Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
A survey of 76 public smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD),...
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| author | van Koppen, Barbara Nhamo, Luxon Xueliang Cai Gabriel, M. J. Sekgala, M . Shikwambana, S. Tshikolomo, K. Nevhutanda, S. Matlala, B. Manyama, D. |
| author_browse | Gabriel, M. J. Manyama, D. Matlala, B. Nevhutanda, S. Nhamo, Luxon Sekgala, M . Shikwambana, S. Tshikolomo, K. Xueliang Cai van Koppen, Barbara |
| author_facet | van Koppen, Barbara Nhamo, Luxon Xueliang Cai Gabriel, M. J. Sekgala, M . Shikwambana, S. Tshikolomo, K. Nevhutanda, S. Matlala, B. Manyama, D. |
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| description | A survey of 76 public smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), as part of the ‘Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation in South Africa’ project. About one-third of those schemes was fully utilized; one-third partially utilized; and one-third not utilized in the winter of 2015; however, no single socioeconomic, physical, agronomic and marketing variable could explain these differences in utilization. Sale, mostly for informal markets, appeared the most important goal. Dilapidated infrastructure was the most important constraint cited by the farmers. The study recommends ways to overcome the build-neglect-rebuild syndrome, and to learn lessons from informal irrigation, which covers an area three to four times as large as public irrigation schemes in the province. |
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| spelling | CGSpace894952025-11-07T08:47:09Z Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa van Koppen, Barbara Nhamo, Luxon Xueliang Cai Gabriel, M. J. Sekgala, M . Shikwambana, S. Tshikolomo, K. Nevhutanda, S. Matlala, B. Manyama, D. irrigation schemes small scale systems smallholders social aspects gender water resources water quality infrastructure rehabilitation seasonal cropping farmland marketing poverty irrigated land land tenure land ownership soil vegetables farmers utilization state intervention A survey of 76 public smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), as part of the ‘Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation in South Africa’ project. About one-third of those schemes was fully utilized; one-third partially utilized; and one-third not utilized in the winter of 2015; however, no single socioeconomic, physical, agronomic and marketing variable could explain these differences in utilization. Sale, mostly for informal markets, appeared the most important goal. Dilapidated infrastructure was the most important constraint cited by the farmers. The study recommends ways to overcome the build-neglect-rebuild syndrome, and to learn lessons from informal irrigation, which covers an area three to four times as large as public irrigation schemes in the province. 2017 2017-11-27T04:18:14Z 2017-11-27T04:18:14Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89495 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute van Koppen, Barbara; Nhamo, Luxon; Cai, Xueliang; Gabriel, M. J.; Sekgala, M.; Shikwambana, S.; Tshikolomo, K.; Nevhutanda, S.; Matlala, B.; Manyama, D. 2017. Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 36p. (IWMI Working Paper 174) doi: 10.5337/2017.206 |
| spellingShingle | irrigation schemes small scale systems smallholders social aspects gender water resources water quality infrastructure rehabilitation seasonal cropping farmland marketing poverty irrigated land land tenure land ownership soil vegetables farmers utilization state intervention van Koppen, Barbara Nhamo, Luxon Xueliang Cai Gabriel, M. J. Sekgala, M . Shikwambana, S. Tshikolomo, K. Nevhutanda, S. Matlala, B. Manyama, D. Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| title | Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| title_full | Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| title_short | Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| title_sort | smallholder irrigation schemes in the limpopo province south africa |
| topic | irrigation schemes small scale systems smallholders social aspects gender water resources water quality infrastructure rehabilitation seasonal cropping farmland marketing poverty irrigated land land tenure land ownership soil vegetables farmers utilization state intervention |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89495 |
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