Can Sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? The role of irrigation development in the region’s drylands for food security
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR single centre | en |
| cg.contributor.crp | Water, Land and Ecosystems | en |
| cg.contributor.crp | Policies, Institutions, and Markets | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | Nordic Development Fund | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | Program on Forests (PROFOR) Trust | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | United Nations | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Sub-Saharan Africa | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | Hua Xie: 0000-0001-8335-8160 | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | Nicostrato Perez: 0000-0003-3030-4710 | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | Claudia Ringler: 0000-0002-8266-0488 | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | Liangzhi You: 0000-0001-7930-8814 | en |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1516080 | en |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division | en |
| cg.identifier.publicationRank | B | en |
| cg.identifier.wletheme | Land and Water Solutions | en |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en |
| cg.issn | 0250-8060 | en |
| cg.issn | 1941-1707 | en |
| cg.issue | 6 | en |
| cg.journal | Water International | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en |
| cg.subject.wle | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION | en |
| cg.subject.wle | CLIMATE CHANGE | en |
| cg.subject.wle | FOOD SECURITY | en |
| cg.subject.wle | FOOD SYSTEMS | en |
| cg.subject.wle | IRRIGATION | en |
| cg.volume | 43 | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Xie, Hua | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Pérez, Nicostrato D. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Weston | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ringler, Claudia | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-02T05:15:57Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-02T05:15:57Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99273 | |
| dc.title | Can Sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? The role of irrigation development in the region’s drylands for food security | en |
| dcterms.abstract | This paper assesses the potential role of investments in irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa in improving food security and self-sufficiency in the region. Focusing on the region’s drylands, the study identifies a potential for expanded irrigated area of 6–14 million hectares (ha), depending on technology costs and other factors. Linkage of these results with a global agricultural trade model shows that accelerated irrigation investment can effectively reduce growing food import dependency from 54% under a business-as-usual scenario to a much smaller 17–40%; and can also reduce the population at risk of hunger and child under-nutrition. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en |
| dcterms.available | 2018-10-15 | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Xie, Hua; Perez, Nicostrato D.; Anderson, Weston; Ringler, Claudia; and You, Liangzhi. 2018. Can Sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? The role of irrigation development in the region’s drylands for food security. Water International 43(6): 796-814. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1516080 | en |
| dcterms.extent | 796-814 | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2018-08-18 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | en |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | en |
| dcterms.publisher | Informa UK Limited | en |
| dcterms.relation | https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133713 | en |
| dcterms.relation | https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134151 | en |
| dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6390 | en |
| dcterms.subject | resource management | en |
| dcterms.subject | models | en |
| dcterms.subject | technological changes | en |
| dcterms.subject | economic development | en |
| dcterms.subject | commodities | en |
| dcterms.subject | arid zones | en |
| dcterms.subject | malnutrition | en |
| dcterms.subject | nutrition | en |
| dcterms.subject | irrigation | en |
| dcterms.subject | trade | en |
| dcterms.subject | food supply | en |
| dcterms.subject | food security | en |
| dcterms.subject | prices | en |
| dcterms.subject | commodity markets | en |
| dcterms.subject | climate change | en |
| dcterms.subject | agricultural trade | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article | en |