Farmer-led Irrigation – Publications

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Enhancing gender and youth inclusion in Ghana’s irrigated vegetable value chain. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (5/12/2023)
Enhancing gender and youth inclusion in Ghana’s irrigated vegetable value chain. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development
2023
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Price, credit or ambiguity? Increasing small-scale irrigation in Ethiopia (12/28/2022)
Price, credit or ambiguity? Increasing small-scale irrigation in Ethiopia
World Development, 2023
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Determining the marketing margin for irrigation technologies in Ethiopia: a supply chain analysis. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (05/16/2023)
Determining the marketing margin for irrigation technologies in Ethiopia: a supply chain analysis. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development
2023
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Sustainable and inclusive scaling of irrigation technologies and services in Ethiopia. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (03/31/2023)
Sustainable and inclusive scaling of irrigation technologies and services in Ethiopia. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development
2023
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Scaling best-fit irrigation bundles in Mali: a pathway for improved development outcomes. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (03/31/2023)
Scaling best-fit irrigation bundles in Mali: a pathway for improved development outcomes. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development
2023
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The link between small reservoir infrastructure and farmer-led irrigation: case study of Ogun Watershed in southwestern Nigeria (03/06/2023)
The link between small reservoir infrastructure and farmer-led irrigation: case study of Ogun Watershed in southwestern Nigeria
2023
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Scaling solar-based irrigation in Ghana’s Upper East Region: a demand-supply linkage approach. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (02/25/2023)
Scaling solar-based irrigation in Ghana’s Upper East Region: a demand-supply linkage approach. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development
2023
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Inclusive agriculture: creating opportunities for women and youth in Mali’s irrigated vegetable value chain. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development (01/30/2023)
Inclusive agriculture: creating opportunities for women and youth in Mali’s irrigated vegetable value chain. Adaptive Innovation Scaling - Pathways from Small-scale Irrigation to Sustainable Development
2023
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Mapping land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana (9/28/2021)
Mapping land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana
Science of the Total Environment, 2022
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Who is likely to benefit from public and private sector investments in farmer-led irrigation development? Evidence from Ethiopia (7/15/2021)
Who is likely to benefit from public and private sector investments in farmer-led irrigation development? Evidence from Ethiopia
Journal of Development Studies, 2022
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A framework for sustainable and inclusive irrigation development in western Nepal (11/30/2022)
A framework for sustainable and inclusive irrigation development in western Nepal
2022
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Technologies d’irrigation  petite chelle et de gestion de l’eau pour la transformation agricole Africaine. In French (10/08/2022)
Technologies d’irrigation petite chelle et de gestion de l’eau pour la transformation agricole Africaine. In French
2022
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Small-scale irrigation and water management technologies for African agricultural transformation (10/08/2022)
Small-scale irrigation and water management technologies for African agricultural transformation
2022
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Evidence-based strategies to accelerate innovation scaling in agricultural value chains (09/13/2022)
Evidence-based strategies to accelerate innovation scaling in agricultural value chains
2022
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Living customary water tenure in rights-based water management in Sub-Saharan Africa (08/26/2022)
Living customary water tenure in rights-based water management in Sub-Saharan Africa
2022
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Data quality deterioration in the Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia: scoping study to provide streamflow and water withdrawal data (05/21/2022)
Data quality deterioration in the Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia: scoping study to provide streamflow and water withdrawal data
2022
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IWMI Annual report 2021 (03/09/2023)
IWMI Annual report 2021
2022
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Sustainable financing ecosystem for cocoa irrigation in Ghana: a literature review (01/31/2023)
Sustainable financing ecosystem for cocoa irrigation in Ghana: a literature review
2022
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Solar-based irrigation bundle profile and scaling in Ghana (01/31/2023)
Solar-based irrigation bundle profile and scaling in Ghana
2022
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Sustainable expansion of groundwater-based solar water pumping for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (8/31/2021)
Sustainable expansion of groundwater-based solar water pumping for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
2021
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Agricultural water management innovations to build resilient food systems in West Africa (7/8/2021)
Agricultural water management innovations to build resilient food systems in West Africa
2021
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Solar photovoltaic technology for small-scale irrigation in Ghana: suitability mapping and business models. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders (7/1/2021)
Solar photovoltaic technology for small-scale irrigation in Ghana: suitability mapping and business models. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders
2021
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Adaptive scaling to achieve system transformation in One CGIAR (6/18/2021)
Adaptive scaling to achieve system transformation in One CGIAR
2021
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Solar for all: a framework to deliver inclusive and environmentally sustainable solar irrigation for smallholder agriculture
Energy Policy, 2021
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Analyzing the enabling environment to enhance the scaling of irrigation and water management technologies: a tool for implementers (2/10/2021)
Analyzing the enabling environment to enhance the scaling of irrigation and water management technologies: a tool for implementers
2021
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Participatory management and sustainable use of groundwater: a review of the Andhra Pradesh Farmer-Managed Groundwater Systems project in India (12/20/2021)
Participatory management and sustainable use of groundwater: a review of the Andhra Pradesh Farmer-Managed Groundwater Systems project in India
2021
