Communal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitability

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.countryZimbabwe
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZ
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1324768en
cg.issn0790-0627en
cg.issn1360-0648en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalInternational Journal of Water Resources Developmenten
cg.volume33en
dc.contributor.authorPittock, Jamieen
dc.contributor.authorBjornlund, Henningen
dc.contributor.authorStirzaker, Richarden
dc.contributor.authorRooyen, Andre F. vanen
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-28T12:40:56Zen
dc.date.available2018-08-28T12:40:56Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96980
dc.titleCommunal irrigation systems in South-Eastern Africa: findings on productivity and profitabilityen
dcterms.abstractSignificant 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.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2017-05-19
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJamie 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: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1324768en
dcterms.extentp. 839-847en
dcterms.issued2017-09-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.subjectmarket accessen
dcterms.subjectsmallholder irrigationen
dcterms.subjectwater productivityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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