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1 World Bank; FAO; IFAD. 2009. Gender in agriculture source book. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 764p.
Gender ; Women ; Food security ; Governance ; Local government ; Community development ; Rural finance ; Policy making ; Decentralization ; Land management ; Land policies ; Female labor ; Developing countries ; Marketing ; Irrigation management ; Groundwater development ; Groundwater management ; Agricultural extension ; Training ; Farmers organizations ; Property rights ; Collective action ; Marketing ; Sanitation ; Energy ; Natural resources management ; Biodiversity ; Climate change ; Biofuels ; Risk management ; Soil management ; Seed production ; Crop production ; Fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Livestock ; Forestry ; Agroforestry ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Indicators / Ivory Coast / Asia / Sri Lanka / India / Bangladesh / Uganda / Nepal / Honduras / Caribbean / Latin America / Asia / Central Asia / West Asia / Ghana / Gambia / Peru / Tanzania / Thailand / Malaysia / Indonesia / Bangladesh / Mexico
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630.92 G000 WOR Record No: H042178)
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2 World Bank; FAO; IFAD. 2009. Gender in agriculture: sourcebook. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 764p.
Agricultural workers ; Women's participation ; Women in development ; Gender ; Rural finance ; Developing countries
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043726)
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3 Mushtaq, S.; Khan, S.; Dawe, D.; Hanjra, M. A.; Hafeez, M.; Asghar, M. N. 2008. Evaluating the impact of tax-for-fee reform (Fei Gai Shui) on water resources and agriculture production in the Zhanghe Irrigation System, China. Food Policy, 33(6):576-586. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.04.004]
Water resources ; Agricultural production ; Irrigation systems ; Costs ; Rural finance ; Taxes ; Crop production ; Ponds ; Water use ; Models ; Regression analysis / China / Zhanghe Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045626)
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This article questions the effectiveness and viability of rural Tax-for-Fee reform (Fei Gai Shui) on water resources and agriculture production, taking the Zhanghe Irrigation System of China as a case study example. The Fei Gai Shui reform has been heralded as a possible solution for reducing the excessive fiscal burden on peasants. While the reform may achieve in relieving peasant burdens significantly, the initial impact of Fei Gai Shui on water resources and agricultural production indicate least satisfactory trends. The policy shows significant impact on rice yield and area. It might also have profound impact on cropping pattern but it has yet to be seen. Dependence on local water resources such as ponds show significant increase after Fei Gai Shui as it discouraged farmers to rely on regional water sources. Although the lower regional water use under Fei Gai Shui reduced the water charges paid by farmers, the savings were mostly offset by increasing pumping costs in accessing water from local ponds. Without any adjustments, the Fei Gai Shui is likely to cause serious predicament in agricultural sector. It is visioned that local water resources such as water ponds will continue to play an important role in sustaining agricultural production.
4 Abate, G. T.; Rashid, S.; Borzaga, C.; Getnet, Kindie. 2015. Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: does institutional design matter? Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 36p. (IFPRI Discussion Paper 01422)
Rural areas ; Rural finance ; Microfinance ; Agricultural credit ; Technology transfer ; Smallholders ; Institutions ; Households ; Cooperatives ; Farmers ; Impact assessment ; Land ownership ; Fertilizers ; Economic aspects ; Surveys / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046934)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01422.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046934.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046934.pdf
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Financial cooperatives and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are the two major sources of rural finance in Ethiopia. Whereas MFIs are relatively new, financial cooperatives have existed for centuries in various forms. The coexistence of two different institutions serving the same group of people, and delivering the same financial services, raises several policy questions. Those questions have become particularly relevant, as the government has embarked on developing a new strategy for improving rural financial services delivery. This study is expected to serve as an input to that policy discussion. Using a unique household survey dataset and the propensity-score-matching technique, we examine the impacts of the two financial service providers on agricultural technology adoption. The results suggest that access to institutional finance has significant positive impacts on both the adoption and extent of technology use. However, when impacts are disaggregated by type of financial institution and farm size, considerable heterogeneities are observed. In particular, financial cooperatives have a greater impact on technology adoption than do MFIs, and the impacts appear to vary depending on farm size and types of inputs. The underlying implications of these results are discussed in light of the country’s rural finance policies and programs.
