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creators_name: Chilundo, M
creators_name: de Sousa, W
creators_name: Christen, E W
creators_name: Faduco, J
creators_name: Bjornlund, H
creators_name: Cheveia, E
creators_name: Munguambe, P
creators_name: Jorge, F
creators_name: Stirzaker, R
creators_name: van Rooyen, A F
icrisatcreators_name: van Rooyen, A F
affiliation: Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Department of Rural Engineering, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Irrigação, Ministério da Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural, Maputo, Mozambique
affiliation: Penevy Services, Huskisson, Australia
affiliation: School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide
affiliation: CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australia
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
country: Mozambique
country: Australia
country: Zimbabwe
title: Do agricultural innovation platforms and soil moisture and nutrient monitoring tools improve the production and livelihood of smallholder irrigators in Mozambique?
ispublished: pub
subjects: ag5
subjects: s17
subjects: s2.6
subjects: s33
subjects: s63
divisions: CRPS5
full_text_status: public
keywords: Irrigation management, Green maize, Markets, Mozambique
note: The authors acknowledge the support of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural
Research in undertaking this research.
abstract: Over four years, a research-for-development project was implemented
at the 25 de Setembro irrigation scheme in Mozambique. The
project introduced agricultural innovation platforms to overcome
barriers to production such as input and output supply chains and
poorly maintained irrigation canals. Soil moisture and nutrient
monitoring tools were provided so that farmers could improve
their irrigation and fertilizer management. The farmers increased
their crop production through the use of the tools and better
irrigation infrastructure, and increased their income and overall
well-being through better links to markets and new information
sources facilitated by the agricultural innovation platforms.
date: 2020-06
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI)
publisher: Routledge
pagerange: 1-21
id_number: doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1760799
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0790-0627
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1760799
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related_url_type: pub
funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
citation:   Chilundo, M and de Sousa, W and Christen, E W and Faduco, J and Bjornlund, H and Cheveia, E and Munguambe, P and Jorge, F and Stirzaker, R and van Rooyen, A F  (2020) Do agricultural innovation platforms and soil moisture and nutrient monitoring tools improve the production and livelihood of smallholder irrigators in Mozambique?  International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI).  pp. 1-21.  ISSN 0790-0627     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11549/1/Do%20agricultural%20innovation%20platforms%20and%20soil%20moisture%20and%20nutrient%20monitoring%20tools%20improve%20the%20production%20and%20livelihood%20of%20smallholder%20irrigators.pdf