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PRDA <strong>Manual</strong>ixAcknowledgementsThis manual has been prepared under the project “Improving IrrigationPerformance in Africa”, better known by its French acronym APPIA. TheAPPIA is a follow-up of the project “Identification <strong>and</strong> dissemination of goodirrigation practices in West Africa” (Identification et diffusion de bonnespratiques d’irrigation en Afrique de l’Ouest) formulated <strong>and</strong> implemented byIPTRID between 1999 <strong>and</strong> 2001 in five West African countries. The projectwas implemented in close collaboration with the EIER-ETSHER Group,resulting from the merging of the Rural Equipment Engineering School <strong>and</strong>the School for Higher Technicians of Water <strong>and</strong> Rural Equipment (Groupedes écoles d’ingénieurs et de techniciens supérieurs de l’hydraulique et del’équipement rural). Both projects were funded by the French Ministry ofForeign Affairs. The regional scale of the “good practices” project provedvery relevant since it ensured making a comparative analysis of the irrigationperformance of selected schemes across five countries <strong>and</strong> identifyinggood practices that deserved to be shared <strong>and</strong> discussed amongst irrigationprofessionals.Based on these results, IPTRID <strong>and</strong> MAE jointly formulated the APPIAproject which seeks to promote African expertise to produce, disseminate <strong>and</strong>use information for improving irrigation performance at local, national <strong>and</strong>regional levels. As per design, the APPIA project covers two regions with twoimplementing institutions: RAID with the support of EIER-ETSHER in WestAfrica <strong>and</strong> IWMI in East Africa. This manual was developed by IWMI inEast Africa. Therefore IPTRID is very pleased to collaborate with IWMI onthe production of this document <strong>and</strong> wishes to acknowledge the efforts madeby the various institutions involved in this project.A draft version of this manual, or parts thereof, has been field-testedby 69 irrigation professionals on 18 selected irrigation schemes in Ethiopia<strong>and</strong> Kenya as part of the APPIA project. Their experiences <strong>and</strong> commentshave been used to write this improved version. Most examples used in thisguidebook are taken from the selected schemes, hence thanks are due to thefollowing:
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