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Prices, loans or ambiguity? Factors influencing groundwater irrigation adoption in Ethiopia (12/08/2021)
Prices, loans or ambiguity? Factors influencing groundwater irrigation adoption in Ethiopia
2021
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Understanding barriers and opportunities for scaling sustainable and inclusive farmer-led irrigation development in Nepal (10/31/2021)
Understanding barriers and opportunities for scaling sustainable and inclusive farmer-led irrigation development in Nepal
2021
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IWMI Annual report 2020 (10/04/2021)
IWMI Annual report 2020
2021
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Accelerating irrigation expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa: policy lessons from the global revolution in farmer-led smallholder irrigation (3/31/2020)
Accelerating irrigation expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa: policy lessons from the global revolution in farmer-led smallholder irrigation
2020
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Establishing irrigation potential of a hillside aquifer in the African highlands
Hydrological Processes, 2020
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Catalyzing farmers’ irrigation investments: recommendations to scale sustainable rural transformation (12/25/2020)
Catalyzing farmers’ irrigation investments: recommendations to scale sustainable rural transformation
2020
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Who benefits from farmer-led irrigation expansion in Ethiopia? (11/30/2020)
Who benefits from farmer-led irrigation expansion in Ethiopia?
2020
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Multi-stakeholder dialogue space on farmer-led irrigation development in Ghana: an instrument driving systemic change with private sector initiatives
Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 2020
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Understanding the non-institutionalization of a socio-technical innovation: the case of multiple-use water services (MUS) in Nepal
Water International, 2019
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Revolutionizing smallholder irrigation in Africa (6/11/2019)
Revolutionizing smallholder irrigation in Africa
2019
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Sustainable and equitable growth in farmer-led irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: what will it take?
Water Alternatives, 2019
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A hybrid approach to statutory water law to support smallholder farmer-led irrigation development (FLID) in Sub-Saharan Africa
Water Alternatives, 2019
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Conservation agriculture saves irrigation water in the dry monsoon phase in the Ethiopian highlands
Water, 2019
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Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Agricultural Water Management, 2019
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What happens after technology adoption?: gendered aspects of small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania
Agriculture and Human Values, 2018
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Considering gender when promoting small-scale irrigation technologies: guidance for inclusive irrigation interventions
2018
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Suitability mapping framework for solar photovoltaic pumps for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
Applied Geography, 2018
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Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders (3/21/2018)
Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders
2018
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Improving the availability and effectiveness of rural and “Micro” finance for small-scale irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of lessons learned (12/12/2018)
Improving the availability and effectiveness of rural and “Micro” finance for small-scale irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of lessons learned
2018
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Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future
Environmental Research Letters, 2018
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A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa
Global Food Security, 2018
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Assessing potential land suitable for surface irrigation using groundwater in Ethiopia
Applied Geography, 2017
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Irrigation and India's crop-milk agrarian economy: a simple recursive model and some early results (10/6/2017)
Irrigation and India's crop-milk agrarian economy: a simple recursive model and some early results
IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 2017
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Groundwater governance in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges] (11/29/2017)
Groundwater governance in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges]
2016
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Agriculture and water use: implications for sustainable intensification in the Ganges Basin
2016
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Irrigation infrastructure for sustainable and improved agricultural productivity. Topic Guide (11/12/2016)
Irrigation infrastructure for sustainable and improved agricultural productivity. Topic Guide
2016
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Mapping irrigation potential from renewable groundwater in Africa – a quantitative hydrological approach
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015
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Small private irrigation: enhancing benefits and managing trade-offs
Agricultural Water Management, 2014
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Mapping irrigation potential from renewable groundwater in Africa – a quantitative hydrological approach
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2014
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Economic analysis of factors influencing adoption of motor pumps in Ethiopia
Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 2014
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Adoption patterns and constraints pertaining to small-scale water lifting technologies in Ghana
Agricultural Water Management, 2014
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Small private irrigation: a thriving but overlooked sector
Agricultural Water Management, 2014
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Accessing and putting water to productive use in Sub-Saharan Africa
2014
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Manual well drilling investment opportunity in Ethiopia (9/10/2013)
Manual well drilling investment opportunity in Ethiopia
2013
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Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: country-level estimates of development potential
Water International, 2013
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Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary framework applied to the Usangu Plains, Tanzania
Hydrogeology Journal, 2013
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Opportunites d’investissement dans le forage manuel de puits en Ethiopie. In French (5/8/2014)
Opportunites d’investissement dans le forage manuel de puits en Ethiopie. In French
2013
