This paper analyses the administrative history of water governance in Ghana, and related problems to date. The case study on fisheries management has its setting in the Upper East Region of Ghana, where people use reservoirs to improve their livelihoods through irrigation, cattle watering, and fisheries. In the course of rehabilitation projects, rights and responsibilities of management have been handed over to user groups or associations and village committees. Clashing traditional, governmental, and participatory management strategies overtax communities to cope with responsibilities. Conflicts, mistrust and overexploitation are some of the consequences.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/histories-water-and-fisheries-management-northern-ghana
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jennifer-hauck
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/eva-youkhana
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/center-development-research
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/reservoirs
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/governance
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ghana
