Sustainable and Equitable Growth in Farmer-led Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Will it Take?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierNicole Lefore: 0000-0003-1649-2479
cg.creator.identifierClaudia Ringler: 0000-0002-8266-0488
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol12/v12issue1/484-a12-1-10/fileen
cg.identifier.wlethemeLand and Water Solutions
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issue1en
cg.journalWater Alternativesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.wleAGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.wleIRRIGATIONen
cg.volume12en
dc.contributor.authorLefore, Nicoleen
dc.contributor.authorGiordano, Meredith A.en
dc.contributor.authorRingler, Claudiaen
dc.contributor.authorBarron, Jennieen
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-06T07:01:24Zen
dc.date.available2019-03-06T07:01:24Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/100144
dc.titleSustainable and Equitable Growth in Farmer-led Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Will it Take?en
dcterms.abstractThe rapid development of farmer-led irrigation is increasing agricultural productivity, incomes, employment and nutrition, but it might well not achieve its full potential. Small-scale irrigators tend to be younger, male and better-off. Women and resource-poor farmers – the majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa – are disadvantaged and often excluded from the numerous benefits to be gained from irrigation. Equity in access to water management technologies and practices is constrained by numerous factors, including high investment costs, absence of financial services, poor market integration, inadequate information services, and labour constraints. Lack of institutions for collective management of natural resources, such as water, further restricts access for resource-poor farmers, increasing inequity. In the absence of sustainable natural resources management approaches to agricultural intensification, this situation may become more acute as natural resources become increasingly valuable, and therefore contested. Realising the full potential of farmer-led irrigation requires contextualised policies, institutions and practices to improve equity, markets and sustainability and help ensure that sector growth is inclusive and beneficial.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLefore, N.; Giordano, M.; Ringler, C. and Barron, J. 2019. Sustainable and equitable growth in farmer-led irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: What will it take? Water Alternatives 12(1): 156-168en
dcterms.extentpp. 156-168en
dcterms.issued2019
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133713en
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/100232en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6592en
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjectfarmer-led irrigationen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.subjectequityen
dcterms.subjectnatural resources managementen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectinnovation adoptionen
dcterms.subjectagricultural hydraulicsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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