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Rapid assessment of water availability and appropriate technologies for small-scale farming: guidelines for practitioners (12/18/2014)
Rapid assessment of water availability and appropriate technologies for small-scale farming: guidelines for practitioners
2013
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Cost-benefit analysis and ideas for cost sharing of groundwater irrigation: evidence from north-eastern Ethiopia
Water International, 2013
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Small pumps and poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: an assessment of current extent of use and poverty outreach
Water International, 2013
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Do policy and institutional factors explain the low levels of smallholder groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Water International, 2013
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Understanding smallholder irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a sample survey from nine countries
Water International, 2013
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Groundwater irrigation for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa – a synthesis of current knowledge to guide sustainable outcomes
Water International, 2013
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Evaluation rapide de la disponibilite en eau et des technologies appropriees pour la petite agriculture: directives pour les acteurs de terrain. In French (1/13/2015)
Evaluation rapide de la disponibilite en eau et des technologies appropriees pour la petite agriculture: directives pour les acteurs de terrain. In French
2013
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Irrigation service providers: a business plan - increasing access to water for small holders in Sub-Saharan Africa (9/20/2012)
Irrigation service providers: a business plan - increasing access to water for small holders in Sub-Saharan Africa
2012
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Manual well drilling investment opportunity in Ethiopia (9/20/2012)
Manual well drilling investment opportunity in Ethiopia
2012
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Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project (9/14/2012)
Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project
2012
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Water-balance approach for assessing potential for smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Water SA, 2012
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Innovations in agricultural water management: new challenges require new solutions (8/28/2012)
Innovations in agricultural water management: new challenges require new solutions
2012
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Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project (8/27/2012)
Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project
2012
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L’eau, source de richesse et de securite alimentaire: soutenir les investissements dans la gestion de l’eau en agriculture axes sur les agriculteurs. Rapport de synthese du projet AgWater Solutions. In French (12/14/2012)
L’eau, source de richesse et de securite alimentaire: soutenir les investissements dans la gestion de l’eau en agriculture axes sur les agriculteurs. Rapport de synthese du projet AgWater Solutions. In French
2012
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report (11/2/2012)
Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report
2012
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Tanzania. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report (10/9/2012)
Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Tanzania. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report
2012
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report (10/25/2012)
Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report
2012
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Zambia. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report (10/24/2012)
Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Zambia. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report
2012
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in West Bengal, India. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report (10/22/2012)
Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in West Bengal, India. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report
2012
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Ghana. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report (10/22/2012)
Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Ghana. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report
2012
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Digging, damming or diverting?: small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Water Alternatives, 2012
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The last frontier: the groundwater revolution in South Asia
2011
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Impact of small scale irrigation on household poverty: empirical evidence from the Ambo district in Ethiopia
Irrigation and Drainage, 2011
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Digging, damming or diverting? Small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia (12/12/2011)
Digging, damming or diverting? Small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
2011
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Typology of irrigation systems in Ghana (6/27/2011)
Typology of irrigation systems in Ghana
2010
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FMIS research: a reflection on IWMI's 25 years in Nepal
2010
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Investing in water for food, ecosystems, and livelihoods: an overview of the comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture
Agricultural Water Management, 2010
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Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation
Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, 2010
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Synthesis of IWMI work in Nepal (10/20/2010)
Synthesis of IWMI work in Nepal
2010
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Revitalizing Asia's irrigation: to sustainably meet tomorrow's food needs
2009
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Reform or morph?: unlocking value in Asian irrigation
2009
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India’s groundwater irrigation economy: the challenge of balancing livelihoods and environment
2009
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Unit six - Water use in agriculture: small-scale irrigation and rainwater harvesting. [Training/Course material]
2009
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Managing aquifer recharge and discharge to sustain irrigation livelihoods under water scarcity and climate change
2009
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Revitalizing Asia's irrigation: to sustainably meet tomorrow's food needs
2009
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Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation (10/7/2009)
Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation
2009
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Taming the anarchy: groundwater governance in South Asia
2009
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Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation
2008
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Micro-agricultural water management technologies for food security in southern Africa: part of the solution or a red herring?
