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Title
Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1885/233792; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/233792/3/01_Pittock_Communal_irrigation_systems_in_2017.pdf.jpg |
Date
2017 |
Author(s)
Pittock, Jamie; Bjornlund, Henning; Stirzaker, Richard; van Rooyen, Andre |
Abstract
Significant expansion of irrigated agriculture is planned in Africa, though existing smallholder schemes perform poorly. Research at six schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe shows that a range of problems are exacerbated by poor management, with limited market linkages leading to underutilization and a lack of profit. Improving sustainability of these complex systems will require: multiple interventions at different scales; investing in people and institutions as much as hardware; clarity in governments' objectives for their smallholder irrigation schemes; appropriate business models to enable farmers; and better market linkages. - This work was supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under [grant number FSC-2013-006]. |
Subject(s)
Africa; agriculture; governance; market access; smallholder irrigation; water productivity |
Language
en_AU |
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group |
Type of publication
Journal article |
Format
application/pdf |
Source
International Journal of Water Resources Development |
Rights
© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License |
Identifier
0790-0627; 10.1080/07900627.2017.1324768 |
Repository
Canberra - Australian National University
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