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_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gainsen_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierHua Xie: 0000-0001-8335-8160en_US
cg.creator.identifierBedru B. Balana: 0000-0002-7344-5743en_US
cg.creator.identifierClaudia Ringler: 0000-0002-8266-0488en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136842en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Natural Resources and Resilience Uniten_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategiesen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.numberAug-23en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorXie, Huaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchmitter, Petraen_US
dc.contributor.authorObayelu, A. E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKato, Edwarden_US
dc.contributor.authorBalana, Bedruen_US
dc.contributor.authorRingler, Claudiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-14T12:09:25Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-03-14T12:09:25Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140367en_US
dc.titleUnlocking the potential of farmer-led irrigation development in central and northern Nigeria: What does it take?en_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent9 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfNexus Gains Initiative Technical Summaryen_US
dcterms.issued2023-08-18en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.08.020en_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136842en_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131600en_US
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectextreme weather eventsen_US
dcterms.subjectirrigationen_US
dcterms.subjectbudgetsen_US
dcterms.subjectdroughten_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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