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1 Freeman, H. A.; Silim, S. S. 2002. Commercialization of smallholder irrigation: Economic and social implications in semiarid areas of Eastern Kenya. In Blank, H. G.; Mutero, C. M.; Murray-Rust, H. (Eds.), The changing face of irrigation in Kenya: Opportunities for anticipating changes in Eastern and Southern Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka, IWMI. pp.265-275.
Irrigation water ; Small scale systems ; Crop production ; Gender ; Marketing ; Exports / Kenya / Makueni / Central Meru
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G140 BLA Record No: H030843)
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2 Freeman, H. Ade; Silim, S. S. 2002. Commercialisation of smallholder irrigation: The case of horticultural crops in semi-arid areas of eastern Kenya. In Sally, H.; Abernethy, C. L. (Eds.), Private irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional Seminar on Private Sector Participation and Irrigation Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana, 22-26 October 2001. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI; FAO; ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation. pp.185-191.
Horticulture ; Vegetables ; Irrigated farming ; Small scale systems ; Crop production ; Marketing ; Constraints / Kenya / Makueni / Meru
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G110 SAL Record No: H030881)
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3 Inderberg, T. H.; Eriksen, S.; O'Brien, K.; Sygna, L. (Eds.) 2015. Climate change adaptation and development: transforming paradigms and practices. Oxon, UK: Routledge. 295p.
Climate change adaptation ; Sustainable development ; Disaster risk management ; Flood control ; Technology transfer ; Resilience ; Gender ; Women ; Farmers ; Households ; Living standards ; Urban planning ; Rural settlement ; Governance ; Stakeholders ; Policy making ; Political aspects ; Socioeconomic development ; Indigenous knowledge ; Food security ; Agricultural sector ; Charcoal ; Arid zones ; Semiarid zones ; Case studies / Mozambique / Kenya / Tanzania / Ethiopia / Nepal / Lake Victoria Basin / Maputo / Makueni / Dar es Salaam / Afar Region / Humla
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.927 G000 IND Record No: H047643)
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4 Nthambi, M.; Markova-Nenova, N.; Watzold, F. 2021. Quantifying loss of benefits from poor governance of climate change adaptation projects: a discrete choice experiment with farmers in Kenya. Ecological Economics, 179:106831. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106831]
Climate change adaptation ; Governance ; Dam construction ; Government organizations ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Farmers ; Labour ; Willingness to pay ; Developing countries ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Kenya / Makueni
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050324)
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Climate change impacts pose a great challenge to agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa as droughts become more frequent and more severe. A major roadblock to implementing climate change adaptation measures is poor governance. Given their experience with governing organizations, farmers are highly suitable to assess the appropriateness of different governing organizations to implement adaptation measures on the ground. We surveyed 283 farmers in Makueni County in Kenya applying the choice experiment method to assess their preferences in relation to different attributes of a sand storage dam project – including the organization governing the dam construction. We find that farmers prefer an NGO as the governing organization, followed closely by a farmer network and, with some distance, a government institution. For the whole of Makueni County, we find that benefits of $ 320,426 are lost if farmer networks are the governing organizations instead of NGOs and $ 1,779,596 if government institutions govern the dam construction instead of NGOs. On a methodological level, our study contributes to improving the application of choice experiments in developing countries as it draws attention to the importance of carefully selecting the payment vehicle for successful project implementation.
5 Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Haileslassie, Amare; Magidi, J.; Nhamo, L. 2022. Irrigation suitability mapping examples from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa. 52p.
Irrigation management ; Land suitability ; Mapping ; Planning ; Soil texture ; Land use ; Land cover ; Rain ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Slope ; Diversification ; Socioeconomic aspects / Zimbabwe / Zambia / Malawi / Kenya / Balaka / Nkhotakota / Monze / Chipata / Nakuru / Makueni / Masvingo / Makonde / Murehwa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051676)
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The irrigation suitability classification was achieved by using physical factors that include slope, rainfall, landuse, closeness to waterbodies (surface and groundwater) and soil characteristics for selected districts in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Kenya, some of the UU target countries. As cereals form the main food basket of the selected countries, and cereals are not tolerant to saline conditions, the report also provides maps showing high soil salinity areas of Makueni and Nakuru of Kenya, where soils are highly saline. However, soil salinity is insignificant in the other study districts and therefore not mapped. This report provides (a) a conceptual framework and detailed methodology for irrigation suitability mapping, including details of identified boundary maps and geospatial data, and (b) a synthesis model and maps on irrigation suitability mapping for the selected districts in the four target countries.
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