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dc.contributor.author Shapi, Martin
dc.contributor.author Likuwa, Kletus M
dc.date.accessioned 2026-03-02T12:27:27Z
dc.date.available 2026-03-02T12:27:27Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.uri https://digital.unam.edu.na/xmlui/handle/11070.1/21902
dc.description This study examines Namibia’s Green Scheme irrigation programme within the broader context of Africa’s agricultural development challenges. Despite agriculture’s potential to reduce poverty and drive economic growth, investment in the sector across Africa has historically declined. Namibia responded with a national irrigation investment programme aimed at improving food security, creating employment, and raising agricultural productivity. This report analyses the performance of Green Scheme projects more than a decade after their introduction, highlighting tensions between service providers, small‑scale farmers, and government, particularly around contractual and institutional shortcomings. Using concepts from institutional economics specifically coordination and trust the study evaluates the institutional conditions necessary for efficient market functioning and assesses how these dynamics affect the Green Scheme’s ability to achieve its intended objectives. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Namibia en_US
dc.subject Green scheme en_US
dc.subject Irrigation development en_US
dc.subject Agricultural development en_US
dc.subject Food security en_US
dc.subject Institutional economics coordination en_US
dc.subject Poverty reduction en_US
dc.subject Market efficiency en_US
dc.subject Small‑scale farmers en_US
dc.subject Agricultural policy en_US
dc.title Institutional economics perspectives on selected green scheme projects in Namibia en_US
dc.type Manuscripts en_US


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