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creators_name: Mdemu, M
creators_name: Kissoly, L
creators_name: Bjornlund, H
creators_name: Kimaro, E
creators_name: Christen, E W
creators_name: van Rooyen, A
creators_name: Stirzaker, R
creators_name: Ramshaw, P
icrisatcreators_name: van Rooyen, A
affiliation: School of Spatial Planning and Social Sciences, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
affiliation: Department of Economics and Social Studies, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
affiliation: School of Commerce, University of South Australia Adelaide
affiliation: Penevy Services Ltd, New South Wales, Australia
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia
affiliation: Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra
country: Tanzania
country: Australia
country: India
title: The role of soil water monitoring tools and agricultural innovation platforms in improving food security and income of farmers in smallholder irrigation schemes in Tanzania
ispublished: pub
subjects: GL1
subjects: T1
subjects: s17
subjects: s26
subjects: s33
divisions: CRPS5
full_text_status: public
keywords: Smallholder irrigators, Monitoring tools, Agricultural
innovation platforms, Food security, Income, Tanzania
note: This research was part of the projects Increasing Irrigation Water Productivity in Mozambique,
Tanzania and Zimbabwe through on-Farm Monitoring, Adaptive Management and Agricultural
Innovation Platforms (FSC-2013-006) and Transforming Smallholder Irrigation into Profitable and
Self-Sustaining Systems in Southern Africa (LWR/2016/137), both funded by the Australian Centre
for International Agricultural Research and participating organizations. We thank the two reviewers
for constructive comments, which improved the final manuscript considerably. We also thank Ms.
Karen Parry for her assistance in editing and structuring the article.
abstract: Smallholder irrigation is an important pathway towards better livelihoods and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. This article assesses the contribution of farmer-friendly soil and water monitoring tools, and agricultural innovation platforms, towards household income
and food security in two small-scale irrigation schemes in Tanzania. Quantitative and qualitative data from farmer’s field books, household surveys and focus groups were used to assess the impacts of the two interventions. The two interventions together contributed to enhancing smallholders’ food security and household income in the
two schemes, as did the agricultural innovation platform on its own.
date: 2020-06
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI)
publisher: Routledge
pagerange: 1-23
id_number: doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1765746
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0790-0627
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1765746
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.1080/07900627.2020.1765746&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5
related_url_type: pub
citation:   Mdemu, M and Kissoly, L and Bjornlund, H and Kimaro, E and Christen, E W and van Rooyen, A and Stirzaker, R and Ramshaw, P  (2020) The role of soil water monitoring tools and agricultural innovation platforms in improving food security and income of farmers in smallholder irrigation schemes in Tanzania.  International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI).  pp. 1-23.  ISSN 0790-0627     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11539/1/The%20role%20of%20soil%20water%20monitoring%20tools%20and%20agricultural%20innovation%20platforms%20in%20improving%20food%20security%20and%20income%20of%20farmers%20in%20smallholder.pdf