Articles | Volume 378
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-378-73-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-378-73-2018
Post-conference publication
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29 May 2018
Post-conference publication |  | 29 May 2018

Water management challenges at Mushandike irrigation scheme in Runde catchment, Zimbabwe

Jose A. Malanco, Hodson Makurira, Evans Kaseke, and Webster Gumindoga

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This study determines the actual causes of water shortage at Mushandike Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe. The water stress at the scheme has been largely attributed to climate change and the uncontrolled expansion of the land under irrigation. Results show that water shortages at the scheme are a result of over-abstraction from the dam beyond the firm yield, adoption of inefficient irrigation methods and high channel losses in the canal system and are not related to hydro-climatic conditions.