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1 Giordano, Meredith; de Fraiture, C.; Weight, Elizabeth; van der Bliek, Julie. (Eds.) 2012. Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 50p. (Also in French). [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.207]
Research projects ; Water management ; Agricultural production ; Food security ; Investment ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Income ; Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Reservoirs
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H045022)
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2 Giordano, Meredith; de Fraiture, C.; Weight, Elizabeth; van der Bliek, Julie. (Eds.) 2012. Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 50p. (Also in French).
Research projects ; Water management ; Agricultural production ; Food security ; Investment ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Income ; Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Reservoirs
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI c2 Record No: H045055)
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3 Weight, Elizabeth; Yoder, R.; Keller, A. 2012. Manual well drilling investment opportunity in Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). AgWater Solutions Project (Agricultural Water Solutions Project). 17p.
Wells ; Drilling ; Investment ; Poverty ; Crop production ; Income ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Private sector / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045069)
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4 Giordano, Meredith; de Fraiture, C.; Weight, Elizabeth; van der Bliek, Julie. 2012. L’eau, source de richesse et de securite alimentaire: soutenir les investissements dans la gestion de l’eau en agriculture axes sur les agriculteurs. Rapport de synthese du projet AgWater Solutions. In French. [Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 44p. (Also in English). [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.217]
Research projects ; Water management ; Agricultural production ; Food security ; Investment ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Income ; Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Reservoirs
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H045552)
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5 Weight, Elizabeth; Yoder, R.; Keller, A. 2013. Manual well drilling investment opportunity in Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 25p. (Also in French) (IWMI Working Paper 155) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2013.210]
Wells ; Drilling ; Pumps ; Investment ; Private sector ; Models ; Farmers ; Groundwater resources ; Crop production ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Irrigated farming / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046117)
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Increasing female and male farmers’ access to groundwater can contribute to increased incomes, improved food security and improved access to water for livestock and domestic needs. In many contexts, private sector manual well drilling is a reliable and affordable means to access shallow groundwater, but it is not widely available in Ethiopia. Data, information and mapping on pilot manual well drilling efforts in selected areas of Ethiopia indicated that the technique provided affordable access to shallow groundwater for farmers and demonstrated high demand among farmers for manually drilled wells, as well as profitability for drilling businesses. The authors of this paper suggest that investments in creating a spatial database of hydrogeologic suitability domains, investments in driller training, and associated investments in accelerating the drilling industry could catalyze a manual well drilling industry and significantly improve smallholder farmers’ affordable access to shallow groundwater.
6 Weight, Elizabeth; Yoder, R.; Keller, A. 2013. Opportunites d’investissement dans le forage manuel de puits en Ethiopie. In French. [Manual well drilling investment opportunity in Ethiopia]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 29p. (Also in English). (IWMI Working Paper 155 / Document de travail IWMI 155) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2013.212]
Wells ; Drilling ; Pumps ; Investment ; Private sector ; Models ; Farmers ; Groundwater resources ; Crop production ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Irrigated farming / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046432)
En ameliorant l’acces des agriculteurs et agricultrices aux eaux souterraines, il est possible de contribuer a un accroissement de leurs revenus, a une augmentation de leur securite alimentaire et a une amelioration de leur acces a l’eau pour leurs besoins domestiques et ceux de leur betail. Dans de nombreux contextes, le forage manuel de puits initie par le secteur prive est un moyen fiable et abordable d’acceder aux eaux souterraines peu profondes, mais il est peu repandu en Ethiopie. Les donnees, informations et cartes realisees pour des operations pilotes de forage manuel de puits dans des zones ciblees d’Ethiopie ont indique que la technique permettait aux agriculteurs d’acceder aux eaux souterraines peu profondes a un cout abordable et demontre une forte demande des agriculteurs pour des puits fores manuellement, ainsi qu’une bonne profitabilite pour les entreprises de forage. Les auteurs de cet article suggerent que l’investissement dans la creation d’une base de donnees spatiales des zones favorables sur le plan hydrogeologique et dans des formations en forage, ainsi que des investissements connexes dans la dynamisation des activites de forage, pourraient catalyser l’industrie du forage manuel de puits et ameliorer considerablement les possibilites d’un acces abordable des petits exploitants agricoles aux eaux souterraines peu profondes.
