Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 824-838

  Mwamakamba, Sithembile Ndema ^a   Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele ^a   Pittock, Jamie ^b   Stirzaker, Richard ^c   Bjornlund, Henning ^d   van Rooyen, Andre ^e   Munguambe, Paiva ^f   Mdemu, Makarius Victor ^g   Kashaigili, Japhet J ^h  

^a Food   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Zimbabwe)

^f National Institute for Irrigation   (Mozambique)

^g ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^h SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; agriculture; governance mechanisms; market access; policy barriers; smallholder irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY;

AFRICA; GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; MARKET ACCESS; POLICY BARRIERS; SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION;

PUBLIC POLICY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; IRRIGATION; LAND TENURE; MARKET CONDITIONS; POLICY REFORM; PROFITABILITY; SMALLHOLDER;

MOZAMBIQUE; TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 85019632252     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1321531     Document Type: Article

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