Sustainable and Equitable Growth in Farmer-led Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Will it Take?

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dc.creatorLefore, Nicole
dc.creatorGiordano, Meredith A.
dc.creatorRingler, Claudia
dc.creatorBarron, Jennie
dc.date2019
dc.date2019-03-06T07:01:24Z
dc.date2019-03-06T07:01:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:42:08Z
dc.descriptionThe rapid development of farmer-led irrigation is increasing agricultural productivity, incomes, employment and nutrition, but it might well not achieve its full potential. Small-scale irrigators tend to be younger, male and better-off. Women and resource-poor farmers – the majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa – are disadvantaged and often excluded from the numerous benefits to be gained from irrigation. Equity in access to water management technologies and practices is constrained by numerous factors, including high investment costs, absence of financial services, poor market integration, inadequate information services, and labour constraints. Lack of institutions for collective management of natural resources, such as water, further restricts access for resource-poor farmers, increasing inequity. In the absence of sustainable natural resources management approaches to agricultural intensification, this situation may become more acute as natural resources become increasingly valuable, and therefore contested. Realising the full potential of farmer-led irrigation requires contextualised policies, institutions and practices to improve equity, markets and sustainability and help ensure that sector growth is inclusive and beneficial.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/100144
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163114
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133713
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLefore, N.; Giordano, M.; Ringler, C. and Barron, J. 2019. Sustainable and equitable growth in farmer-led irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: What will it take? Water Alternatives 12(1): 156-168
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectfarmer-led irrigation
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectnatural resources management
dc.subjectirrigation
dc.subjectinnovation adoption
dc.subjectagricultural hydraulics
dc.titleSustainable and Equitable Growth in Farmer-led Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Will it Take?
dc.typeJournal Article

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