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1 Penning de Vries, Frits; Mati, B.; Khisa, G.; Omar, S.; Yonis, M. 2005. Lessons learned from community success: a cause for optimism! In Penning de Vries, Frits (Ed.). Bright spots demonstrate community successes in African agriculture. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.1-6.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G100 PEN Record No: H038221)
2 Peden, D.; Tadesse, G.; Misra, A.K .; Ahmed, F. A.; Astatke, A.; Ayalneh, W.; Herrero, M.; Kiwuwa, G.; Kumsa, T.; Mati, B.; Mpairwe, D.; Wassenaar, T.; Yimegnuhal, A. 2007. Water and livestock for human development. In Molden, David (Ed.). Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.485-514.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040205)
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3 Bossio, Deborah; Critchley, W.; Geheb, K.; van Lynden, G.; Mati, B.; Bhushan, P.; Hellin, J.; Jacks, G.; Kolff, A.; Nachtergaele, F.; Neely, C.; Peden, D.; Rubiano, J.; Shepherd, G.; Valentin, Christian; Walsh, M. 2007. Conserving land, protecting water. In Molden, David (Ed.). Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.551-583.
Water resource management ; Land management ; Soil degradation ; Soil management ; Erosion ; Sedimentation ; Water pollution ; Households ; Women ; Gender ; Farming systems
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040207)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/Water%20for%20Food%20Water%20for%20Life/Chapters/Chapter%2015%20Land.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040207.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040207.pdf
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4 Mati, B.. 2010. Agricultural water management delivers returns on investment in Africa: a compendium of 18 case studies from six countries in eastern and southern Africa. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Publishing. 280p.
Agriculture ; Water management ; Investment ; Case studies ; Water conservation ; Soil conservation ; Water harvesting ; Watersheds ; Households ; Income ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Rice ; Irrigation schemes ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Surface irrigation ; Runoff ; Farming systems ; Agricultural production ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Field crops ; Highlands ; Marshes ; Economic aspects ; Cost benefit analysis ; Social aspects ; Environmental effects ; Labour ; Ponds / Africa / Ethiopia / Tanzania / Madagascar / Kenya / Malawi / Rwanda / Anjenie Watershed / Minjar Shenkora / Sewur Irrigation Scheme / Shinyanga / Kagera Region / Tsivory / Alaotra Lake Region / Andranomanelattra Highlands / Lare / Sagana-Maganjo / Kaiti Catchment / Kamalambo / Mchinji / Domasi / Buberuka / Rusuri-Rwamuginga Marshland / Cyabayaga
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G100 MAT Record No: H044364)
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5 Kadyampakeni, D. M.; Kazombo-Phiri, S.; Mati, B.; Fandika, I. R. 2015. Performance of small-scale water management interventions on crop yield, water use and productivity in three agro-ecologies of Malawi. Irrigation and Drainage, 64(2):215-227. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.1886]
Small scale farming ; Water management ; Water use ; Water productivity ; Agroecology ; Crop yield ; Performance evaluation ; Surface irrigation ; Wetlands ; Farmers ; Income ; Irrigation systems ; Pumps / Malawi / Domasi / Tembwe / Kamalambo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046747)
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Agricultural water management interventions play a critical role in mitigating hunger during droughts and dry seasons in southern Africa. A study was conducted in Malawi to compare the performance of improved agricultural water management interventions with traditional water management practices to assess the performance of the interventions on crop yield and water use. The study used questionnaires and focused group discussions to collect data from farmers and key informants. The results showed significant gains using regulated surface irrigation compared with unregulated surface irrigation. The results showed that yield increases of 33 and 37% for onion and tomato respectively were obtained from wetland seepage irrigation compared with upland cultivation. Treadle pump irrigation increased crop production by 5–54% compared with water can irrigation. Treadle pumps also increased gross and net incomes by =12%, suggesting that farmers using the treadle pump were able to realize higher incomes across all crop enterprises compared with farmers using water cans. However, there is a dire need to improve the efficiency of the surface irrigation systems for rice production because the water applied was about two to three times the gross irrigation requirement which could result in environmental degradation through increased salinity and waterlogging.
6 Mati, B.. 2023. Farmer-led irrigation development in Kenya: characteristics and opportunities. Agricultural Water Management, 277:108105. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.108105]
Farmer-led irrigation ; Institutions ; Policies ; Irrigation schemes ; Food security ; Water productivity ; Water scarcity ; Water use ; Water allocation ; Irrigated farming ; Small-scale irrigation ; Smallholders ; Infrastructure ; Irrigation systems / Kenya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051597)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377422006527/pdfft?md5=2e851c28e598b960c81bc6f762a49355&pid=1-s2.0-S0378377422006527-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051597.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051597.pdf
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Farmer-led irrigation development (FLID) is not a new phenomenon and has been happening throughout the centuries in all countries where irrigation is practised. Despite this, planners, policy makers, funders, including engineers have generally taken the perception that irrigation development occurs mainly in “irrigation schemes”. Although farmer-led irrigation happens in formal irrigation schemes, there is a substantive amount of irrigation development implemented quietly by self-motivated individual farmers on their own initiatives. Such irrigation remains unrecognized, un-recorded and thus ignored in the realm of the irrigation sector decision-makers. The term FLID was coined just recently in 2017, and through it, there is emerging a wealth of knowledge on the technologies, practices, economic, marketing, financing and social components regarding how this sub-sector operates. Indeed FLID is not tacitly captured in Kenya’s policies, statutes and development plans. Its extent is largely unknown since it has not been targeted in any mapping exercise. Yet, as irrigation transitions more from public to private investment, FLID is the next big thing pushing the growth of irrigation in Kenya. This paper therefore highlights some of the salient features of FLID, a sub-sector of interest towards enhancing irrigation development and food security in Kenya.
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