Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania
A simple but comprehensive framework for analysing the potential for and constraints to groundwater development for irrigated agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is proposed. The framework, based on food value chain principles, is applied to the sub-Saharan context and a specific catchment in Tanzania...
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| author | Villholth, Karen G. Ganeshamoorthy, G. Rundblad, C.M. Knudsen, T.S. |
| author_browse | Ganeshamoorthy, G. Knudsen, T.S. Rundblad, C.M. Villholth, Karen G. |
| author_facet | Villholth, Karen G. Ganeshamoorthy, G. Rundblad, C.M. Knudsen, T.S. |
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| description | A simple but comprehensive framework for analysing the potential for and constraints to groundwater development for irrigated agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is proposed. The framework, based on food value chain principles, is applied to the sub-Saharan context and a specific catchment in Tanzania, the Usangu plains, where groundwater has been proposed as a strategic resource for augmenting food production and smallholder livelihoods and to alleviate seasonal water scarcity. The novel contribution of the work is the presentation of a tool that can be applied to support an interdisciplinary approach to systematically identify most significant barriers and most critical water management and development interventions for sustainable development of groundwater irrigation. The result of the case study shows that farmer economics, capacity, and pump and well drilling market constraints limit groundwater irrigation in the Usangu plains rather than hydrogeological conditions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace403242025-06-17T08:24:05Z Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania Villholth, Karen G. Ganeshamoorthy, G. Rundblad, C.M. Knudsen, T.S. groundwater irrigation groundwater development smallholders plains socioeconomic environment irrigated farming farmland water drilling pumps poverty policy A simple but comprehensive framework for analysing the potential for and constraints to groundwater development for irrigated agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is proposed. The framework, based on food value chain principles, is applied to the sub-Saharan context and a specific catchment in Tanzania, the Usangu plains, where groundwater has been proposed as a strategic resource for augmenting food production and smallholder livelihoods and to alleviate seasonal water scarcity. The novel contribution of the work is the presentation of a tool that can be applied to support an interdisciplinary approach to systematically identify most significant barriers and most critical water management and development interventions for sustainable development of groundwater irrigation. The result of the case study shows that farmer economics, capacity, and pump and well drilling market constraints limit groundwater irrigation in the Usangu plains rather than hydrogeological conditions. 2013-11 2014-06-13T14:47:24Z 2014-06-13T14:47:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40324 en Limited Access Springer Villholth, Karen G.; Ganeshamoorthy, G.; Rundblad, C. M.; Knudsen, T. S. 2013. Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania. Hydrogeology Journal, 21(7):1481-1495. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-013-1016-x |
| spellingShingle | groundwater irrigation groundwater development smallholders plains socioeconomic environment irrigated farming farmland water drilling pumps poverty policy Villholth, Karen G. Ganeshamoorthy, G. Rundblad, C.M. Knudsen, T.S. Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania |
| title | Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania |
| title_full | Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania |
| title_short | Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania |
| title_sort | smallholder groundwater irrigation in sub saharan africa an interdisciplinary framework applied to the usangu plains tanzania |
| topic | groundwater irrigation groundwater development smallholders plains socioeconomic environment irrigated farming farmland water drilling pumps poverty policy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40324 |
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