[PDF] Irrigation In Africa In Figures eBook

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251054147

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The AQUASTAT programme was established to develop a comprehensive picture of water resources and irrigation in developing countries, and to give systematic, up-to-date and reliable information on water for agriculture and development. This report sets out an analysis of water availability and its use on the African continent and changes that have occurred over the last decade, with an emphasis on agricultural water use and management. The report includes a CD-ROM with detailed profiles on the situation in each of the 53 countries in Africa.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 088936804X

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Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

Author : Hilmy Sally
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 37,48 MB
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Agricultural development projects
ISBN : 9290904941

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Only 4 percent of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated, using just 2 percent of the available water resources. Furthermore, 18 percent of the area equipped for irrigation is not utilized at all and the intensity of use varies between 50 percent and 80 percent. This highlights the huge potential available for intensifying and expanding irrigated area, provided that the investments required can be successfully mobilized. However, it must be noted that if investments in irrigation are to yield satisfactory returns, investments must also be made in a series of related activities. Current global figures for the amount of private investment in irrigation confirm that good returns can indeed be achieved. Prospects for sub-Saharan Africa would be far more favorable if public development assistance, particularly foreign direct investments, did not show declining trends.

Author : Malabo Montpellier Panel
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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The report begins with an overview of the challenges on agricultural systems to make more food available and accessible and lays out the potential of irrigation to make agriculture more productive, efficient and profitable for smallholder farmers. A discussion on the potential to expand irrigation across Africa and barriers to uptake including an analysis of the inherent risks and desired outcomes of irrigation forms the next section. The report reviews the traditional and new, innovative smallscale and large-scale irrigation approaches and technologies that have been implemented in Africa, followed by an analysis of the experiences of six African countries that have been particularly innovative and successful in terms of their institutional and policy design for irrigation. The report closes by drawing some key lessons and offering nine recommendations for actions by African governments and the private sector.

Author : Jon R. Moris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 17,3 MB
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429714009

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Irrigation Development in Africa: Lessons of Experience is a veritable encyclopedia of information on African irrigation. It describes a significant subset of the African irrigation experience, from traditional flood recession systems to large projects like Gezira and Bura.