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creators_name: Manero, A
creators_name: Bjornlund, H
creators_name: Wheeler, S
creators_name: Zuo, A
creators_name: Mdemu, M
creators_name: Van Rooyen, A
creators_name: Chilundo, M
icrisatcreators_name: Van Rooyen, A
affiliation: School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth
affiliation: School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide
affiliation: Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide
affiliation: School of Spatial Planning and Social Sciences, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
affiliation: Eduardo Mondlane University, Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Department of Rural Engineering, Maputo
country: Australia
country: Tanzania
country: Zimbabwe
country: Mozambique
title: Growth and inequality at the micro scale: an empirical analysis of farm incomes within smallholder irrigation systems in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Mozambique
ispublished: pub
subjects: SM1
subjects: s2.4
subjects: s4004
divisions: CRPS5
full_text_status: public
keywords: Inequality, Economic growth, Agricultural development, Irrigation, Sub-Saharan Africa
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. It was also partly supported
by the Australian Research Council (FT140100773). The authors are grateful to constructive comments
received by two reviewers.
abstract: The mechanisms linking growth and inequality are critical for poverty reduction, yet they remain poorly understood at the micro level, as current knowledge is dominated by country-wide studies. This article
evaluates farm income growth and changes in inequality among five smallholder irrigation communities in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Over the period of study, the poorest sections of the population became better-off. Over an income growth spell, at low levels of growth, relative inequality increases, but it starts to drop as
growth rises beyond a certain rate. Thus, careful design is required to ensure that pro-growth strategies also become inequality-reducing.
date: 2020-09
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI)
volume: 36
number: sup1
publisher: Routledge
pagerange: S224-S245
id_number: doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1811959
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0790-0627
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1811959
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=10.1080%2F07900627.2020.1811959&btnG=
related_url_type: pub
funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
funders: Australian Research Council
citation:   Manero, A and Bjornlund, H and Wheeler, S and Zuo, A and Mdemu, M and Van Rooyen, A and Chilundo, M  (2020) Growth and inequality at the micro scale: an empirical analysis of farm incomes within smallholder irrigation systems in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Mozambique.  International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI), 36 (sup1).  S224-S245.  ISSN 0790-0627     
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