Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
| cg.contributor.crp | Water, Land and Ecosystems | en_US |
| cg.coverage.country | South Africa | en_US |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | ZA | en_US |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Africa | en_US |
| cg.creator.identifier | Barbara Van Koppen: 0000-0002-7707-8127 | en_US |
| cg.creator.identifier | Luxon Nhamo: 0000-0003-2944-1769 | en_US |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.206 | en_US |
| cg.isbn | 978-92-9090-852-4 | en_US |
| cg.number | 174 | en_US |
| cg.place | Colombo, Sri Lanka | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | van Koppen, Barbara | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Nhamo, Luxon | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Xueliang Cai | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Gabriel, M. J. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Sekgala, M . | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Shikwambana, S. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Tshikolomo, K. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Nevhutanda, S. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Matlala, B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Manyama, D. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-27T04:18:14Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-27T04:18:14Z | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89495 | en_US |
| dc.title | Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | A survey of 76 public smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), as part of the ‘Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation in South Africa’ project. About one-third of those schemes was fully utilized; one-third partially utilized; and one-third not utilized in the winter of 2015; however, no single socioeconomic, physical, agronomic and marketing variable could explain these differences in utilization. Sale, mostly for informal markets, appeared the most important goal. Dilapidated infrastructure was the most important constraint cited by the farmers. The study recommends ways to overcome the build-neglect-rebuild syndrome, and to learn lessons from informal irrigation, which covers an area three to four times as large as public irrigation schemes in the province. | en_US |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_US |
| dcterms.available | 2017 | en_US |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | van Koppen, Barbara; Nhamo, Luxon; Cai, Xueliang; Gabriel, M. J.; Sekgala, M.; Shikwambana, S.; Tshikolomo, K.; Nevhutanda, S.; Matlala, B.; Manyama, D. 2017. Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 36p. (IWMI Working Paper 174) doi: 10.5337/2017.206 | en_US |
| dcterms.extent | 36p. | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | IWMI Working Paper | en_US |
| dcterms.issued | 2017 | en_US |
| dcterms.language | en | en_US |
| dcterms.publisher | International Water Management Institute | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | irrigation schemes | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | small scale systems | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | smallholders | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | social aspects | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | gender | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | water resources | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | water quality | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | infrastructure | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | rehabilitation | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | seasonal cropping | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | farmland | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | marketing | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | poverty | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | irrigated land | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | land tenure | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | land ownership | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | soil | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | vegetables | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | farmers | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | utilization | en_US |
| dcterms.subject | state intervention | en_US |
| dcterms.type | Working Paper | en_US |