1. Jennie BARRON
IWMI Research Theme Leader “Sustainable Agricultural Water Management”
CGIAR Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Flagship leader “ Land and Water Productivity”

2. 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

3. 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).

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)