Water Policy, 2008
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Groundwater governance through electricity supply management: assessing an innovative intervention in Gujarat, western India
Agricultural Water Management, 2008
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Equity in two irrigation systems, Begnas Watershed, Nepal
2008
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Water for food, water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture: summary. In Mandarin
2007
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Water for food, water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture
2007
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Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability
2007
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Water for food, water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture: summary. In Arabic
2007
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Water for food, water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture: summary. In Russian
2007
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Water for food, water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture: summary
2007
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Treadle pump irrigation and poverty in Ghana
2007
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Stakeholder consultation and water governance: Lessons from the Melamchi Water Transfer Project in Nepal
2006
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Agricultural groundwater use and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: A first-cut assessment
Hydrogeology Journal, 2006
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Water to thirsty fields: how social research can contribute
2006
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Irrigation management transfer: Kashmir in contrast
IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 2005
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Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability
2004
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Role of changing energy pricing policies on groundwater development in Pakistan
Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 2004
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Tertiary level irrigation water management practices at tail end: a case study from Uda Walawe Irrigation Scheme
Tropical Agricultural Research, 2004
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Tubewell transfer in Gujarat: a study of the GWRDC approach
2003
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Agro-well and pump diffusion in the dry zone of Sri Lanka: past trends, present status and future prospects
2003
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Wells and welfare in the Ganga Basin: Public policy and private initiative in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
2003
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Private irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: regional Seminar on Private Sector Participation and Irrigation Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana, 22-26 October 2001
2002
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Current issues and the need for monitoring and evaluation: visit note on PIM Programme in Andhra Pradesh
2002
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Private irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional Seminar on Private Sector Participation and Irrigation Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana, 22-26 October 2001
2002
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Can irrigation management transfer revitalize African agriculture?: A review of African and international experiences
2002
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From government to farmer-managed smallholder rice schemes: The unresolved case of the Mwea Irrigation Scheme
2002
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The changing face of irrigation in Kenya: opportunities for anticipating changes in Eastern and Southern Africa
2002
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Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation: lessons from international experience with irrigation management transfer
2002
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Fundamentals of smallholder irrigation: the structured system concept
2002
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Proposed business plan for pilot farmer organizations: Extended project on Farmer Managed Irrigated Agriculture in LBOD Project Area of Sindh Province
2001
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Empowerment of farmer organizations: case study of Farmer Managed Irrigated Agriculture Project, Sindh
2001
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Wells and welfare in the Ganga Basin: public policy and private initiative in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
2001
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Farmer management of irrigation systems: can Africa's smallholder black farmers do it?
NewsReach, 2001
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Farmer management of government irrigation systems: a viable option for Africa's smallholders?
