Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions
The limited access to water the during dry season or a drought greatly restricts farming opportunities and productivity increases in Sub-Saharan Africa. Irrigation can thus be a promising solution to boost levels of agricultural productivity. However, only about 4% of land in the region is irrigated...
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| author | Koo, Jawoo Olayide, Olawale Sangaré, Saadatou |
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| description | The limited access to water the during dry season or a drought greatly restricts farming opportunities and productivity increases in Sub-Saharan Africa. Irrigation can thus be a promising solution to boost levels of agricultural productivity. However, only about 4% of land in the region is irrigated. This is not necessarily due to physical water scarcity. Rather, the main constraint of irrigation is economic water scarcity, i.e. investments in the management of water resources are not substantial enough to meet water demand and farmers do not have the financial means to exploit water resources on their own. Research has shown that small-scale irrigation systems can help adress this economic water scarcity in Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1457492025-12-08T10:29:22Z Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions Koo, Jawoo Olayide, Olawale Sangaré, Saadatou investment technology irrigation agricultural productivity large-scale farming The limited access to water the during dry season or a drought greatly restricts farming opportunities and productivity increases in Sub-Saharan Africa. Irrigation can thus be a promising solution to boost levels of agricultural productivity. However, only about 4% of land in the region is irrigated. This is not necessarily due to physical water scarcity. Rather, the main constraint of irrigation is economic water scarcity, i.e. investments in the management of water resources are not substantial enough to meet water demand and farmers do not have the financial means to exploit water resources on their own. Research has shown that small-scale irrigation systems can help adress this economic water scarcity in Africa. 2019-10-30 2024-06-21T09:04:59Z 2024-06-21T09:04:59Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145749 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.09.001 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152638 https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.305676 Open Access Center for Development Research, Germany Koo, Jawoo; Olayide, Olawale; and Sangaré, Saadatou. 2019. Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions. PARI Policy Brief 12. Bonn, Germany: Center for Development Research (ZEF). https://research4agrinnovation.org/app/uploads/2019/04/pari-policybrief12.pdf |
| spellingShingle | investment technology irrigation agricultural productivity large-scale farming Koo, Jawoo Olayide, Olawale Sangaré, Saadatou Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions |
| title | Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions |
| title_full | Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions |
| title_fullStr | Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions |
| title_short | Small-scale irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting investments in technologies, locations and institutions |
| title_sort | small scale irrigation potential in sub saharan africa targeting investments in technologies locations and institutions |
| topic | investment technology irrigation agricultural productivity large-scale farming |
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