Bjornlund, H and Van Rooyen, A F and Pittock, J and Bjornlund, V (2021) Changing the development paradigm in African agricultural water management to resolve water and food challenges. Water International, 46 (7-8). pp. 1187-1204. ISSN 0250-8060
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Meeting growing demand for water and food in Africa, and other parts of the Global South, presents a significant and critical challenge over the next 50 years. This paper draws on an ongoing project in Africa to outline the research-for-development work that is urgently required to facilitate a paradigm shift in agricultural water management. Such work should lead to increased productivity and profitability of agricultural water use to allow agriculture to release some water to meet the growing needs of other sectors, while still meeting food security needs and contributing to a prosperous rural population.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Research Program : East & Southern Africa |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Research-for-development needs, profitability, productivity, water and food availability, Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Subjects: | Others > Water Resources Others > Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2025 08:10 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2025 08:10 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/13094 |
| Official URL: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/025080... |
| Projects: | Transforming Small-Scale Irrigation in Southern Africa |
| Funders: | Australian Government via the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, CGIAR Fund Donors |
| Acknowledgement: | The authors acknowledge the significant contribution of Ms Karen Parry for copy-editing and structural editing of the paper, and Mr Peter Ramshaw for his work on Figure 4. |
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