Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes
Groundwater irrigation for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing in extent and importance. This growth is primarily driven spontaneously by the farmers themselves, spurred by improved access to low-cost technologies for pumps and drilling services as well as market opportunities for p...
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| description | Groundwater irrigation for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing in extent and importance. This growth is primarily driven spontaneously by the farmers themselves, spurred by improved access to low-cost technologies for pumps and drilling services as well as market opportunities for produce. This paper presents a review of the current status and knowledge of the prospects and constraints for sustainable and pro-poor groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Further unlocking the potential of groundwater irrigation for smallholders will require better integrated approaches, simultaneously addressing groundwater-access constraints as well as enabling factors. |
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| spelling | CGSpace403232024-05-15T05:11:31Z Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes Villholth, Karen G. groundwater irrigation policy groundwater irrigation development smallholders farmers pumps drilling wells socio-economic environment credit capital energy land tenure corporate culture policies farmer-led irrigation Groundwater irrigation for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing in extent and importance. This growth is primarily driven spontaneously by the farmers themselves, spurred by improved access to low-cost technologies for pumps and drilling services as well as market opportunities for produce. This paper presents a review of the current status and knowledge of the prospects and constraints for sustainable and pro-poor groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Further unlocking the potential of groundwater irrigation for smallholders will require better integrated approaches, simultaneously addressing groundwater-access constraints as well as enabling factors. 2013-07 2014-06-13T14:47:24Z 2014-06-13T14:47:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40323 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Villholth, K. G. (2013). Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes. In Water International (Vol. 38, Issue 4, pp. 369–391). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2013.821644 |
| spellingShingle | groundwater irrigation policy groundwater irrigation development smallholders farmers pumps drilling wells socio-economic environment credit capital energy land tenure corporate culture policies farmer-led irrigation Villholth, Karen G. Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes |
| title | Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes |
| title_full | Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes |
| title_fullStr | Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes |
| title_short | Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes |
| title_sort | groundwater irrigation for smallholders in sub saharan africa a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes |
| topic | groundwater irrigation policy groundwater irrigation development smallholders farmers pumps drilling wells socio-economic environment credit capital energy land tenure corporate culture policies farmer-led irrigation |
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