Rapid assessment of water availability and appropriate technologies for small-scale farming: guidelines for practitioners

cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5337/2014.207en
cg.isbn978-92-9090-789-3en
dc.contributor.authorKeller, A.en
dc.contributor.authorWeight, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, S.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-30T13:42:43Zen
dc.date.available2015-04-30T13:42:43Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/65347
dc.titleRapid assessment of water availability and appropriate technologies for small-scale farming: guidelines for practitionersen
dcterms.abstractLimited access to water is a key reason why millions of poor farmers struggle to grow enough food and marketable crops to improve their lives. Public sector agencies, civil society organizations and donors seeking to improve small-scale farmers’ access to water resources face limited data on the location and accessibility of water resources. This paper addresses this gap by providing a tested method to assess water resources that small-scale farmers can access affordably and sustainably. This paper also supports the selection of appropriate water access and application technologies for available water resources. The method described is rapid and relatively inexpensive; it uses a phased approach to assess a broad-scale area (e.g., a country or region); and then gathers more information in locations that have higher potential for affordable water access by small-scale farmers.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2014
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKeller, A.; Weight, Elizabeth; Taylor, S. 2013. Rapid assessment of water availability and appropriate technologies for small-scale farming: guidelines for practitioners. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 61p. (IWMI Working Paper 156) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.207en
dcterms.isPartOfIWMI Working Paper 156en
dcterms.issued2013
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjectwater availabilityen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectfarmer-led irrigationen
dcterms.subjectsmall scale farmingen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren
dcterms.subjectwater resourcesen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectpumpsen
dcterms.subjectwellsen
dcterms.subjectdrillingen
dcterms.subjectreservoirsen
dcterms.subjectriversen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectsoilsen
dcterms.subjectliving standardsen
dcterms.subjectpublic sectoren
dcterms.subjectprivate sectoren
dcterms.subjectnon governmental organizationsen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.subjectdata collectionen
dcterms.subjectguidelinesen
dcterms.subjecttechnology assessmenten
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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