Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics | en |
cg.contributor.crp | Water, Land and Ecosystems | |
cg.coverage.country | Mozambique | |
cg.coverage.country | Tanzania | |
cg.coverage.country | Zimbabwe | |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | MZ | |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | TZ | |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | ZW | |
cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | |
cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1324768 | en |
cg.issn | 0790-0627 | en |
cg.issn | 1360-0648 | en |
cg.issue | 5 | en |
cg.journal | International Journal of Water Resources Development | en |
cg.volume | 33 | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pittock, Jamie | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bjornlund, Henning | en |
dc.contributor.author | Stirzaker, Richard | en |
dc.contributor.author | Rooyen, Andre F. van | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-28T12:40:56Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-28T12:40:56Z | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96980 | |
dc.title | Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability | en |
dcterms.abstract | 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. | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dcterms.available | 2017-05-19 | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | 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 | en |
dcterms.extent | p. 839-847 | en |
dcterms.issued | 2017-09-03 | |
dcterms.language | en | |
dcterms.license | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 | |
dcterms.publisher | Informa UK Limited | en |
dcterms.subject | agriculture | en |
dcterms.subject | governance | en |
dcterms.subject | market access | en |
dcterms.subject | smallholder irrigation | en |
dcterms.subject | water productivity | en |
dcterms.type | Journal Article |