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A recent initiative in Madhya Pradesh, India to promote privately funded, rainwater harvesting structures on farmers' own land has shown substantial economic and livelihood benefits. In contrast to the many poorly functioning, community managed rainwater harvesting programs, the individual or dec...


Malik, Ravinder Paul SinghGiordano, Meredith A.Sharma, V.[Examining farm-level perceptions, costs, and benefits of small water harvesting structures in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh [India].]Examining farm-level perceptions, costs, and benefits of small water harvesting structures in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh [India].

Millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia benefit from readily available and affordable irrigation technologies. The rapid uptake of small private irrigation in South Asia had a proven positive effect on poverty alleviation. In Sub-Saharan Africa similar trends are emer...


Giordano, Meredith A.Fraiture, Charlotte de[Small private irrigation: enhancing benefits and managing trade-offs]Small private irrigation: enhancing benefits and managing trade-offs

The expansion of irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa has been slow. In Asia, the rapid expansion of smallholder irrigation systems was attributed in part to the availability and affordability of motorized pumps. This paper appraises the current extent of pump-based irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa; ...


Namara, Regassa E.Gebregziabher, GebrehaweriaGiordano, Meredith A.Fraiture, Charlotte de[Small pumps and poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: an assessment of current extent of use and poverty outreach]Small pumps and poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: an assessment of current extent of use and poverty outreach

The Ethiopian economy depends heavily on smallholder agriculture, and this sector directly affects the country’s economic development, food security and poverty alleviation efforts. The adoption of smallholder irrigation technologies as a means to tackle these challenges has become an important p...


Gebregziabher, GebrehaweriaGiordano, Meredith A.Langan, Simon J.Namara, Regassa E.[Economic analysis of factors influencing adoption of motor pumps in Ethiopia]Economic analysis of factors influencing adoption of motor pumps in Ethiopia

Sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the Ethiopian government to restore natural resources and agricultural productivity across the country. This comparative study between six watershed programs shows that this approach increases farmers’ food security and inc...


Gebregziabher, GebrehaweriaAbera, D.A.Gebresamuel, G.Giordano, Meredith A.Langan, Simon J.[An assessment of integrated watershed management in Ethiopia]An assessment of integrated watershed management in Ethiopia

Building climate resilience, defined as the ability to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from climate change in a timely and efficient manner, is becoming a major priority of development across multiple sectors. However, there is still no consensus on how resilience should be assessed d...


Douxchamps, SabineDebevec, LizaGiordano, Meredith A.Barron, Jennie[Monitoring and evaluation of climate resilience for agricultural development – A review of currently available tools.]Monitoring and evaluation of climate resilience for agricultural development – A review of currently available tools.

Water availability for agriculture will become a growing constraint in areas already under environmental and social stress due to population growth, development and climatic variability. This limits the potential for expanding irrigated areas and for sustainable intensification, and compromises t...


Giordano, Meredith A.Barron, JennieÜnver, Olcay[Water scarcity and challenges for smallholder agriculture]Water scarcity and challenges for smallholder agriculture

This Research Report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied resea...


Giordano, Meredith A.Turral, H.Scheierling, S. M.Treguer, D.O.McCornick, Peter G.[Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity]Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity

The rapid development of farmer-led irrigation is increasing agricultural productivity, incomes, employment and nutrition, but it might well not achieve its full potential. Small-scale irrigators tend to be younger, male and better-off. Women and resource-poor farmers – the majority of farmers in...


Lefore, NicoleGiordano, Meredith A.Ringler, C.Barron, Jennie[Sustainable and equitable growth in farmer-led irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: what will it take?]Sustainable and equitable growth in farmer-led irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: what will it take?

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