Agricultural water management and livelihoods in the crop-livestock systems of the Volta Basin

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Fasoen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BFen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSabine Douxchamps: 0000-0002-5286-0753en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2014.10.001en_US
cg.identifier.wlethemeLand and Water Productivityen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2212-6082en_US
cg.journalWater Resources and Rural Developmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.river.basinVOLTAen_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODSen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCK-WATERen_US
cg.subject.ilriWATERen_US
cg.volume6en_US
dc.contributor.authorDouxchamps, Sabineen_US
dc.contributor.authorAyantunde, Augustine A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPanyan, E.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOuattara, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKabore, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKarbo, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSawadogo, B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-24T08:26:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-11-24T08:26:33Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/51622en_US
dc.titleAgricultural water management and livelihoods in the crop-livestock systems of the Volta Basinen_US
dcterms.abstractWith mixed crop–livestock systems projected to be the principal source of food in developing countries in the coming decades, opportunities exist for smallholders to participate and benefit from emerging crop and livestock markets in the Volta Basin. Given the economic, social and environmental vulnerability due to high water scarcity and variability in the basin, improvements in agricultural water management (AWM) are needed to ensure sustainable benefits. A survey was conducted among 326 crop–livestock households in four water scarce sites of the basin in Burkina Faso and Ghana to characterize households in terms of access to water, services and information, AWM intensity and livelihoods, and to explore the linkages between these characteristics. The sources of water were more diverse for study sites in Ghana than in Burkina, allowing different types of AWM strategies. Most of the farmers perceived a strong positive impact of AWM strategies on their livelihoods. Almost 70% of the variation in livelihood assets was explained by variation in AWM intensity, affecting mainly food consumption, sources of income and housing index. With increasing access to water, services and information, AWM intensity significantly increased, as well as labour for water-related activities and food consumption. This increase in AWM was significantly related to an increase in livelihood assets (R2 = 52%). Policies should be developed to improve access to information and services as well as access to market in rural areas of the Volta Basin, to enhance positive impact of AWM strategies on livelihoods of the rural households.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDouxchamps, S., Ayantunde, A., Panyan, E. K., Ouattara, K., Kabore, A., Karbo, N. and Sawadogo, B. 2015. Agricultural water management and livelihoods in the crop-livestock systems of the Volta Basin. Water Resources and rural Development 6: 92-104en_US
dcterms.extentp. 92-104en_US
dcterms.issued2015-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectwateren_US
dcterms.subjectmixed farmingen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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