Van Rooyen, A F and Ramshaw, P and Moyo, M and Stirzaker, R and Bjornlund, H (2017) Theory and application of Agricultural Innovation Platforms for improved irrigation scheme management in Southern Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5). pp. 804-823. ISSN 0790-0627
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Abstract
Many small-scale irrigation systems are characterized by low yields and deteriorating infrastructure. Interventions often erroneously focus on increasing yields and rehabilitating infrastructure. Small-scale irrigation systems have many of the characteristics of complex socio-ecological systems, with many different actors and numerous interconnected subsystems. However, the limited interaction between the different subsystems and their agents prevents learning and the emergence of more beneficial outcomes. This article reports on using Agricultural Innovation Platforms to create an environment in which irrigation scheme actors can engage, experiment, learn and build adaptive capacity to increase market-related offtake and move out of poverty.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : East & Southern Africa |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Agricultural Innovation Platforms; complex systems; smallholder irrigation; market-oriented development; Mozambique; Tanzania; Zimbabwe |
| Subjects: | Others > Innovation Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Others > African Agriculture Others > Southern Africa |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2017 06:13 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2017 06:13 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10016 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1321530 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
| Acknowledgement: | The research in this article was part of the project Increasing Irrigation Water Productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through On-Farm Monitoring, Adaptive Management and Agricultural Innovation Platforms, partially funded by the Australian government via the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. The project was also supported in Zimbabwe by the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems and CGIAR Fund Donors.This work was supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under [grant number FSC/2013/006]. |
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