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1 Unver, O.; Kay, M.; Chavva, K.; Amali, A. A.; Pek, E.; Salman, M. 2021. Development for water, food and nutrition in a competitive environment — How NGOs and CSOs are reshaping traditional farmer irrigation advisory services. Irrigation and Drainage, 70(3):431-447. (Special issue: Development for Water, Food and Nutrition Security in a Competitive Environment. Selected Papers of the 3rd World Irrigation Forum, Bali, Indonesia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2444]
Agricultural extension ; Advisory services ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Civil society organizations ; Smallholders ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Water governance ; Food security ; Nutrition ; Irrigation management ; Sustainable development ; Water management ; Community organizations ; Private sector ; Markets ; Business models ; Developing countries ; Livelihoods / Africa / Bangladesh / India / Jordan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050477)
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In spite of the 30% increase in the food supply since 1961, significant changes are anticipated over the coming decades that will increase the challenges facing smallholders. Climate change, rapidly growing population and increasing pollution all add to the risks of water and food security. This is happening at a time when water resources management is shifting away from government planning and control to a more adaptive and flexible model involving more stakeholders, whereby farmers and smallholders are increasingly involved in decision-making and governance of water resources. Many governments, however, continue to look to their smallholders to increase food production and to find ways to produce more with less. Farmers, thus, will need to find new ways of learning and rely more on their own resources, on the private sector and on support from civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations.
This paper examines the changing nature of farmer support services, focusing on the role played by emerging non-institutional actors. As water becomes the limiting resource for food production, it is crucial to understand how food markets are growing and can incentivize smallholders to produce more, and critically, how farmers are finding new ways of acquiring the knowledge and expertise they need.
This paper examines the changing nature of farmer support services, focusing on the role played by emerging non-institutional actors. As water becomes the limiting resource for food production, it is crucial to understand how food markets are growing and can incentivize smallholders to produce more, and critically, how farmers are finding new ways of acquiring the knowledge and expertise they need.
2 Cullmann, J.; Dilley, M. (Ed.); Egerton, P.; Grasso, V. F. (Ed.); Honore, C.; Lucio, F.; Luterbacher, J.; Nullis, C.; Power, M.; Rea, A.; Repnik, M.; Stander, J.; Idle, T. (Ed.); Msemo, N. (Ed.); Baubion, N.; Roudier, P.; Woillez, M.- N.; Gomes, A. M.; Dobardzic, S.; Pina, C. L.; Naran, B.; Richmond, M.; Harding, J.; Macasil, M. L. K.; Chaponniere, E.; Hoyer, B.; Losenno, C.; Vaananen, E.; Baugh, C.; Prudhomme, C.; Brovko, E.; Giusti, S.; Hoogeveen, J.; Maher, S.; Neretin, L.; Pek, E.; Gutierrez, A.; Ramage, S.; Venturini, S.; Intsiful, J.; Barnwal, A.; Iqbal, F.; Aich, V.; Debevec, L.; Grey, S.; Sumner, T.; Marsden, K.; Katsanakis, R.; Sengupta, R.; Bensada, A.; Olhoff, A.; Ivanova, O.; Kappelle, M.; Nield, M.; Wang, Y.; Bertule, M.; Glennie, P.; Lloyd, G. J.; Benchwick, G.; Creitaru, L.; Larroquette, B.; Stephens, E.; Properzi, F.; Schade, M.; Bogdanova, A.- M.; Kull, D.; de France, J.; Aich, V.; Alexieva, A.; Bastani, H.; Berit, A.; Berod, D.; Bode, G.; Boscolo, R.; Chernov, I.; de Coning, E.; Eggleston, S.; Ehlert, K.; Delju, A.; Douris, J.; Gallo, I.; Kim, H.; Migraine, J.- B.; Msemo, N.; Polcher, J.; Sparrow, M.; Stefanski, R.; Tripathi, R.; Vara, R. L. S.; Woolnough, S.; Zuniga, J. A.; Christiana, P.; Luo, T.; Saccoccia, L. 2021. 2021 state of climate services: water. Geneva, Switzerland: WMO. 46p. (WMO No.1278)
Water resources ; Climate change ; Information services ; Early warning systems ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Communities ; Flooding ; Water stress ; Drought ; Forecasting ; Governance ; Water supply ; Gender ; Decision making ; Disasters ; Economic losses ; Hurricanes ; Resilience ; Policies ; Hydroelectric power generation ; Meteorological stations ; Disaster risk management ; Disaster risk reduction ; Natural disasters ; Case studies / Asia / Thailand / Africa / Gambia / Europe / Slovakia / North America / Central America / Hondura / Caribbean / South America
