Impact and sustainability of low-head drip irrigation kits, in the semi-arid Gwanda and Beitbridge Districts, Mzingwane Catchment, Limpopo Basin, Zimbabwe

    Moyo, R and Love, D and Mul, M and Mupangwa, W and Twomlow, S J (2006) Impact and sustainability of low-head drip irrigation kits, in the semi-arid Gwanda and Beitbridge Districts, Mzingwane Catchment, Limpopo Basin, Zimbabwe. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 31 (15-16). pp. 885-892. ISSN 1474-7065

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    Abstract

    Resource-poor smallholder farmers in the semi-arid Gwanda and Beitbridge districts face food insecurity on an annual basis due to a combination of poor and erratic rainfall (average 500 mm/a and 345 mm/a, respectively, for the period 1970–2003) and technologies inappropriate to their resource status. This impacts on both household livelihoods and food security. In an attempt to improve food security in the catchment a number of drip kit distribution programmes have been initiated since 2003 as part of an on-going global initiative aimed at 2 million poor households per year. A number of recent studies have assessed the technical performance of the drip kits in-lab and in-field. In early 2005 a study was undertaken to assess the impacts and sustainability of the drip kit programme. Representatives of the NGOs, local government, traditional leadership and agricultural extension officers were interviewed. Focus group discussions with beneficiaries and other villagers were held at village level. A survey of 114 households was then conducted in two districts, using a questionnaire developed from the output of the interviews and focus group discussions...

    Item Type: Article
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    Uncontrolled Keywords: Access to water; Drip kits; Intervention targeting; Sustainable intervention; Water availability
    Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
    Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
    Date Deposited: 21 May 2014 09:35
    Last Modified: 21 May 2014 09:35
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8035
    Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.020
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