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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

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11539/
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1765746
doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1765746
 
Title 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
 
Creator Mdemu, M
Kissoly, L
Bjornlund, H
Kimaro, E
Christen, E W
van Rooyen, A
Stirzaker, R
Ramshaw, P
 
Subject Smallholder Farmers
Tanzania
Irrigation
Food Security
Agricultural Economics
 
Description 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.
 
Publisher Routledge
 
Date 2020-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11539/1/The%20role%20of%20soil%20water%20monitoring%20tools%20and%20agricultural%20innovation%20platforms%20in%20improving%20food%20security%20and%20income%20of%20farmers%20in%20smallholder.pdf
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