2001
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Capacity building for participatory irrigation management in Sindh Province of Pakistan
2001
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Women irrigators and leaders in the West Gandak Scheme, Nepal
2001
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Institutional alternatives in African smallholder irrigation
IHDP Update, 2001
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Gender and irrigation in India: the Women's Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat
2001
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Elixir or opiate?: an assessment of minor irrigation policies in North Bengal
2001
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Water distribution equity in Sindh province, Pakistan
2000
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Remodeling of outlets in three pilot distributaries under the Farmer Managed Irrigation Project in Sindh Province, Pakistan
2000
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Achieving stable canal conditions following remodeling: the case study of Bareji Distributary, Mirpurkhas
2000
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From state to jointly managed irrigation systems: social mobilization and management transfer guidelines for large canal systems
2000
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Pedal pump and the poor: Social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia
2000
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Wells and welfare in the Ganga Basin: Essay on public policy and private initiative
2000
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Pedaling out of poverty: social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia
2000
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Use of shallow groundwater in water-short period: The case study of Dhoro Naro Minor Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan
2000
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Farmer organizations in participatory irrigation management in Sindh, Pakistan: Final report
2000
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Proposed business plans for pilot farmer organizations
2000
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Achieving stable canal conditions following remodeling: the case study of Bareji Distributary, Mirpurkhas
2000
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Pedaling out of poverty: livelihood impacts of treadle-pump irrigation in South Asia
2000
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Farmer-based financing of operations in the Niger Valley irrigation schemes
2000
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Institutional reforms in irrigation sector of Balochistan, Pakistan: Proceedings of the Workshop held at Dera Murad Jamali, 30-31 October 1999
2000
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Social mobilization process in farmer managed irrigated agriculture: Lessons learnt
2000
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Summary of activities: research reporting day, November 11, 1999
1999
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Returns to facilitating farmers' organisations for distributary maintenance: Empirical results from a pilot project in Southern Punjab
The Pakistan Development Review, 1999
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Modernization of irrigation system operations: proceedings of the Fifth International ITIS [Information Techniques for Irrigation Systems] Network Meeting, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, 28-30 October 1998
1999
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Supplement to Irrigation management transfer in India: policies, processes and performance
1999
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Irrigation management in Asia: farmer agency interface from a property rights perspective
1999
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Modernization of irrigation system operations: proceedings of the Fifth International ITIS [Information Techniques for Irrigation Systems] Network Meeting, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, 28-30 October 1998
1999
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Irrigation service fees in Nepal: Evaluation of management transfer performance and process
1998
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Study of Pakistan pilot project farmer-leaders to Nepal
1998
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Case study on Agriculture Department of Punjab Province
1998
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Prospects for farmer-managed irrigated agriculture in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. Final report
1997
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Moving towards participatory irrigation management
1997
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The conditions for farmer management of irrigation schemes in West Africa: proceedings of the International Seminar, Niamey, Niger, 24-28 September 1996
1997
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Expanding the frontiers of irrigation management research: Results of research and development at the International Irrigation Management Institute, 1984 to 1995
1997
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Les conditions d'une gestion paysanne des amenagements hydro-agricoles en Afrique de l'ouest: Synthese du Seminaire international de Niamey, 24-28 Septembre 1996
1997
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Emergence of water rights in two farmer developed irrigation systems in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. In Indonesian
VISI Irigasi Indonesia, 1997
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Law, rights and equity: Implications of state intervention in farmer managed irrigation systems
1997
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Participation in irrigation management research: IIMI's application of PRA
1997
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Management turnover in the West Gandak Irrigation System, Nepal
1996
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Social organization for improved system management and sustainable irrigated agriculture in small dams: an action research program. Inception report
1996
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Distributary level water users associations in pilot projects for farmer-managed irrigated agriculture, Punjab and Sindh Provinces, Pakistan. Consultancy report
1996
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Proceedings of the National Conference on Managing Irrigation for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 5-7, 1996. Volume I - Inauguration and deliberations
1996
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Farmers' perceptions on salinity and sodicity: A case study into farmers' knowledge of salinity and sodicity, and their strategies and practices to deal with salinity and sodicity in their farm systems
1996
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Results of management turnover in two irrigation districts in Colombia
1996
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Issues related to farmers' managed irrigation system
1996
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Free-riders or victims: women's nonparticipation in irrigation management in Nepal's Chhattis Mauja Irrigation Scheme
1996
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Performance impacts of transfer to farmer management in the Columbia basin project, USA
1996
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Impact of state disengagement from the management of agricultural production in the White Nile Pump Irrigation Schemes in Sudan
1996
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Participatory rural appraisal for irrigation management research: lessons from IIMI's experience
1995
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Locally managed irrigation in the Senegal River Valley in the aftermath of state disengagement
1995
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Evolution and implications of decreased public involvement in minor irrigation management in Bangladesh
