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Failure of inland valleys development: a hydrological diagnosis of the Bankandi valley in Burkina Faso

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Several developed inland valleys for rice production were abandoned due to poor design or implementation. The Bankandi inland valley (BIV) is a contour bunds system developed in 2006 by a development project, currently experiencing a systematic waterlogging. This study assessed: (1) the waterlogging vs. changing hydro-climatic conditions relationship; (2) the hydrological design and implementation of water control infrastructures; and (3) how digital elevation models (DEMs) data could be used for inland valleys development. To investigate the waterlogging vs. changing hydro-climatic conditions (precipitation and discharge), the conceptual HBV model was applied; coupled with break and trend detections tests. To evaluate the accuracy of the location of drainage flume and contour bunds, a topographic survey using a D-GPS was performed. To explore free DEMs as support tool in the development of inland valley, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 1 and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer 1, were used. The results show that: (1) the waterlogging was not related to changing environmental conditions; (2) major flaws including bunds not implemented on contour lines contribute to the waterlogging; (3) free DEMs were not accurate enough for valley development. The overall diagnostic of BIV entails conducting basic hydrological investigations prior to implementation.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (Grant no. FSP) under the auspices of the AGRICORA and GENERIA initiatives. They thank the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Grant no. 01LG1202E) for supporting the WASCAL project.

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  1. Applied Science and Technology Research Institute-IRSAT/CNRST, P.O. Box 7047, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    Yira Yacouba

  2. West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use-WASCAL, P.O. Box 9507, Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso

    Yira Yacouba, Bossa Y. Aymar & Yaméogo B. Thomas

  3. Department of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, National Institute of Water, University of Abomey-Calavi, P.O. Box 526, Cotonou 01, Benin

    Bossa Y. Aymar

  4. International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering-2iE, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    Keita Amadou

  5. Agricultural Research Centre for International Development-CIRAD, TA C-90/15 l’Hortus 73 rue Jean-François Breton, 34398, Montpellier, France

    Fusillier J. -Louis & Lidon Bruno

  6. Research Institute for Development-IRD, Université Montpellier 3 Site St Charles 2 71 rue Professeur Henri Serre, 34086, Montpellier, France

    Serpantié Georges

  7. Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115, Bonn, Germany

    Idrissou Mouhamed

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Yacouba, Y., Aymar, B.Y., Amadou, K. et al. Failure of inland valleys development: a hydrological diagnosis of the Bankandi valley in Burkina Faso. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. 5, 1733–1741 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-019-00628-5

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