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/IW

MI

• 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)