7 Keller, A.; Weight, Elizabeth; Taylor, S. 2013. Rapid assessment of water availability and appropriate technologies for small-scale farming: guidelines for practitioners. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 61p. (IWMI Working Paper 156) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.207]
Water availability ; Small scale farming ; Agriculture ; Water management ; Groundwater ; Water resources ; Gender ; Farmers ; Pumps ; Wells ; Drilling ; Reservoirs ; Rivers ; Irrigation ; Soils ; Living standards ; Public sector ; Private sector ; Non governmental organizations ; Poverty ; Data collection ; Guidelines ; Technology assessment ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Case studies / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046752)
Limited access to water is a key reason why millions of poor farmers struggle to grow enough food and marketable crops to improve their lives. Public sector agencies, civil society organizations and donors seeking to improve small-scale farmers’ access to water resources face limited data on the location and accessibility of water resources. This paper addresses this gap by providing a tested method to assess water resources that small-scale farmers can access affordably and sustainably. This paper also supports the selection of appropriate water access and application technologies for available water resources. The method described is rapid and relatively inexpensive; it uses a phased approach to assess a broad-scale area (e.g., a country or region); and then gathers more information in locations that have higher potential for affordable water access by small-scale farmers.
8 Keller, A.; Weight, Elizabeth; Taylor, S. 2013. Evaluation rapide de la disponibilite en eau et des technologies appropriees pour la petite agriculture: directives pour les acteurs de terrain. In French. [Rapid assessment of water availability and appropriate technologies for small-scale farming: guidelines for practitioners]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 64p. (Also in English) (IWMI Working Paper 156 / Document de travail IWMI 156) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.227]
Water availability ; Small scale farming ; Agriculture ; Water management ; Groundwater ; Water resources ; Gender ; Farmers ; Pumps ; Wells ; Drilling ; Reservoirs ; Rivers ; Irrigation ; Soils ; Living standards ; Public sector ; Private sector ; Non governmental organizations ; Poverty ; Data collection ; Guidelines ; Technology assessment ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Case studies / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046776)
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Les restrictions sur l’acces a l’eau sont la principale raison des difficultes qu’eprouvent des millions d’agriculteurs pauvres a faire pousser suffisamment de cultures alimentaires et commerciales pour ameliorer leurs conditions de vie. Les organismes du secteur prive, les organisations de la societe civile et les bailleurs de fonds qui cherchent a ameliorer l’acces des petits agriculteurs aux ressources en eau sont confrontes a une insuffisance des donnees sur l’emplacement et l’accessibilite des ressources en eau. Cet article comble cette lacune en proposant une methode eprouvee d’evaluation des ressources en eau auxquelles les petits agriculteurs pourraient acceder de maniere durable et abordable. Il facilite egalement le choix de technologies appropriees pour acceder aux ressources en eau disponibles et les appliquer. La methode decrite est rapide et relativement peu onereuse, elle se fonde sur une approche progressive pour l’evaluation d’une zone a grande echelle (ex.: un pays ou une region), puis rassemble davantage d’informations sur les emplacements les plus favorables a un acces abordable a l’eau pour les petits agriculteurs.
9 Hills, T.; Pramova, E.; Neufeldt, H.; Ericksen, P.; Thornton, P.; Noble, Andrew; Weight, Elizabeth; Campbell, B.; McCartney, Matthew. 2015. A monitoring instrument for resilience. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 21p. (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Working Paper 96)
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Indicators ; Farming ; Agriculture ; Farmers ; Ecosystem services ; Living standards ; Capacity building ; Monitoring ; Project management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047233)
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10 Lefore, Nicole; Weight, Elizabeth; Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon. 2017. Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 31p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 6) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.217]
Research and development ; Gender equity ; Learning ; Training programmes ; Performance evaluation ; Women ; Women’s participation ; Men ; Irrigation schemes ; Participation ; Improvement ; Assessment ; On-farm production ; Agricultural extension ; Agricultural production ; Productivity ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Farmers ; Market access ; Investment ; Community involvement ; Stakeholders ; Resource management ; Decision making ; State intervention / Malawi / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048368)
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This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool (GILIT) in locations in Malawi and Uzbekistan in 2015. Through the results of the tool, the paper looks at benefit sharing between men and women farmers: (i) access to irrigation scheme resources (including information, for example, in the design phase; land, water and other inputs); (ii) participation in scheme management; and (iii) access to scheme benefits, including access to market information, packaging and payments. The indicators for the tool were modelled after principles reflected in existing gender policies and strategies, and intended to improve performance at field level in line with national and regional goals. The paper concludes with informal and formal constraints to gender-equitable outcomes from irrigation investments identified during the pilot, and suggests how the tool can be used by various development actors to improve the benefits for women from investments in agricultural water management.
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