Jennie BARRON
IWMI Research Theme Leader “Sustainable Agricultural Water Management”CGIAR Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Flagship leader “ Land and Water Productivity”
THE SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
• Addressing inclusive livelihood developments
• Climate-proofing food systems for food and nutrition security
• Achieve sustainable agricultural intensification
…..contribute to SDG agendas
THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION IN SSA
SSA: motor pumps • More than185 million potential rural
beneficiaries• Net revenues up to US$22 billion/yr.
Tanzania: motor pumps could benefit 2-4 million people (8-12% of rural households).
HOW MUCH IS REALIZED? MAPPING IRRIGATED MULTI CROPPED AREAS OF AFRICA
• Typically exceeds 2-4 times national formal irrigation scheme areas reported
• Working with national partners to improve further to scope additional areas of opportunities for expansion and intensification
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2016/02/irrigated-africa-and-asia/
STILL FARMERS LEFT OUT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES … Enabling Access to opportunities : women and
resource poor farmers face challenges accessing affordable AWM:- Market and capital access for in/output supplies- Managing technologies- Connect to information and learning- Cultural barriers
- New concepts and data - Tools and approaches to support equal
opportunities
Photo: Steve McCurrach/IW
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• Ass. Professor Frederick Kahimba, (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania)
• Maureen Mnimbo (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania)
• Mary Ndaro (CARE International, Tanzania)• Sophie Theis (IFPRI, Washington DC, USA)
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