Improved agricultural water management for Africa's drylands / / Christopher Ward, with Raphael Torquebiau and Hua Xie

• Autore: Ward Christopher (Christopher Stuart)
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Disciplina: 631.7096
• Soggetto topico: Water in agriculture - Africa; Water-supply, Agricultural - Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): TorquebiauRaphael; XieHua
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; The Development Challenge of Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa; The Africa Drylands Study; Objectives of This Book on Agricultural Water Management; Notes; Chapter 2 Agricultural Water Management, Vulnerability, and Resilience; Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa; Agriculture in the Drylands; Vulnerability and Risks Associated with Drylands Agriculture; Increasing Resilience through Improved Technologies ; Increasing Resilience through a More Secure Agricultural Water Supply and Improved Agricultural Water ManagementNotes; Chapter 3 Current State of Irrigation and Agricultural Water Management; Current Adoption of Irrigation and Other Agricultural Water Management Practices; Why Is Agricultural Water Management So Important in the Drylands?; Improved Water Control in a Rainfed Environment; Small-Scale Irrigation; Publicly Developed Large-Scale Irrigation; Large Farmer Irrigation and PPPs; Notes; Chapter 4 Technical and Economic Scope for Expanding Irrigation in Sub-Saharan African Drylands ; BackgroundMethodology; Potential for Irrigation Expansion in African Drylands; Costs and Benefits of Further Irrigation Development in the Drylands; Key Findings from the IFPRI Assessment; Notes; Chapter 5 Key Challenges: Exploiting Irrigation Development Potential and Strengthening Resilience; Historical Perspective; Where Does Irrigation Expansion Matter Most for Drylands?; Agricultural Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities; Individual Smallholder Irrigation and Small-Scale Community-Based Irrigation: Challenges and Opportunities ; Large-Scale Irrigation for SmallholdersIrrigation for Large-Scale Farmers and Public-Private Partnerships; Notes; Chapter 6 Priorities and Actions to Develop the Potential of Agricultural Water Management to Increase Resilience; Desirable Economic and Policy Characteristics to Develop Agricultural Water Management in Drylands; Strategies for Agricultural Water Management in Drylands; Action Plans and Investment Programs for Agricultural Water Management; Investment Costs and Phasing; Notes; Chapter 7 Conclusions ; Appendix A Public and Private Roles and Investments by Farmer Type and Farming Livelihood SystemsBibliography; Boxes ; 3.1 Traditional Small-Scale Irrigation Practices Abound in Sudan; 4.1 Costs and Benefits of Small-Scale Irrigation in Niger; 5.1 In Niger, Farmers Assess Costs, Benefits, and Risks and Reject Technologies that Fail the Test; 5.2 Niger's Government Tremendously Boosted the Spread of Small-Scale Private Irrigation; 5.3 An Efficient, Privately Run, Large-Scale Irrigation Scheme in Sudan ; 5.4 A Management Contract in Ethiopia Is Designed to Balance Risks and Ensure Long-Term Sustainability of a Large Scheme for Smallholders
• Titolo autorizzato: Improved agricultural water management for Africa's drylands
• ISBN: 1-4648-0833-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910466359103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank Studies