Mdemu, M and Kissoly, L and Bjornlund, H and Kimaro, E and Christen, E W and van Rooyen, A and Stirzaker, R and Ramshaw, P (2020) The role of soil water monitoring tools and agricultural innovation platforms in improving food security and income of farmers in smallholder irrigation schemes in Tanzania. International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI). pp. 1-23. ISSN 0790-0627
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Abstract
Smallholder irrigation is an important pathway towards better livelihoods and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. This article assesses the contribution of farmer-friendly soil and water monitoring tools, and agricultural innovation platforms, towards household income and food security in two small-scale irrigation schemes in Tanzania. Quantitative and qualitative data from farmer’s field books, household surveys and focus groups were used to assess the impacts of the two interventions. The two interventions together contributed to enhancing smallholders’ food security and household income in the two schemes, as did the agricultural innovation platform on its own.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Research Program : East & Southern Africa |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Smallholder irrigators, Monitoring tools, Agricultural innovation platforms, Food security, Income, Tanzania |
| Subjects: | Others > Smallholder Farmers Others > Tanzania Others > Irrigation Others > Food Security Others > Agricultural Economics |
| Depositing User: | Mr Arun S |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2020 16:11 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2020 16:11 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11539 |
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1765746 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Acknowledgement: | 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. We thank the two reviewers for constructive comments, which improved the final manuscript considerably. We also thank Ms. Karen Parry for her assistance in editing and structuring the article. |
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