Unlocking the potential of farmer-led irrigation development in central and northern Nigeria: What does it take?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gains
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierHua Xie: 0000-0001-8335-8160
cg.creator.identifierBedru B. Balana: 0000-0002-7344-5743
cg.creator.identifierClaudia Ringler: 0000-0002-8266-0488
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136842en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Natural Resources and Resilience Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategies
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.numberAug-23en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorXie, Huaen
dc.contributor.authorSchmitter, Petraen
dc.contributor.authorObayelu, A. E.en
dc.contributor.authorKato, Edwarden
dc.contributor.authorBalana, Bedruen
dc.contributor.authorRingler, Claudiaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-14T12:09:25Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-14T12:09:25Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140367
dc.titleUnlocking the potential of farmer-led irrigation development in central and northern Nigeria: What does it take?en
dcterms.abstractThe potential for profitable groundwater irrigated area development in Nigeria is 5.04 million hectares (ha), almost all of it located in the country’s central and northern states. To develop this vast area, granular water budgets, financial service provision and support to grow sustainability of production will be needed. Increasing temperature, erratic rainfall, and other extreme events, such as floods and droughts, pose severe threats to development in Nigeria, and particularly in central and northern Nigeria where rainfall is limited, natural resources are threatened by degradation and agriculture, including livestock production, is the major economic driver. Climate change has significant adverse impacts on agricultural production and livelihoods, making the regions’ poor and disadvantaged people even more vulnerable. Agricultural productivity is already affected by climate extreme events and further land expansion would increase degradation and deforestation. At the same time, the central and northern regions of the country are blessed with substantial underground water resources that have been barely tapped. At this point, the potential of farmer-led irrigation, a system where farmers acquire the irrigation technology and access to a water source themselves, is barely exploited. What role could farmer-led, small-scale irrigation play in growing agricultural productivity, rural employment and incomes, and reducing climate stress? And what mechanisms are needed to make this happen?en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023
dcterms.bibliographicCitationXie, Hua; Schmitter, Petra; Obayelu, A. E.; Kato, Edward; Balana, Bedru; and Ringler, Claudia. 2023. Unlocking the potential of farmer-led irrigation development in central and northern Nigeria: What does it take? Nexus Gains Initiative Technical Summary August 2023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136842.en
dcterms.extent9 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfNexus Gains Initiative Technical Summaryen
dcterms.issued2023-08-18
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.08.020en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136842en
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131600en
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectextreme weather eventsen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectbudgetsen
dcterms.subjectdroughten
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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