A matter of relationships: Actor-networks of colonial rule in the Gezira irrigation system, Sudan

In the first half of the 20th century, colonial rulers, a British firm and Sudanese farmers changed the Gezira Plain in Sudan into a large-scale irrigated cotton scheme. Gezira continues to be in use up to date. Its story shows how the abstract concept 'development' is shaped through the a...

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Main Author: Maurits Ertsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Water Alternatives Association 2016-06-01
Series:Water Alternatives
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Online Access:http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue2/313-a9-2-3/file