A methodology for groundwater resource management at village level: a case study at Dassui Commune,Burkina Faso

摘要

Collection of groundwater level and abstraction data are essential components of successfulrngroundwater resource management, at local and regional scales. This paper describes the collection andrnuse of data collected by villagers relating to an irrigated market gardening project in a remoterncommunity in Burkina Faso. It identifies important insights that can be gained into the behaviour of arngroundwater system from these data and how this can result in improvements to project outcomes. It isrnshown that village-level data collection can be highly effective and inform future options to ensure thatrnwater resources are used sustainably. Data analysis also indicated that irrigation efficiency was lowrnleading to the need to investigate alternative, improved methods.