Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana

Adequate agricultural production for food and nutrition security as well as better incomes for farmers and rural inhabitants represent key development objectives of many nations, and they are most crucial in Africa. Water is critical in food produc...

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Main Author:	Dittoh, Saa
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	IRRIGATION WATER AVAILABILITY LAND SUITABILITY ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SUPPLY CHAIN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION GROUNDWATER FARMER-LED IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/400371624265235481/Assessment-of-Farmer-Led-Irrigation-Development-in-Ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35796

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spelling	okr-10986-357962021-06-23T05:10:59Z Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana Dittoh, Saa IRRIGATION WATER AVAILABILITY LAND SUITABILITY ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SUPPLY CHAIN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION GROUNDWATER FARMER-LED IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT Adequate agricultural production for food and nutrition security as well as better incomes for farmers and rural inhabitants represent key development objectives of many nations, and they are most crucial in Africa. Water is critical in food production, and its use now and in the future is a major determinant of whether the stated objective is achieved. Because of climate change and associated variability, dependence on rainfed food production is risky and unsustainable. There is a need for substantial increase in irrigated production, particularly farmer-led irrigation development (FLID), in Africa and especially in Ghana. This report consists of an assessment of FLID in Ghana as well as of associated business and financing models that can be pursued for its further development. 2021-06-22T13:56:42Z 2021-06-22T13:56:42Z 2020 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/400371624265235481/Assessment-of-Farmer-Led-Irrigation-Development-in-Ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35796 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Ghana
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topic	IRRIGATION WATER AVAILABILITY LAND SUITABILITY ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SUPPLY CHAIN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION GROUNDWATER FARMER-LED IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	IRRIGATION WATER AVAILABILITY LAND SUITABILITY ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SUPPLY CHAIN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION GROUNDWATER FARMER-LED IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT Dittoh, Saa Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana
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description	Adequate agricultural production for food and nutrition security as well as better incomes for farmers and rural inhabitants represent key development objectives of many nations, and they are most crucial in Africa. Water is critical in food production, and its use now and in the future is a major determinant of whether the stated objective is achieved. Because of climate change and associated variability, dependence on rainfed food production is risky and unsustainable. There is a need for substantial increase in irrigated production, particularly farmer-led irrigation development (FLID), in Africa and especially in Ghana. This report consists of an assessment of FLID in Ghana as well as of associated business and financing models that can be pursued for its further development.
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author	Dittoh, Saa
author_facet	Dittoh, Saa
author_sort	Dittoh, Saa
title	Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana
title_short	Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana
title_full	Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana
title_fullStr	Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana
title_sort	assessment of farmer-led irrigation development in ghana
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/400371624265235481/Assessment-of-Farmer-Led-Irrigation-Development-in-Ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35796
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Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana

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