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Author : Harold W. Underhill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Economic development projects
ISBN : CORNELL:31924094710252
Author : Melvyn Kay
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251045941
This report is a view of irrigation technologies for smallholders in the context of improving rural livelihoods, especially in regard to the prospects for sub-Saharan Africa. The role of traditional technologies is evaluated and modern water distribution technologies, such as sprinkler and trickle irrigation, are reviewed. A broad classification has been made based on climate and the traditional agricultural background of the local people, which links technology options to specific places--to agricultural regions and to countries.
Author : Merrey, D. J.,Lefore, Nicole
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290908760
Author : Bryan, Elizabeth,Lefore, Nicole
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Small-scale irrigation is expanding rapidly in parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, offering smallholder farmers an opportunity to improve their livelihoods, diets, and resilience to climate change among other benefits. Growing research focuses on the potential for small-scale irrigation to offer a pathway for women’s empowerment, yet the factors conditioning the relationship between small-scale irrigation and women’s empowerment are not well understood. The evidence tends to be scattered across context-specific case studies that focus on targeted outcomes, without distinguishing between technology types, scales, or approaches to irrigation systems or technologies. This paper synthesizes the issues related to gender and small-scale irrigation using a conceptual framework that highlights the linkages between elements of women’s empowerment and small-scale irrigation. Because gendered dynamics with small-scale irrigation play out differently depending on the scale of irrigation and the technologies used, this paper applies the framework to examine case studies across a typology of small-scale irrigation systems. The case studies cover a range of farming and livelihood systems in which women’s roles and gender relations vary, highlighting the importance of the opportunity structure or context in which irrigation takes place. This paper then draws lessons on the various ways in which small-scale irrigation, gender relations, and women’s empowerment interact and highlights areas where research gaps remain.
Author : Malabo Montpellier Panel
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The report begins with an overview of the challenges on agricultural systems to make more food available and accessible and lays out the potential of irrigation to make agriculture more productive, efficient and profitable for smallholder farmers. A discussion on the potential to expand irrigation across Africa and barriers to uptake including an analysis of the inherent risks and desired outcomes of irrigation forms the next section. The report reviews the traditional and new, innovative smallscale and large-scale irrigation approaches and technologies that have been implemented in Africa, followed by an analysis of the experiences of six African countries that have been particularly innovative and successful in terms of their institutional and policy design for irrigation. The report closes by drawing some key lessons and offering nine recommendations for actions by African governments and the private sector.
Author : Shah, Tushaar,Namara, R.,Rajan, Abhishek
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Jon R. Moris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429714009
Irrigation Development in Africa: Lessons of Experience is a veritable encyclopedia of information on African irrigation. It describes a significant subset of the African irrigation experience, from traditional flood recession systems to large projects like Gezira and Bura.
Author : Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele,Merrey, Douglas,Kamara, Abdul,van Koppen, Barbara,Penning de Vries, Frits,Boelee, Eline
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Irrigation projects
ISBN : 9789290906124
Author : Hilmy Sally,Charles L. Abernethy
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Agricultural development projects
ISBN : 9789290904946
Only 4 percent of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated, using just 2 percent of the available water resources. Furthermore, 18 percent of the area equipped for irrigation is not utilized at all and the intensity of use varies between 50 percent and 80 percent. This highlights the huge potential available for intensifying and expanding irrigated area, provided that the investments required can be successfully mobilized. However, it must be noted that if investments in irrigation are to yield satisfactory returns, investments must also be made in a series of related activities. Current global figures for the amount of private investment in irrigation confirm that good returns can indeed be achieved. Prospects for sub-Saharan Africa would be far more favorable if public development assistance, particularly foreign direct investments, did not show declining trends.
Author : Venot, J.-P.,de Fraiture, C.,Nti Acheampong, E.
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290907503
This report investigates the dynamics of one of the most common agricultural water management practices of sub-Saharan Africa, i.e., small reservoirs. Small reservoirs dam permanent or temporary river flows and support multiple livelihood activities (livestock watering, crop cultivation, fisheries, small handicrafts, etc.) while providing water-related ecosystem services (soil and water conservation, flood and drought mitigation, etc.). Gathering evidence from four sub-Saharan countries, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia, this report calls for revisiting our understanding and assessment of the costs, performance and institutions for the management of small reservoirs. A more holistic analytical approach is the first step towards an integrative governance framework. This, in turn, holds the promise of sustainable management of small reservoirs.
Author : Henk Bakker
Publisher : CABI
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845938429
Authored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security, this book discusses ways of measuring farmers' resources, strategies for action, and an analysis of the challenges and problems faced, concluding with a discussion of ways in which stakeholders could work better together. This title is suitable for policy makers, international development agencies, NGO.
Author : Tigistu Amsalu Oljira
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783668044067
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: A, , course: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENTION, language: English, abstract: The research was intended to answer the following questions: 1. What are the factors impeding adoption of small scale irrigation? 2. What are the problems contributing for less participation of farmers on small scale irrigation? 3. What are possible solutions to improve community participation on irrigation? Agriculture is the major primary economic activities of the Ethiopian population. Due to the existence of diversified topography, soil, weather and climatic conditions that favor agricultural activities the majority of the Ethiopian population have been engaged in and generate their income from the sector. However, agriculture in Ethiopia is mainly characterized by the use of backward & traditional farm implements and subsistence farming system dominates by rain fed agricultural production that resulted to low and declining productivity of the sector. The use of supplementary irrigation from either traditional or modern water harvesting structures is considered by the government.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290908654
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:2023348096
Author : D. J. Molden,Upali Ananda Amarasinghe,Intizar Hussain
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9789290904595
This paper on Water for Rural Development is divided into two parts. The first part outlines the most important issues from IWMI's point of view on water for rural development, with a focus on developing countries. This part identifies, discusses and provides recommendations for key areas for interventions in water resources development and management in the context of rural development. The second part of the document provides analyses of present and future water resources in the World Bank's defined regions.
