eprintid: 7311
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 128
dir: disk0/00/00/73/11
datestamp: 2014-01-09 06:04:12
lastmod: 2014-01-09 06:04:12
status_changed: 2014-01-09 06:04:12
type: book_section
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Dittoh, S
creators_name: Bhattarai, M
creators_name: Akuriba, M A
icrisatcreators_name: Bhattarai, M
affiliation: University for Development Studies(Tamale)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: Ghana
country: India
title: Micro Irrigatino-Based Vegetable Farming for Income, Employment and Food Security in West Africa
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: public
abstract: Dry season smallholder irrigated vegetable production in the arid and semi-arid parts of the West African sub-region has been an important income generating activity and a means of engaging productive labour for many decades.  Crop production has often been on less than half an acre per irrigator due to several constraints including low watertable in the case of shallow well irrigators; poorly constructed dams, silting rivers and streams and water lifting constraints in the case of surface water irrigators; and limited market opportunities, among others.  The resultant output per person, and thus income generated per worker, has been very low with high risks of unsustainable production.  Attempts at "modern" irrigation systems in the sub-region have been largely unsuccessful but some of the micro irrigation systems operated by smallholders seem to be performing satisfactorily.  that is an indication that "affordable micro-irrigation for vegetable" (AMIV) systems could be the answer for improving irrigated vegetable production in West Africa.
date: 2013
date_type: published
publisher: Nova Science Publishers 
pagerange: 177-200
pages: 318
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-1626181922
book_title: Global Food Security: Emerging Issues and Economic Implications
editors_name: Hanjra, M A
related_url_url: http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=%22Micro+Irrigatino-Based+Vegetable+Farming+for+Income%2C+Employment+and+Food+Security+in+West+Africa%22&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5
related_url_type: pub
funders: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
funders: AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
citation:   Dittoh, S and Bhattarai, M and Akuriba, M A  (2013) Micro Irrigatino-Based Vegetable Farming for Income, Employment and Food Security in West Africa.   In:  Global Food Security: Emerging Issues and Economic Implications.   Nova Science Publishers , pp. 177-200.  ISBN 978-1626181922     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/7311/1/ch7_Madhu_bhatt.pdf