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Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers

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Title Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers
 
Creator Mwamakamba, Sithembile Ndema
Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
Pittock, Jamie
Stirzaker, Richard
Bjornlund, Henning
Rooyen, Andre F. van
Munguambe, Paiva
Mdemu, Makarius Victor
Kashaigili, Japhet J.
 
Subject agriculture
smallholder irrigation
policy barriers
governance mechanisms
market access
 
Description African governments have ambitious plans to expand irrigated agriculture, though existing smallholder schemes have largely failed to use land and water sustainably or become profitable. Six government-owned irrigation schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe were assessed to identify common policy barriers and opportunities for higher productivity among smallholder farmers. Issues like insecure land tenure systems, unclear institutional arrangements and poor access to markets have contributed to limited profitability. Reform of currently insecure land tenure, strengthening farmer organizations and reforming policies are recommended so that governments step back from scheme management and foster market linkages to enable more profitable irrigated agriculture.
 
Date 2017-09-03
2018-08-28T12:46:53Z
2018-08-28T12:46:53Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Jamie Pittock, Richard Stirzaker, Henning Bjornlund, Andre van Rooyen, Paiva Munguambe, Makarius Victor Mdemu & Japhet J. Kashaigili (2017) Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33:5, 824-838, DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1321531
0790-0627
1360-0648
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96981
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07900627.2017.1321531
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1321531
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 824-838
application/pdf
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source International Journal of Water Resources Development