Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability

Pittock, J and Bjornlund, H and Stirzaker, R and Van Rooyen, A F (2017) Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5). pp. 839-847. ISSN 0790-0627

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Abstract

Significant expansion of irrigated agriculture is planned in Africa, though existing smallholder schemes perform poorly. Research at six schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe shows that a range of problems are exacerbated by poor management, with limited market linkages leading to underutilization and a lack of profit. Improving sustainability of these complex systems will require: multiple interventions at different scales; investing in people and institutions as much as hardware; clarity in governments’ objectives for their smallholder irrigation schemes; appropriate business models to enable farmers; and better market linkages.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Research Program : East & Southern Africa
CRP: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Africa; agriculture; governance; market access; smallholder irrigation; water productivity
Subjects: Others > Irrigation
Others > Water Resources
Others > African Agriculture
Depositing User: Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited: 22 May 2017 05:25
Last Modified: 22 May 2017 09:15
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10014
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1324768
Projects: UNSPECIFIED
Funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Acknowledgement: The research in this paper was part of the 2013-17 project, Increasing Irrigation Water Productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through On-Farm Monitoring, Adaptive Management and Agricultural Innovation Platforms, partially funded by the Australian Government via the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.This work was supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under [grant number FSC-2013-006].
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