Bridging the gap: How human-centered design can help unlock bottlenecks in the diffusion of small-scale irrigation in Nigeria

Vista sencilla de ítem
dc.creatorBalana, Bedru
dc.creatorAbba, Aminu
dc.creatorIraoya, Augustine Okhale
dc.creatorYakasai, Musa Tukur
dc.creatorYakasai, Bello
dc.creatorAbdullahi, Kabiru
dc.creatorShuaibu, Ahmed Usman
dc.creatorMusa, Nuruddeen Muhammad
dc.creatorKirui, Oliver K.
dc.creatorEdeh, Hyacinth O.
dc.creatorRingler, Claudia
dc.date2025-11-26
dc.date2025-11-26T21:41:41Z
dc.date2025-11-26T21:41:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:27:55Z
dc.descriptionAmple evidence shows that small-scale irrigation (SSI) has positive impacts on agricultural productivity, poverty reduction, climate resilience and household food security, nutrition. Despite this, adoption of SSI has remained low in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, where previous research suggests potential for adoption is largest. Factors such as high cost of technologies, farmers’ risk behavior, lack of incentives, and lack of access to finance and capacity gaps have often been noted as key constraints limiting the adoption/scaling of SSI among smallholders. However, in an environment with low overall levels of use, it is important to not only focus on the challenges experienced by smallholder farmers, but also on those of key intermediary actors—specifically government, irrigation equipment distributors, and finance institutions—that are critical for a supportive enabling environment of SSI technology diffusion. To understand the constraints these groups encounter and propose innovative policy, financial, and supply chain solutions, we conducted a series of human-centered design (HCD) workshops in three locations in Nigeria. Key solutions proposed during nine workshops include the need for cross-sector coordination and policy harmonization, improved data and digital systems and platforms, customized financial products and risk-sharing options for SSI, capacity-sharing for extension services, and specific strategies to support women farmers so that they benefit equally.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/178299
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105200
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://www.ifpri.org/blog/overcoming-policy-finance-and-technology-supply-constraints-to-unleash-small-scale-irrigation-in-nigeria/
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136842
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBalana, Bedru; Abba, Aminu; Iraoya, Augustine Okhale; Yakasai, Musa Tukur; Yakasai, Bello; et al. 2025. Bridging the gap: How human-centered design can help unlock bottlenecks in the diffusion of small-scale irrigation in Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2380. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178299
dc.subjectirrigation
dc.subjectsmall-scale irrigation
dc.subjectgovernment
dc.subjectfinancial institutions
dc.subjectirrigation equipment
dc.subjectdesign
dc.titleBridging the gap: How human-centered design can help unlock bottlenecks in the diffusion of small-scale irrigation in Nigeria
dc.typeWorking Paper

Archivos

Colecciones

Instituto Internacional de Investigación sobre Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI)