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1 Otoo, Miriam; Lefore, Nicole; Schmitter, Petra; Barron, Jennie; Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria. 2018. Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 67p. (IWMI Research Report 172) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.207]
Business management ; Models ; Solar energy ; Energy policies ; Irrigation methods ; Irrigation practices ; Pumping ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Alternative methods ; Environmental sustainability ; Environmental impact ; Corporate culture ; Policy making ; Renewable energy ; Agricultural financial policy ; Financing ; Supply chain ; Economic aspects ; Irrigated farming ; Agricultural production ; Investment ; Intensification ; Food security ; Nutrition ; Water supply ; Water management ; Groundwater ; Regulations ; Rural communities ; Markets ; Small scale systems ; Women's participation ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Case studies ; Innovation scaling / Africa / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048583)
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This report outlines a business model approach to assessing the feasibility and for encouraging investment in smallholder solar pump irrigation. It also proposes a new methodology for mapping the suitability of solar energy-based irrigation pumps. The proposed business model framework and the methodology for suitability mapping are applied to Ethiopia as a case study, based on data from existing case studies and reports. A brief analysis outlines the regulatory and institutional context for investment in solar pump irrigation, and the ways in which it both constrains and attempts to support investment. The report identifies and outlines three business model scenarios that present opportunities for investing in smallholder solar pump-based irrigation, which would contribute towards sustainable intensification for food and nutrition security. The business model scenarios are based on the value proposition of supplying water to smallholder farmers for irrigated agricultural production. Analysis of potential gains and benefits suggests that direct purchase of solar pumps by farmers is feasible, and that out-grower schemes and pump supplier options with bundled financing offer promising solutions. The potential constraints that different investors may face in up-scaling the business models are also discussed, particularly within institutional, regulatory and financial contexts. The report provides development actors and investors with evidence-based information on the suitability and sustainability of solar pump irrigation in Ethiopia, as well as suggestions for helping to enable smallholders to invest in individually-owned, smallholder photovoltaic (PV) solar pumps.
2 Aarnoudse, E.; Closas, Alvar; Lefore, Nicole. 2018. Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 43p. (IWMI Working Paper 180) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.210]
Water user associations ; Water management ; Water security ; Water resources ; Water governance ; Water policy ; Water distribution ; Stakeholders ; Public-private cooperation ; Partnerships ; Surface water ; Groundwater irrigation ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation water ; Decision making ; Investment ; Food security ; Cost recovery ; Community development ; Participatory approaches ; Public participation ; Agricultural productivity ; Socioeconomic environment ; Alternative methods ; Public authorities / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048782)
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Building on existing literature and the analysis of a portfolio of development projects (past and under implementation), this paper reviews the evolution of water user associations (WUAs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), reflecting on the conceptualization of how they operate, and the promised outcomes related to irrigation development, and the efficient and effective delivery of irrigation services. It also moves one step further from existing studies on WUAs, postulating that additional reflection is needed to understand the limitations of WUAs and proposes alternative, viable and context-based adapted models. This need is particularly strong in SSA where irrigation is incipient, and governments and donors are still consolidating their development approaches. Whereas a growing body of international literature takes into account the sociopolitical context of decentralized irrigation management, practical indication on what remains to be done to address the various limitations found in SSA stays meagre and scattered. The objective of this paper is not to challenge the myth of WUAs but to learn how to better deliver on the promised outcomes. The underlying message is that, if the SSA region is to be made water and food secure while respecting resource sustainability, community development, livelihoods and equality of resource access, the recurrent templates for WUA management and governance need to be revisited and adapted to local needs.
3 Nigussie, Y.; van der Werf, E.; Zhu, X.; Simane, B.; van Ierland, E. C. 2018. Evaluation of climate change adaptation alternatives for smallholder farmers in the Upper Blue-Nile Basin. Ecological Economics, 151:142-150. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.05.006]
Climate change adaptation ; Alternative methods ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Water resources ; Water management ; Agricultural practices ; River basins ; Natural resources management / Ethiopia / Upper Blue Nile Basin / Choke Mountain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048919)
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Climate change is expected to have severe negative impacts on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in developing countries. However, smallholder farmers and governments in these regions tend to be ill-prepared for the impacts of climate change. We present the results of a stakeholder-based multi-criteria analysis of climate change adaptation options for agriculture, natural resource management and water management in the upper Blue-Nile basin in Ethiopia. We use the PROMETHEE II outranking method to analyse data from a survey in which farmers and experts were asked to evaluate adaptation options based on potentially conflicting criteria. Adaptation options for soil and land management, such as crop rotation and composting, score high based on two sets of criteria for assessing adaptation options for agriculture. River diversion, preventing leaching and erosion, and drip irrigation are ranked highest as adaptation options for water management. Regarding natural resource management, the highest ranked adaptation options are afforestation, water retention and maximizing crop yield. Rankings by farmers and by experts are weakly correlated for agriculture and water management, and negatively correlated for natural resource management, which shows the importance of extension services and of involving farmers in the decision-making process to ensure the feasibility of adaptation options.
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