Investment in Agricultural Water for Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : Synthesis Report

The report analyses the contribution to date of agricultural water management to poverty reduction and growth in the in sub-Saharan Africa region, the reasons for its slow expansion and apparently poor track record, as well as the ways in which inc...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Economic & Sector Work
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL USERS AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ALLOCATION OF WATER ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS ANIMAL FEED ARABLE LAND ARID AREAS ARID ZONES BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS CANALS CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CATCHMENT AREAS CATCHMENTS CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL FARMERS COST ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COVERING CREDIT ORGANIZATIONS CROP AREA CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESIDUES CROPPING SYSTEMS CULTIVABLE LAND DECISION MAKING DEFICIT IRRIGATION DIVERSIFICATION DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EVAPORATION EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION EXPORT MARKETS EXTREME POVERTY FARM FAMILIES FARM INCOME FARM INCOME GROWTH FARM INCOMES FARM MANAGEMENT FARM SIZE FARMER FARMER INITIATIVES FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMER REPRESENTATIVES FARMERS FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FLOODS FODDER FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CROP FOOD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROPS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD NEEDS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOOD SUPPLY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTS INADEQUATE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES INCOME GAINS INCOME GROWTH INCOME POVERTY INDUSTRIAL USE INPUT USE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL WATER IRRIGATION AGENCIES IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION EXPANSION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATORS LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LARGE DAMS LIVESTOCK WATER LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARKET PRICES MIDDLE EAST MULTIPLIERS NORTH AFRICA PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRECIPITATION PRESSURE PRODUCTION OF STAPLES PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PUMPS PURCHASING POWER RAINFALL RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING REDUCTION OF INCOME RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RIVER BASINS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION SANITATION SECTORAL POLICIES SERVICE PROVIDERS SMALL FARMERS SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS SOUTH AMERICA STORAGE CAPACITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS USE OF WATER VEGETABLE PRODUCTION VEGETABLES WASTEWATER WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONSERVATION WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER FLOWS WATER FOR IRRIGATION WATER HARVESTING WATER INVESTMENTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE PROVISION WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLIES WATER USERS WATER WITHDRAWALS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WEIRS WETLANDS WHEAT PRODUCTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9480368/investment-agricultural-water-poverty-reduction-economic-growth-sub-saharan-africa-synthesis-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8012