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Improving the Availability and Effectiveness of Rural and “Micro” Finance for Small Scale Irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Lessons Learned. IWMI Working Paper 185. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
(IWMI, 2018)
This paper reviews the evidence available on the provision of financing for African smallholder farmers to purchase irrigation equipment such as pumps, pipes and drip irrigation systems. It sets the scene by first reviewing ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH - Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation
(ILSSI, 2020)
Economic Growth
Analysis of Farmers’ Willingness to Pay and the Feasibility of Household Irrigation Technologies
(Feed the Future, 2018)
Agricultural Technology Assessment for Smallholder Farms in Developing Countries: An Analysis using a Farm Simulation Model (FARMSIM)
(Feed the Future, 2017)
The rural population in developing countries depends on agriculture. However, in many of these countries, agricultural productivity remains low with episodes of famines in drought-prone areas. One of the options to increase ...
A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa
(Global Food Security, 2018)
Smallholder irrigation expansion would significantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities ...
Estimating the impacts of land use/land cover changes on Ecosystem Service Values: The case of the Andassa watershed in the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia
(Ecosystem Services, 2018)
Estimating the impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) changes in Ecosystem Service Values (ESV) is indispensable to provide public awareness about the status of ESV, and to help in policy-making processes. This study was ...
Viewpoint: Water, agriculture & poverty in an era of climate change: Why do we know so little?
(Food Policy, 2020)
Understanding the complex relationship between water, agriculture and poverty (WAP) is essential for informed policy-making in light of increasing demand for scarce water resources and greater climatic variability. Yet, ...
Forecasting yields, prices and net returns for main cereal crops in Tanzania as probability distributions: A multivariate empirical (MVE) approach
(Agricultural Systems, 2020)
Maize (Zea mays L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) and rice (Oryza sativa) are essential staple crops to the livelihoods of many Tanzanians. But the future productivity of these crops is highly uncertain due to many ...