Increasing irrigation water productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through on-farm monitoring, adaptive management and Agricultural Innovation Platforms
Background and objectives
This project is about increasing irrigation water productivity and changing farmer behaviour in three south-eastern African countries.This project will look at options for more-sustainable management of common pool resources. It will identify barriers to improved productivity and profitability along the value chain of irrigation production; improve irrigation water productivity; develop an adaptive management approach to both on-farm water management and water resource management; and increase the capacity of farmers, organisations and governments to adaptively manage water.
Project outputs
Bjornlund H., Zuo A., Wheeler S, Parry K., Pittock J., Mdemu M., Moyo M. (2019) “The dynamics of the relationship between household decision-making and farm household income in small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa”, Agricultural Water Management, 213, 135-145. ERA/ABDC A.
Manero A., Wheeler S.A., Zuo A., Mdemu M. (2019) “Exploring the Head Versus Tail‐End Dichotomy on Yield and Farm Incomes in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Tanzania”, Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023483 ERA A*.
Wheeler S., Zuo A., Bjornlund H., Mdemu M., Rooyen A., Munguambe P. (2017) “An overview of extension use in irrigated agriculture and case studies in south-eastern Africa”, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5), 755-769. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1225570
de Sousa W., Ducrot R., Munguambe P., Bjornlund H., Machava A., Cheveia E., Faduco J. (2017) "Irrigation and crop diversification in the 25 de Setembro irrigation scheme, Mozambique", International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5), 704-724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1262246
Mdemu M.V., Mziray N., Bjornlund H., Kashaigili J.J. (2017) "Barriers to and opportunities for improving productivity and profitability of the Kiwere and Magozi irrigation schemes in Tanzania", International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5), 725-739. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1188267
Moyo M., van Rooyen A., Moyo M., Chivenge P., Bjornlund H. (2017) "Irrigation development in Zimbabwe: understanding productivity barriers and opportunities at Mkoba and Silalatshani irrigation schemes", International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5), 740-754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1175339
Manero A. (2017) “The limitations of negative incomes in the Gini coefficient decomposition by source”, Applied Economics Letters, 24 (14), 977-981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2016.1245828
Manero A. (2017) “Income inequality within smallholder irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa”, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33 (5), 770-787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1152461
Bjornlund H., van Rooyen A., Stirzaker R. (2017) "Profitability and productivity barriers and opportunities in small-scale irrigation schemes", International Journal of Water Resources Development, 3 (5). 690-704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1263552
Manero A. (2016) “Uneven Irrigation and economic inequalities: exploring the connection”, Proceedings of the 2nd World Irrigation Forum, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-8 November 2016.
Manero A., Isdory D., Bjornlund H. (2016) “Why equity of irrigation water supply matters for economic equality?”, Proceedings of the 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Cairo, Egypt, 27 April 2016.
Project partners
Collaborating institutions:
- University of South Australia, Australia
- Australian National University, Australia
- University of Lethbridge, Canada
- AKMA, Tanzania
- Ardhi University, Tanzania
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
- ECOLI
- Tanzania Food
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- National Institute of Irrigation, Mozambique
- University of Pretoria, South Africa
Funding:
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR Project FSC/2013/006), 2013-2017
Contact
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