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creators_name: Bjornlund, H
creators_name: Van Rooyen, A F
creators_name: Stirzaker, R
icrisatcreators_name: Van Rooyen, A F
affiliation: School of Commerce, University of South Australia (Adelaide)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
affiliation: CSIRO (Canberra)
country: Australia
country: Zimbabwe
title: Profitability and productivity barriers and opportunities in small-scale irrigation schemes
ispublished: pub
subjects: A1
subjects: s17
subjects: s23
divisions: CRPS5
crps: crp1.13
full_text_status: public
keywords: Small-scale irrigation; Tanzania; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; increasing productivity; profitability schemes
note: We would also like to acknowledge the significant contribution made by Ms Karen Parry in literature
review and editing.This work was supported by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research [FSC/2013/006].
abstract: Irrigation development in Sub-Saharan Africa has lagged significantly behind that in other developing countries. Consequently, economic development and food security are also lagging behind. Since the mid-2000s there has been a resurgence in the willingness to invest in irrigation, and Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest potential of any developing region to benefit from it. However, to gain from new investment in irrigation without repeating past failures, it is critical to develop a business model for small-scale irrigation schemes. This article explores the barriers that such a model needs to address to be successful and the opportunities this represents for irrigators’ profitability.
date: 2017-12-20
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Water Resources Development
volume: 33
number: 5
publisher: Taylor & Francis
pagerange: 690-704
id_number: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1263552
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0790-0627
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1263552
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?hl=en&q=Profitability+and+productivity+barriers+and+opportunities+in+small-scale+irrigation+schemes&btnG=
related_url_type: pub
funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
citation:   Bjornlund, H and Van Rooyen, A F and Stirzaker, R  (2017) Profitability and productivity barriers and opportunities in small-scale irrigation schemes.  International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5).  pp. 690-704.  ISSN 0790-0627     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/9885/1/2017-5-22_Profitabil.pdf