Investing in Smallholder Irrigation
Smallholder irrigated horticulture has proven to be a viable and attractive option for poor farmers in developing countries. This paper relates two important lessons learned: low-cost productive technologies must be available to smallholders in t...
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okr-10986-96072021-04-23T14:02:46Z Investing in Smallholder Irrigation Naugle, Jon Sellen, Daniel Darghouth, Salah Dinar, Ariel AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT CANALS CASH INCOME CROP FAILURE CROP VARIETIES DISCHARGE DRIP IRRIGATION DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DRY SEASON FARMER FARMING FOOD SECURITY GRAVITY GRAVITY IRRIGATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL WATER IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATING IRRIGATION IRRIGATION PROMOTION IRRIGATION SECTOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION WATER LAND TENURE LAND USE MARKET GARDENING MOTORIZED PUMPS PESTICIDES PIPE PIPED WATER PIPED WATER DISTRIBUTION POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR SMALLHOLDER PROGRAMS PUMPING PUMPS PVC PIPES RAINFALL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL HOUSEHOLD SALINITY SANITATION SMALL FARMERS SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION SPARE PARTS SUBSISTENCE SUBSURFACE WATER SURFACE IRRIGATION SURFACE WATER TUBEWELLS VEGETABLES WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLIES WELL CAPACITY Smallholder irrigated horticulture has proven to be a viable and attractive option for poor farmers in developing countries. This paper relates two important lessons learned: low-cost productive technologies must be available to smallholders in terms of both location and price and must correspond to their needs, and the importance of a market-led approach for financing technology acquisition. The paper concludes with the following recommendations: use privately owned technologies to avoid collective action problems and reliance on government assistance -- this increases the likelihood that irrigation assets will be maintained; consider simple technologies such as treadle pumps and drip irrigation kits -- these self-select for poor households; ensure that a minimum set of resource and market conditions are satisfied before promoting irrigation; develop supply chains that are dominated by private entrepreneurs such as pump manufacturers and repair shops; rethink the definition of smallholder-irrigated agriculture in view of market gardening -- many farmers, particularly the poorest, irrigate plots smaller than one-tenth of a hectare; recognize that rapid introduction of mechanized technologies can easily overwhelm a poor smallholder in terms of capacity -- scaling up to mechanized pumps has been demonstrated successfully but may take time; and make sure there are markets for the outputs, or help create them, to ensure that increased production is profitable. 2012-08-13T09:05:02Z 2012-08-13T09:05:02Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7015025/investing-smallholder-irrigation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9607 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 16 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT CANALS CASH INCOME CROP FAILURE CROP VARIETIES DISCHARGE DRIP IRRIGATION DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DRY SEASON FARMER FARMING FOOD SECURITY GRAVITY GRAVITY IRRIGATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL WATER IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATING IRRIGATION IRRIGATION PROMOTION IRRIGATION SECTOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION WATER LAND TENURE LAND USE MARKET GARDENING MOTORIZED PUMPS PESTICIDES PIPE PIPED WATER PIPED WATER DISTRIBUTION POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR SMALLHOLDER PROGRAMS PUMPING PUMPS PVC PIPES RAINFALL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL HOUSEHOLD SALINITY SANITATION SMALL FARMERS SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION SPARE PARTS SUBSISTENCE SUBSURFACE WATER SURFACE IRRIGATION SURFACE WATER TUBEWELLS VEGETABLES WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLIES WELL CAPACITY |
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AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT CANALS CASH INCOME CROP FAILURE CROP VARIETIES DISCHARGE DRIP IRRIGATION DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DRY SEASON FARMER FARMING FOOD SECURITY GRAVITY GRAVITY IRRIGATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL WATER IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATING IRRIGATION IRRIGATION PROMOTION IRRIGATION SECTOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION WATER LAND TENURE LAND USE MARKET GARDENING MOTORIZED PUMPS PESTICIDES PIPE PIPED WATER PIPED WATER DISTRIBUTION POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR SMALLHOLDER PROGRAMS PUMPING PUMPS PVC PIPES RAINFALL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL HOUSEHOLD SALINITY SANITATION SMALL FARMERS SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION SPARE PARTS SUBSISTENCE SUBSURFACE WATER SURFACE IRRIGATION SURFACE WATER TUBEWELLS VEGETABLES WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLIES WELL CAPACITY Naugle, Jon Sellen, Daniel Darghouth, Salah Dinar, Ariel Investing in Smallholder Irrigation |
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Smallholder irrigated horticulture has
proven to be a viable and attractive option for poor farmers
in developing countries. This paper relates two important
lessons learned: low-cost productive technologies must be
available to smallholders in terms of both location and
price and must correspond to their needs, and the importance
of a market-led approach for financing technology
acquisition. The paper concludes with the following
recommendations: use privately owned technologies to avoid
collective action problems and reliance on government
assistance -- this increases the likelihood that irrigation
assets will be maintained; consider simple technologies
such as treadle pumps and drip irrigation kits -- these
self-select for poor households; ensure that a minimum set
of resource and market conditions are satisfied before
promoting irrigation; develop supply chains that are
dominated by private entrepreneurs such as pump
manufacturers and repair shops; rethink the definition of
smallholder-irrigated agriculture in view of market
gardening -- many farmers, particularly the poorest,
irrigate plots smaller than one-tenth of a hectare;
recognize that rapid introduction of mechanized technologies
can easily overwhelm a poor smallholder in terms of capacity
-- scaling up to mechanized pumps has been demonstrated
successfully but may take time; and make sure there are
markets for the outputs, or help create them, to ensure that
increased production is profitable. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Naugle, Jon Sellen, Daniel Darghouth, Salah Dinar, Ariel |
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Naugle, Jon Sellen, Daniel Darghouth, Salah Dinar, Ariel |
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Naugle, Jon |
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Investing in Smallholder Irrigation |
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Investing in Smallholder Irrigation |
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Investing in Smallholder Irrigation |
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Investing in Smallholder Irrigation |
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Investing in Smallholder Irrigation |
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investing in smallholder irrigation |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7015025/investing-smallholder-irrigation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9607 |
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