1995
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The context of locally managed irrigation in Israel: policies, planning and performance
1995
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Social Organization for Irrigated Agriculture: pilot project for Farmer-Managed Irrigated Agriculture Under the Left Bank Outfall Drain Stage 1 Project, Pakistan. Inception report and implementation plan
1995
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Farmer-managed irrigation systems in Chitral
1994
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Irrigation management transfer at Paliganj Canal Bihar, India
1994
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Evolution of land improvement districts in Japan
1994
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Irrigation management transfer in Colombia: a pilot experiment and its consequences
1994
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Final report - Program on Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Support Services, phase II. Vol.3 - Irrigation resource inventory: a methodology and decision support tool for assisting farmer-managed irrigation systems
1994
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Program on Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Support Services. Phase II. Vol.6 - Farmer-managed groundwater irrigation within the Eastern Gandak Irrigation System in Bihar, India. Final report
1994
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Program on Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Support Services. Phase II. Vol.5 - Self assessment of performance of farmer-managed irrigation in Bicol, Philippines. Final report
1994
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Farmer management of groundwater irrigation in Asia: selected papers from a South Asian Regional Workshop on Groundwater Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Sustainable Groundwater Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh 18-21 May 1992
1994
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Organization and management by farmers in the Chhattis Mauja Irrigation System, Nepal
1994
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Irrigation management transfer in the Columbia Basin: lessons and international implications
1994
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Information support systems for farmer managed irrigation: Selected Proceedings of the Asian Regional Workshop on the Inventory of Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems and Management Information Systems, Tagytay City, Philippines, 13-15 October 1992
1994
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Prospects for farmer management of small irrigation schemes: The West African experience
1994
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Managing irrigation together: Practice and policy in India
1994
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The emergence of FEDERRIEGO: the Colombian Federation of Irrigation Districts. In English and Spanish
1994
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Farmer-to-farmer training as a way of assistance to the farmers on the improvement of irrigation systems
1994
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Program on Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Support Services. Phase II. Vol.7 - Lift irrigation in West Africa: challenges for sustainable local management. Final report
1994
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Final report. Program on Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Support Services. Phase II. Vol.2 - Comparison of support services for farmer-managed irrigation systems in Sri Lanka and Nepal
1994
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Final report on Program on Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Support Services. Phase II. Vol.4 - Farmer-managed irrigation systems in Chitral, Pakistan: Technology, management performance and needs for support
1994
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International Conference on Irrigation Management Transfer, Wuhan, China, 20-24 September 1994. Vol.3. Draft conference papers
1994
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Farmer-improved design changes prior to management transfer, Indonesia
Grid: IPTRID Network Magazine, 1994
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India: Irrigation management partnerships
1994
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Farmer managed irrigation systems inventory: Experiences and lessons from Nepal
1994
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Les organisations paysannes sont-elles pretes a autogerer les amenagements hydro-agricoles?. In French
1993
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Performance measurement in farmer-managed irrigation systems. Proceedings of an International Workshop of the Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems Network, Mendoza, Argentina, 12-15 November 1991
1993
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La transferencia del manejo del riego en la cuenca del ro Columbia, Estados Unidos de America: Lecciones y connotaciones internacionales
1993
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Farm level irrigation practices in Chashma Right Bank Canal
1993
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Report on Phase I of the IIMI-Nigeria Program on 'Joint Management of Irrigation Systems in Nigeria'
1993
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Gender and irrigation in Pakistan: some considerations for donor assisted projects
1993
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Indigenous knowledge and organizational process: Experiences and lessons from local Nepali irrigation systems
1993
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Gender issues and irrigation: Some experiences and initiatives
FMIS Newsletter, 1993
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Overview of IIMI research activities under the FMIS Program
FMIS Newsletter, 1993
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Rapid tubewell development versus sustainable farmer-managed irrigation in Baluchistan
FMIS Newsletter, 1993
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Performance of FMIS improved under NGO assistance: the case of the National Development Foundation in Sri Lanka
1993
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Performance measurement in farmer-managed irrigation systems: case studies of tubewells in a selected area of Bangladesh
1993
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The appropriateness of canal water supplies: The response of the farmers - A case study in the Fordwah/Eastern Sadiqia area, Punjab, Pakistan
1992
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Farm level irrigation practices in two canal systems in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan
1992
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Les organisations paysannes sont-elles pretes a autogerer les amenagements hydro-agricoles?: representant regional de I'IIMI pour I'Afrique de I'ouest. In French
1992
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Taller de la Region Sudasi tica sobre Sistemas de Riego con Aguas Subterr neas Administrados por los Agricultores y el Manejo Sustentable del Agua Subterr nea Dhaka, Bangladesh 18-21 de mayo de 1992
FMIS Newsletter, 1992
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Hydrogeological potentiality of intensive farmer managed tubewell irrigation systems in Bangladesh - A case study
1992
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South Asian Regional Workshop on Groundwater Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Sustainable Groundwater Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh 18-21 May 1992
FMIS Newsletter, 1992
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Accelerated privatization of irrigated agriculture in Sudan
IIMI Review, 1992
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Irrigation management turnover: Structural adjustment or strategic evolution?
