Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers

Mwamakamba, S. N.; Sibanda, L. M.; Pittock, J.; Stirzaker, R.; Bjornlund, H.; Rooyen, A. V.; Munguambe, P.; Mdemu, M. V.; Kashaigili, J. J.

dc.creator	Mwamakamba, S. N.
dc.creator	Sibanda, L. M.
dc.creator	Pittock, J.
dc.creator	Stirzaker, R.
dc.creator	Bjornlund, H.
dc.creator	Rooyen, A. V.
dc.creator	Munguambe, P.
dc.creator	Mdemu, M. V.
dc.creator	Kashaigili, J. J.
dc.date	2018-07-05T14:20:33Z
dc.date	2018-07-05T14:20:33Z
dc.date	2017-05-19
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:51:05Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:51:05Z
dc.identifier	Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Jamie Pittock, Richard Stirzaker, Henning Bjornlund, Andre van Rooyen, Paiva Munguambe, Makarius Victor Mdemu & Japhet J. Kashaigili (2017) Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33:5, 824-838, DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1321531
dc.identifier	0790-0627
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2489
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90999
dc.description	International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2017; 33 (5): 824-838
dc.description	African governments have ambitious plans to expand irrigated agriculture, though existing smallholder schemes have largely failed to use land and water sustainably or become profitable. Six government-owned irrigation schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe were assessed to identify common policy barriers and opportunities for higher productivity among smallholder farmers. Issues like insecure land tenure systems, unclear institutional arrangements and poor access to markets have contributed to limited profitability. Reform of currently insecure land tenure, strengthening farmer organizations and reforming policies are recommended so that governments step back from scheme management and foster market linkages to enable more profitable irrigated agriculture
dc.description	Australian International Food Security Research Centre of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research,
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	International Journal of Water Resources Development
dc.subject	Africa
dc.subject	Agriculture
dc.subject	Smallholer farmers
dc.subject	Smallscale irrigation
dc.subject	Policy barriers
dc.subject	Governance mechanisms
dc.title	Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers
dc.type	Article