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This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvemen...


Lefore, NicoleWeight, ElizabethMukhamedova, Nozilakhon[Improving Gender Equity in Irrigation: Application of a Tool to Promote Learning and Performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan]Improving Gender Equity in Irrigation: Application of a Tool to Promote Learning and Performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan

As solar panels become more a ordable, solar photovoltaic (PV) pumps have been identi ed as a high potential water lifting technology to meet the growing irrigation demand in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, little is known aboutthegeo-spatial potentialofsolarbasedPVpumpingforirrigationtakingin...


Schmitter, PetraKibret, K.S.Lefore, NicoleBarron, Jennie[Suitability mapping framework for solar photovoltaic pumps for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa]Suitability mapping framework for solar photovoltaic pumps for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

This report outlines a business model approach to assessing the feasibility and for encouraging investment in smallholder solar pump irrigation. It also proposes a new methodology for mapping the suitability of solar energy-based irrigation pumps. The proposed business model framework and the met...


Otoo, MiriamLefore, NicoleSchmitter, PetraBarron, JennieGebregziabher, Gebrehaweria[Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders]Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders

Understanding the gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance is important because men and women differ in their need for and having access to groundwater, and their participation in the development, management and monitoring of the resource. The leading role played by women in ob...


Nigussie, LikimyeleshBarron, JennieHaile, Alemseged TamiruLefore, NicoleGowing, J.[Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point]Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point

Gebregziabher, GebrehaweriaHaileslassie, AmareBiazin, B.Schmitter, Petra S.Chali, A.Hagos, FitsumOtoo, M.Lefore, NicoleBarron, JennieTegegne, D.Dubale, T.[Solar powered water pumping can boost smallholder income: A business model based on action research from LIVES and Africa RISING sites]Solar powered water pumping can boost smallholder income: A business model based on action research from LIVES and Africa RISING sites

Development partners and public investors assume that spate irrigation reduces household poverty and malnutrition. This article examines whether the poverty profiles of smallholder farmers and the nutritional outcomes of their children have improved as a result of using spate irrigation. The stud...


Hagos, FitsumMulugeta, A.Langan, Simon J.Lefore, NicoleAbebe, Yenenesh[Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia]Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia

This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvemen...


Lefore, NicoleWeight, ElizabethMukhamedova, Nozilakhon[Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan]Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan
Gebregziabher, GebrehaweriaHaileslassie, AmareBiazin, B.Schmitter, PetraChali, A.Otoo, MiriamLefore, NicoleBarron, JennieTegegne, DesalegnDubale, T.[Solar-powered water pumping can boost smallholder income: a business model based on action research from LIVES [Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders] and Africa RISING [Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation] sites]Solar-powered water pumping can boost smallholder income: a business model based on action research from LIVES [Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders] and Africa RISING [Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation] sites

The vast majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa depend on rainfed agriculture for food production and livelihood. Various factors including but not limited to rainfall variability, land degradation, and low soil fertility constrain agricultural productivity in the region. The objectives of thi...


Worqlul, A.W.Dile, Y.T.Schmitter, PetraJeong, J.Meki, M.N.Gerik, T.J.Srinivasan, R.Lefore, Nicole[Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia]Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Schmitter, Petra S.Tegegne, DesalegnAdie, AberraBaudron, FrédéricBlümmel, MichaelLefore, NicoleBarron, Jennie[Evaluation of suitable water lifting and on-farm water management technologies for the irrigation of vegetables and fodder in Lemo district, Ethiopia]Evaluation of suitable water lifting and on-farm water management technologies for the irrigation of vegetables and fodder in Lemo district, Ethiopia

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