• Level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    3 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

The three major irrigation models worldwide - large-scale irrigation, community irrigation and private irrigation - are presented in their historical context, based on an in-depth literature review and case illustrations, with a focus on the Mediterranean region.

These three different irrigation models are presented (ideology, construction, water management, agricultural development, actors, etc.) using a theoretical framework based on oxymorons. These models are then illustrated through different concrete cases, presented in PowerPoint presentations, videos and articles.

The different main references of each type of irrigation system will be presented and discussed. Each irrigation model is discussed with the students, who present their analysis through a guided exercise. Once the three irrigation models are understood, the course focuses on the analysis of rural development models related to irrigation. The analysis is based on a critical analysis of the dualist theory of development as applied to irrigation systems.

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Objectives

The objective of this module is to provide the theoretical and practical basis for understanding and critically analyzing different irrigation models and the rural development logics that underlie them.

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Necessary pre-requisites

Knowledge of the water cycle; water uses, especially irrigation; and water stakeholders. Sensitivity to rural development issues and water governance.

 

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Knowledge control

Writing of a report by working groups (collective work) from a set of questions (100%).

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Syllabus

The content of the module articulates 4 sequences:

(1) La Grande Hydraulique. "From the water of the sky to the water of the state: domination or emancipation?"; 

(2) Community Irrigation. "Community water: tradition and modernity";

(3) Private Irrigation. "The "groundwater economy": liberation or anarchy?"; 

(4) Irrigation and development: concepts and realities.

Alternating courses and tutorials

Presentation of the EU and constitution of the working groups

Theme: "Large-scale hydraulics: domination or emancipation?" and Film: "Around the Boumaiz Canal

Group work: readings and report development

Theme: "Community irrigation: tradition or modernity" and film by Maryse Bergonzat on the Ait Bouguemez

Group work: readings and report development

Groundwater economy: anarchy or liberation" and Hassan Kemmoun's film "Developing your agriculture when the water table is falling".

Group work: readings and report development

Theme: "Models of agricultural development in the South: perspectives and questions

Group work to finalize the written synthesis on the issues discussed during the module

 

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