Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability
Significant expansion of irrigated agriculture is planned in Africa, though existing smallholder schemes perform poorly. Research at six schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe shows that a range of problems are exacerbated by poor management, with limited market linkages leading to underutiliz...
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| author | Pittock, Jamie Bjornlund, Henning Stirzaker, Richard Rooyen, Andre F. van |
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| description | Significant expansion of irrigated agriculture is planned in Africa, though existing smallholder schemes perform poorly. Research at six schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe shows that a range of problems are exacerbated by poor management, with limited market linkages leading to underutilization and a lack of profit. Improving sustainability of these complex systems will require: multiple interventions at different scales; investing in people and institutions as much as hardware; clarity in governments’ objectives for their smallholder irrigation schemes; appropriate business models to enable farmers; and better market linkages. |
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| spelling | CGSpace969802024-05-01T08:19:45Z Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability Pittock, Jamie Bjornlund, Henning Stirzaker, Richard Rooyen, Andre F. van agriculture governance market access smallholder irrigation water productivity Significant expansion of irrigated agriculture is planned in Africa, though existing smallholder schemes perform poorly. Research at six schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe shows that a range of problems are exacerbated by poor management, with limited market linkages leading to underutilization and a lack of profit. Improving sustainability of these complex systems will require: multiple interventions at different scales; investing in people and institutions as much as hardware; clarity in governments’ objectives for their smallholder irrigation schemes; appropriate business models to enable farmers; and better market linkages. 2017-09-03 2018-08-28T12:40:56Z 2018-08-28T12:40:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96980 en Open Access application/pdf Informa UK Limited Jamie Pittock, Henning Bjornlund, Richard Stirzaker & Andre van Rooyen. 2017. Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33:5, 839-847, DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1324768 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture governance market access smallholder irrigation water productivity Pittock, Jamie Bjornlund, Henning Stirzaker, Richard Rooyen, Andre F. van Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability |
| title | Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability |
| title_full | Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability |
| title_fullStr | Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability |
| title_short | Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability |
| title_sort | communal irrigation systems in south eastern africa findings on productivity and profitability |
| topic | agriculture governance market access smallholder irrigation water productivity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96980 |
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