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/IWMI
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)