IIMI Review, 1992
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Asian Regional Workshop on the Inventory of Farmer-management Irrigation Systems and Management Information Systems, Manila, Philippines, 13-15 October 1992
1992
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Asian Regional Workshop on the Inventory of Farmer-managed Irrigation Systems and Management Information Systems, Manila, Philippines, 13-15 October 1992
1992
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A comparative study of farmer-managed systems in northern Pakistan
1992
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Mobilization of financial resources for sustainable groundwater farmer managed irrigation system in Bangladesh
1992
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The turnover and self management of irrigation institutions in developing countries: a discussion paper for a new program of the International Irrigation Management Institute
1991
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A review of alternative strategies for improving farmer-managed irrigation systems in Sri Lanka
1991
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Research program in farmer-managed irrigation systems
1991
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Evaluacion del desempeno en sistemas de riego administrados por los agricultores: El Tercero Seminario Internacional de la Red de FMIS, 12-15 November 1991, Mendoza, Argentina
1991
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Strategies for sustainable joint and self management of irrigation system and supporting services for turnover and sustainability
1991
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Reform in irrigation management systems in Sri Lanka: farmer burden or farmer opportunity?
1991
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Farmer-level irrigation management in private and public systems in Indonesia: Distribution rules and exceptions
1991
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Farmer-financed irrigation: The economics of reform
1991
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An assessment of the village tank rehabilitation program of the Freedom From Hunger Campaign Board in Anuradhapura District
1991
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Assistance to farmer managed irrigation systems: Experience from WECS/IIMI/FORD Action Research Project in Indrawathi watershed basin
1991
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Needs of FMIS in Bangladesh
FMIS Newsletter, 1991
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Assistance to farmer-managed irrigation systems: results, lessons and recommendations from an action-research project
1990
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Irrigation system performance in farmer managed irrigation systems in Hunza-Gojal - Final report submitted to Aga Khan Foundation
1990
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Role of social organizers in assisting farmer-managed irrigation systems: Proceedings of a regional workshop of the Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems Network held at Khon Kaen, Thailand from 15-20 May 1989
1990
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Farmer-managed irrigation systems in Nepal
1990
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Farmer-managed irrigation systems: How sustainable are they?
