Investing in Smallholder Irrigation

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dc.creatorNaugle, Jon
dc.creatorSellen, Daniel
dc.creatorDarghouth, Salah
dc.creatorDinar, Ariel
dc.date2012-08-13T09:05:02Z
dc.date2012-08-13T09:05:02Z
dc.date2006-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:15:47Z
dc.descriptionSmallholder irrigated horticulture has proven to be a viable and attractive option for poor farmers in developing countries. This paper relates two important lessons learned: low-cost productive technologies must be available to smallholders in terms of both location and price and must correspond to their needs, and the importance of a market-led approach for financing technology acquisition. The paper concludes with the following recommendations: use privately owned technologies to avoid collective action problems and reliance on government assistance -- this increases the likelihood that irrigation assets will be maintained; consider simple technologies such as treadle pumps and drip irrigation kits -- these self-select for poor households; ensure that a minimum set of resource and market conditions are satisfied before promoting irrigation; develop supply chains that are dominated by private entrepreneurs such as pump manufacturers and repair shops; rethink the definition of smallholder-irrigated agriculture in view of market gardening -- many farmers, particularly the poorest, irrigate plots smaller than one-tenth of a hectare; recognize that rapid introduction of mechanized technologies can easily overwhelm a poor smallholder in terms of capacity -- scaling up to mechanized pumps has been demonstrated successfully but may take time; and make sure there are markets for the outputs, or help create them, to ensure that increased production is profitable.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7015025/investing-smallholder-irrigation
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9607
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9607
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416539
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAgricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 16
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WATER
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCANALS
dc.subjectCASH INCOME
dc.subjectCROP FAILURE
dc.subjectCROP VARIETIES
dc.subjectDISCHARGE
dc.subjectDRIP IRRIGATION
dc.subjectDRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectDRY SEASON
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGRAVITY
dc.subjectGRAVITY IRRIGATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL WATER
dc.subjectIRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectIRRIGATING
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION PROMOTION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION SECTOR
dc.subjectIRRIGATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectIRRIGATION WATER
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectMARKET GARDENING
dc.subjectMOTORIZED PUMPS
dc.subjectPESTICIDES
dc.subjectPIPE
dc.subjectPIPED WATER
dc.subjectPIPED WATER DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOOR FARMERS
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR SMALLHOLDER
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUMPING
dc.subjectPUMPS
dc.subjectPVC PIPES
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCE
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectSALINITY
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSMALL FARMERS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION
dc.subjectSPARE PARTS
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUBSURFACE WATER
dc.subjectSURFACE IRRIGATION
dc.subjectSURFACE WATER
dc.subjectTUBEWELLS
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectWATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLIES
dc.subjectWELL CAPACITY
dc.titleInvesting in Smallholder Irrigation

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