5 Speranza, C. I. 2010. Resilient adaptation to climate change in African agriculture. Bonn, Germany: German Development Institute (DIE). 311p. (German Development Institute Studies 54)
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Agricultural development ; Farming systems ; Early warning systems ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Sustainability ; Poverty ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Irrigation management ; Soil management ; Crop management ; Seeds ; Agricultural research ; Diversification ; Livestock management ; Rural finance ; Food production ; Food security ; Pest management ; Disease management ; Ecosystem services ; Rain water management / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G100 SPE Record No: H047090)
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6 Merrey, D. J.; Lefore, Nicole. 2018. Improving the availability and effectiveness of rural and “Micro” finance for small-scale irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of lessons learned. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 46p. (IWMI Working Paper 185) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.225]
Financing ; Microfinance ; Rural finance ; Financial institutions ; Small scale systems ; Agricultural credit ; Women’s participation ; Empowerment ; Rural communities ; Irrigation equipment ; Irrigation schemes ; Drip irrigation ; Pumps ; Solar energy ; Smallholders ; Farming systems ; Households ; Supply chain ; Microcredit ; Credit policies ; Investment ; Poverty ; Water resources ; Business models ; Grants ; Insurance ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Kenya / Rwanda / Senegal / Burkina Faso
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049027)
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This paper reviews the evidence available on the provision of financing for African smallholder farmers to purchase irrigation equipment such as pumps, pipes and drip irrigation systems. It sets the scene by first reviewing the literature on experiences with providing microcredit and other microfinance services as a poverty reduction strategy. Based on both case studies and several systematic reviews of the literature, it finds that the outcomes and impacts on poverty, gender equity and broader economic development are mixed at best. Microcredit is not a silver bullet solution to poverty, but it can often help poor households improve their lives. The paper then reviews the demand for and supply of financing for smallholders to purchase irrigation equipment. In surveys, farmers express a strong demand for equipment such as pumps, but often point to the lack of affordable and appropriately designed credit as a critical impediment to gaining access to such equipment. Even where microfinance institutions offer agricultural credit, it is usually short-term seasonal credit to purchase seeds and fertilizer. Credit on these terms is not useful to purchase equipment costing several hundred dollars. Focusing on programs specifically aimed at enabling farmers to purchase irrigation equipment, no credible detailed studies were found documenting the impacts and lessons learned. However, there are currently (as of 2018) numerous promising pilot studies and small projects offering a variety of approaches to enable smallholders to make such purchases. The paper reviews what information is available on these. A major recommendation of this paper is that a research project should be designed to carry out studies of these various experiments to identify what works under what conditions, as a basis for scaling out programs to offer financial services aimed at assisting smallholders to gain access to small-scale irrigation equipment.
7 Rosenstock, T. S.; Nowak, A.; Girvetz, E. (Eds.) 2019. The climate-smart agriculture papers: investigating the business of a productive, resilient and low emission future. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerOpen. 321p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5]
Climate-smart agriculture ; Climate change adaptation ; Resilience ; Emission ; Forecasting ; Sustainable agriculture ; Farming systems ; Crop production ; Varieties ; Drought tolerance ; Nutrition ; Seed production ; Soils ; Agroforestry ; Participatory approaches ; Public-private cooperation ; Stakeholders ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Entrepreneurship ; Income ; Agricultural extension ; Innovation ; Supply chain ; Risks ; Uncertainty ; Models ; Policies ; Households ; Welfare ; Women ; Livestock ; Infectious diseases ; Rural finance ; Traditional methods ; Stress ; Religion ; Case studies / Africa / Angola / Zimbabwe / Ethiopia / Kenya / Mozambique / Tanzania / Uganda / Namibia / Planalto / Lushoto
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049125)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-92798-5.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049125.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049125.pdf
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