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050659)
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3 Salman, M.; Ferto, I.; Pek, E.; El-Desouky, I. A. A.-L.; Zaki, S.; Darwesh, R.; Lebdi, F.; Alali, Q. 2022. The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: the add-in role of farmers' characteristics in irrigation improvement projects in the old lands of Egypt. Irrigation and Drainage, 15p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2682]
Irrigation programs ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Land resources ; Infrastructure ; Water scarcity ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigated farming ; Cropping patterns ; Investment ; Livelihoods ; Participation / Egypt
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050941)
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Irrigation development is essential for reducing vulnerability to water resource scarcity, food insecurity, and climate change impacts in Egypt. The centralized irrigation development must, however, overcome the challenges of the diversity of smallholders and the pre-existing, individualistic irrigation management. The purpose of this paper is to examine the farmers' characteristics that influence the design and success of irrigation improvement programmes in the Old Lands of Egypt. The paper investigates this issue from the perspectives of farmers by analysing farm features, agricultural practices, irrigation practices, and satisfaction with water services. The clustering method is applied to create farmer groups within the geographical area of the programme and seek consistent differences that affect the outcome of irrigation improvement. The results show that farmers are less diverse in their agrotechnology and more heterogenous in terms of capacities, livelihood sources, and land tenure structures. The article argues that grouping methods to deploy improved irrigation infrastructure should give more consideration to the farmers' individual features. Programmes intended to replicate such irrigation development or leverage the existing results should address these particularities to create a socially adaptive environment for future irrigation investment in Egypt.
4 Pek, E.; Ferto, I.; Giusti, S.; Salman, M. 2024. Combined systematic review and meta-analysis of ground-level impacts of management transfer to poor farmers in developing countries. Water Resources Management, 38(5):1737-1752. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-024-03763-6]
Farmers ; Developing countries ; Irrigation management ; Indicators ; Water scarcity ; Research methods ; Indicators ; Cropping patterns
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052733)
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The responsibility transfer of irrigation management from the state to farmers emerged as a mutually beneficial strategy to enhance food production while reducing pressure on central budgets. Yet the impacts of participatory approaches are not sufficiently investigated to understand the real-term gains of farmers. A systematic review combined with meta-analysis is undertaken to array what has been learned on the success of management transfer at the ground level. Based on the findings collated from 42 case studies in developing countries, the impact indicators of management transfer show an overall positive contribution to productivity, system efficiency, profitability, and cost of service, as direct proxies of farmers’ benefits. However, such impacts require the analysis of the research shortcomings. The existing literature fails to rebalance the geographical concentration of research interest, position management transfer in pro-poor contexts, explore the critical influence of water availability and craft a robust methodology for assessments. The paper revealed three key features of the assessments affecting the reported impacts. The assessments conducted long after the management transfer and the more recent assessments have a positive and significant relationship with the measured impacts. Conversely, the rigour of applied methodology has a negative and significant relationship with the impacts. The paper suggests research pathways to better understand the farmers-related impacts of management transfer, including the involvement of subsistence farms, application of pro-poor indicators, investigation of the implications of water scarcity, and the development of a framework for more rigorous assessments.
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