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datestamp: 2017-05-22 06:13:28
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creators_name: Van Rooyen, A F
creators_name: Ramshaw, P
creators_name: Moyo, M
creators_name: Stirzaker, R
creators_name: Bjornlund, H
icrisatcreators_name: Van Rooyen, A F
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
affiliation: Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University (Canberra)
affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Canberra)
affiliation: School of Commerce, University of South Australia (Adelaide)
country: Zimbabwe
country: Australia
title: Theory and application of Agricultural Innovation Platforms for improved irrigation scheme management in Southern Africa
ispublished: pub
subjects: II1
subjects: s2.4
subjects: s28
subjects: s400001
divisions: CRPS5
crps: crp1.13
full_text_status: public
keywords: Agricultural Innovation
Platforms; complex
systems; smallholder
irrigation; market-oriented
development; Mozambique;
Tanzania; Zimbabwe
note: 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].
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.
date: 2017
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Water Resources Development
volume: 33
number: 5
publisher: Taylor & Francis
pagerange: 804-823
id_number: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1321530
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0790-0627
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1321530
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=Theory+and+application+of+Agricultural+Innovation+Platforms+for+improved+irrigation+scheme+management+in+Southern+Africa&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=&hl=en
related_url_type: pub
funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/10016/1/2017-5-22_Theory%20and.pdf