Managing water for food and agricultural transformation in Africa: key issues and priorities
| dc.creator | Williams, Timothy O. | |
| dc.date | 2019-10-25 | |
| dc.date | 2020-02-18T04:45:48Z | |
| dc.date | 2020-02-18T04:45:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T18:35:01Z | |
| dc.description | This chapter examines the links between water, food and society in Africa. Agricultural transformation to promote growth, eliminate poverty and hunger and sustain ecosystems is one of the central pillars of current development agenda in Africa. Achievement of this agenda will crucially depend on sustainable water management. However, agri-food systems and water resources are under greater pressure than ever before due to demographic, economic and climatic changes. The nature and scale of these changes suggest that only a holistic and integrated management of all shades of water resources, green, blue and grey, will allow Africa to eliminate hunger and poverty. Research-based technical solutions as well as institutional and policy measures are proposed that would allow available water resources to be sustainably used to promote climate-resilient farming systems, improve agricultural productivity and food security and spur the development of viable food value chains needed for agricultural and rural transformation. | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107113 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/160053 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
| dc.rights | Limited Access | |
| dc.source | Williams, Timothy O. 2019. Managing water for food and agricultural transformation in Africa: key issues and priorities. In Allan, T.; Bromwich, B.; Keulertz, M.; Colman, A. (Eds.). The Oxford handbook of food, water and society. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. pp.470-487. | |
| dc.subject | irrigation water | |
| dc.subject | food security | |
| dc.subject | nutrition security | |
| dc.subject | population growth | |
| dc.subject | urbanization | |
| dc.title | Managing water for food and agricultural transformation in Africa: key issues and priorities | |
| dc.type | Book Chapter |