The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi
Reliance on rainfall for agriculture and increased climate change and variability pose growing production risks in developing countries. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture, putting food security at both household and nation...
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| author | Nhamo, Luxon Matchaya, Greenwell C. Nhemachena, Charles van Koppen, Barbara |
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| description | Reliance on rainfall for agriculture and increased climate change and variability pose growing production risks in developing countries. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture, putting food security at both household and national levels at risk, especially in the event of drought. Investment in smallholder irrigation becomes a priority in developing countries if food security and national development goals are to be met, as their economies are agro-based. This study evaluates the impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes in Malawi on improving crop production and productivity in comparison with rain-fed agriculture. The area under smallholder irrigation schemes increased from 15 988 ha in 2003 to about 42 986 ha in 2011, contributing immensely to national food production. Irrigated maize production increased from 78 159 tons in 2000 to 544 378 tons in 2013. |
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| spelling | CGSpace770532025-03-11T09:50:20Z The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi Nhamo, Luxon Matchaya, Greenwell C. Nhemachena, Charles van Koppen, Barbara irrigation schemes irrigation systems crop production investment smallholders farmers rainfed farming agriculture water resources climate change drought food security households maize rice irrigated land nutrition impact assessment Reliance on rainfall for agriculture and increased climate change and variability pose growing production risks in developing countries. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture, putting food security at both household and national levels at risk, especially in the event of drought. Investment in smallholder irrigation becomes a priority in developing countries if food security and national development goals are to be met, as their economies are agro-based. This study evaluates the impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes in Malawi on improving crop production and productivity in comparison with rain-fed agriculture. The area under smallholder irrigation schemes increased from 15 988 ha in 2003 to about 42 986 ha in 2011, contributing immensely to national food production. Irrigated maize production increased from 78 159 tons in 2000 to 544 378 tons in 2013. 2016 2016-09-15T10:38:01Z 2016-09-15T10:38:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77053 en Open Access Nhamo, Luxon; Matchaya, Greenwell; Nhemachena, Charles; van Koppen, Barbara. 2016. The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 11(2):141-153. |
| spellingShingle | irrigation schemes irrigation systems crop production investment smallholders farmers rainfed farming agriculture water resources climate change drought food security households maize rice irrigated land nutrition impact assessment Nhamo, Luxon Matchaya, Greenwell C. Nhemachena, Charles van Koppen, Barbara The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi |
| title | The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi |
| title_full | The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi |
| title_short | The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi |
| title_sort | impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in malawi |
| topic | irrigation schemes irrigation systems crop production investment smallholders farmers rainfed farming agriculture water resources climate change drought food security households maize rice irrigated land nutrition impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77053 |
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