TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
A1  - Mwamakamba, S N
A1  - Sibanda, L M
A1  - Pittock, J
A1  - Stirzaker, R
A1  - Bjornlund, H
A1  - Van Rooyen, A F
A1  - Munguambe, P
A1  - Mdemu, M V
A1  - Kashaigili, J J
TI  - Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1321531
JF  - International Journal of Water Resources Development
SN  - 0790-0627
PB  - Taylor & Francis
N1  - The research in this article was part of the project FSC-2013-006, Increasing Irrigation Water Productivity
in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through On-Farm Monitoring, Adaptive Management and
Agricultural Innovation Platforms, funded by the Australian International Food Security Research Centre
of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, and participating organizations.
This work was supported by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research grant number
FSC-2013-006.
N2  - African governments have ambitious plans to expand irrigated agriculture, though existing smallholder schemes have largely failed to use land and water sustainably or become profitable. Six government-owned irrigation schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe were assessed to identify common policy barriers and opportunities for higher productivity among smallholder farmers. Issues like insecure land tenure systems, unclear institutional arrangements and poor access to markets have contributed to limited profitability. Reform of currently insecure land tenure, strengthening farmer organizations and reforming policies are recommended so that governments step back from scheme management and foster market linkages to enable more profitable irrigated agriculture.
KW  - Africa
KW  -  agriculture
KW  -  smallholder irrigation
KW  -  policy barriers
KW  -  governance mechanisms
KW  -  market access
Y1  - 2017///
SP  - 824
ID  - icrisat10015
EP  - 838
VL  - 33
IS  - 5
ER  -