This study investigates the technical and institutional factors that hinder the effective use of irrigation
water and the development of the local rice value chain in an inland valley of Benin. Primary data have
been collected in three areas: Koussin-Lélé, Bamè and Zonmon. The diagnosis indicates that both local
and higher level institutional barriers affect the development of the local rice value chain negatively. The
barriers to innovation include an unclear division of responsibilities between local farmer groups and the
government for canal maintenance, a lack of effective local rules for the distribution and maintenance
of the irrigation infrastructure and distrust among farmers, related to privileges of the farmer leaders, as
well as the constraining formal and informal credit systems and uncertain market outlets. The barriers
depress rice output and the income of farmers. The windows of opportunity to stimulate innovation
comprise consumers’ affinity to local products and territorial product labels, private–public community
partnerships, the irrigation potential of inland valleys by the use of small pumps in combination with
shallow tube well irrigation.
This study investigates the technical and institutional factors that hinder the effective use of irrigationwater and the development of the local rice value chain in an inland valley of Benin. Primary data havebeen collected in three areas: Koussin-Lélé, Bamè and Zonmon. The diagnosis indicates that both localand higher level institutional barriers affect the development of the local rice value chain negatively. Thebarriers to innovation include an unclear division of responsibilities between local farmer groups and thegovernment for canal maintenance, a lack of effective local rules for the distribution and maintenanceof the irrigation infrastructure and distrust among farmers, related to privileges of the farmer leaders, aswell as the constraining formal and informal credit systems and uncertain market outlets. The barriersdepress rice output and the income of farmers. The windows of opportunity to stimulate innovationcomprise consumers’ affinity to local products and territorial product labels, private–public communitypartnerships, the irrigation potential of inland valleys by the use of small pumps in combination withshallow tube well irrigation.
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