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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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Research Program : East & Southern Africa |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Inequality, Economic growth, Agricultural development, Irrigation, Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Subjects: | Others > Smallholder Agriculture Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Others > Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Depositing User: | Mr Arun S |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2020 04:08 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2020 04:08 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11655 |
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1811959 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australian Research Council |
| 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. It was also partly supported by the Australian Research Council (FT140100773). The authors are grateful to constructive comments received by two reviewers. |
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