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.
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.
Necessary pre-requisites
Knowledge of the water cycle; water uses, especially irrigation; and water stakeholders. Sensitivity to rural development issues and water governance.
Knowledge control
Writing of a report by working groups (collective work) from a set of questions (100%).
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