Handbook for Scaling Irrigation Systems
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The demand for more efficient use of
land and water resources to enable farmers to produce food
using climate-resilient processes continues to grow in the
face of a growing global population and the impacts of
climate change and other shocks such as Coronavirus
(COVID-19). Although irrigation has been widely promoted as
important for productivity and resilience, it has not been
sufficiently expanded. Large, well-established irrigation
projects developed by public institutions and select private
sector projects play an important role in providing access
to irrigation, but they are insufficient to meet need. In
parallel, farmers have been developing effective small-scale
irrigation (SSI) options that include a range of
technologies, financing methods, and operating models.
International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are
global organizations focused on promoting resilient
agriculture and food system transformation. This handbook
takes a practical approach in guiding its target readers,
which comprise policy makers, governments and government
agencies, private sector actors, and development institution
partners, on how to deliver effective design and operation
strategies, combined with financing models, to implement and
sustainably expand use of irrigation.
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IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION, LARGE-SCALE, DESIGN, ASSET MANAGEMENT, OPERATING MODELS, FINANCING