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Transforming smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10896/
https://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/Transforming-smallholder-irrigation-schemes-Africa
 
Title Transforming smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa
 
Creator Pittock, J
Ramshaw, P
Bjornlund, H
Kimaro, E
Mdemu, M V
Moyo, M
Ndema, S
Van Rooyen, A F
Stirzaker, R
de Sousa, W
 
Subject Smallholder Farmers
Smallholder Agriculture
Tanzania
Irrigation
Water Resources
African Agriculture
Africa
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
 
Description This publication is a guide to help farmers become more profitable and sustainable. Across Africa, smallholder irrigation schemes have performed poorly, leading to calls for their ‘revitalisation’, ‘reoperation’ or ‘rehabilitation’. The authors present knowledge generated through four years of research intervention at six irrigation schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, and their understanding of what has worked to turn five of into successful enterprises.
A summary of the best advice on good practices needed for more sustainable irrigation is presented. Each intervention can be considered alone, although a number of different complementary interventions are usually required to achieve better socioeconomic and environmental outcomes.
The ideas described in the publication were developed through the project Increasing irrigation water productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through on-farm monitoring, adaptive management and agricultural innovation platforms that was largely funded by ACAIR project FSC/2013/006.
 
Publisher Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
 
Date 2018-09-18
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10896/1/transforming_smallholder_irrigation_schemens_in_africa.pdf
Pittock, J and Ramshaw, P and Bjornlund, H and Kimaro, E and Mdemu, M V and Moyo, M and Ndema, S and Van Rooyen, A F and Stirzaker, R and de Sousa, W (2018) Transforming smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa. Monograph. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).