la zone d’étude a montré des lacunes organisationnelles et structurelles au sein des organisations en charge de la gestion de l’eau. Il ressort aussi qu’un équilibre précaire existe entre l’offre et la demande en matière d’eau. Cet équilibre est menacé par des perspectives climatiques défavorables, qui pourraient se traduire par un déficit considérable dans la capacité de la retenue à satisfaire les besoins des multiples usages. Afin de retarder l’occurrence d’un tel effondrement, des solutions sont proposées en vue notamment, d’une amélioration de l’efficience de l’utilisation de l’eau agricole, et d’une meilleure protection de la retenue d’eau contre la sédimentation.
Author Keywords: Agriculture, petite irrigation, eau agricole, scenario, changement climatique.
How to Cite this Article
Farid Traoré, Sié Palé, Jérôme Compaoré, Joachim BONKOUNGOU, Cyrille Bassolo Baki, Aïda Zaré, Joost Wellens, B. V. C. Adolphe Zangré, and Bernard Tychon, “Agricultural water management of small and medium reservoirs in Burkina Faso: Case of Mogtedo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 940–955, September 2023.