1990
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Strategies for developing and improving farmer-managed irrigations systems in North and West Africa
FMIS Newsletter, 1990
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Design issues in farmer-managed irrigation systems: proceedings of an International Workshop of the Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems Network held at Chiang Mai, Thailand, 12-15 December 1989
1990
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Mountain irrigation system experiences from Nepal, Bhutan and Chitral (Pakistan) in assisting farmer-managed irrigation systems
1990
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Farmer-managed irrigation systems in Nepal
1990
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Overview of the workshop
1990
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A rapid-assessment survey of the irrigation component of the Anuradhapura Dry-Zone Agricultural Project (ADZAP)
1990
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Design for sustainable farmer-managed irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa
1990
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The design of farmer managed irrigation systems: experience from Zimbabwe
1990
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Increasing agricultural production in Nepal: role of low-cost irrigation development through farmer participation
1989
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Patterns of irrigation organization in Nepal: a comparative study of 21 farmer-managed irrigation systems
1989
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Irrigation system performance in farmer-managed irrigation systems in Hunza-Gojal
1989
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Report on the trip to explore the possibilities of establishing a research/information network in irrigation finance or the recovery of irrigation cost in member countries of the ADB
1989
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Gender participation in irrigation system activities in the hills of Nepal
1989
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Designing irrigation for farmer management: on the primacy of process over criteria
1989
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Environment and irrigation: FMIS issues
FMIS Newsletter, 1989
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The Philippine approach to FMIS development: A Nepal perspective
FMIS Newsletter, 1989
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Rehabilitation of communal irrigation schemes in Nepal
1989
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Public intervention in farmer-managed irrigation systems
1989
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Issues related to interventions in farmer managed irrigation: Rehabilitation of a tank irrigation system
1989
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Organizational structure for resource mobilization in hill irrigation systems
1988
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A comparative case study of two community-managed irrigation systems in Chitwan district, Nepal
1988
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A comparative study of farmer-managed and agency-managed irrigation systems
1988
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Guidelines for rapid appraisal of irrigation systems: Experience from Nepal
1988
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Reconnaissance/inventory study of irrigation systems in the Indrawati basin of Nepal
1988
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Irrigation management in Nepal: Research papers from a National Seminar, Bharatpur, Nepal, 4-6 June 1987
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Farmer-agency meetings in Sri Lanka
FMIS Newsletter, 1988
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Resource mobilizaton in Nepal
FMIS Newsletter, 1988
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Farmer-to-farmer training
FMIS Newsletter, 1988
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Action research in Nepal
FMIS Newsletter, 1988
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Intervention and innovation in farmer-managed irrigation systems in Northern Pakistan
1988
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Irrigation development, management and use in the mountains of Nepal
1988
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Recommendation for consideration in the development of Nepal's Irrigation Master Plan. Part 1 - Management of irrigation systems for effective O amp; M and resource mobilization; Part 2 - Farmer managed irrigation systems. Occasional paper
1988
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Land and water rights and the design of small-scale irrigation projects: the case of Baluchistan
1988
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High tech FMIS
FMIS Newsletter, 1988
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A comparative description of two farmer-managed irrigation systems in Nepal
Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 1988
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Recommendations for practical application of organization and management concepts to be considered in development of the irrigation master plan
1988
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Large scale FMIS in Morocco
FMIS Newsletter, 1988
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Comparative study of Pithuwa and Chainpur Irrigation Systems
1988
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Institutions for irrigation management in farmer-managed systems: examples from the hills of Nepal
1987
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Another type of FMIS: Government systems turned over to farmers
FMIS Newsletter, 1987
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Evaluation of communal irrigation performance in the Philippines: The use of farmer irrigation organization
Agricultural Administration and Extension, 1987
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Variations in irrigation management intensity: Farmer-managed hill irrigation systems in Nepal
1987
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Turning over irrigation systems from the government of Indonesia to farmers
1987
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Resource mobilization in farmer managed irrigation systems: Needs and lessons
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Farmer-managed irrigation: research issues
1986
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Shared government-farmer management of irrigation resources: The potential for farmer participation
1986
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Economics and equity

At IWMI, researching underlying economic and social trends helps us understand why people migrate. They also explain the impact of remittances and loss of agricultural labor, as well as consequences of migration on gender roles and food and water security. For instance, communities with higher levels of income inequality, or relative deprivation, may experience greater levels of out-migration compared to consistently low-income communities. In addition, migration changes intra-household gender-labor composition, which can change the access of smallholders to water resources, affecting the functioning of community-based institutions and consequently household and local food security. IWMI also focuses on circular economy, a strategy to recover and reuse waste, to boost food security and understand how interventions can encourage refugee and host communities to retain scarce resources.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Urban & rural transformation

As agricultural opportunities fluctuate in rural areas, migration, particularly to urban areas, is an adaptation technique to secure incomes and alternative livelihoods. Income generated by migrants is often sent back to family as remittances to support communities at home. At IWMI, we assess linkages between rural and urban areas, as well as the role of agricultural knowledge systems and food and water security. We recognize there are complex push and pull factors such as individual aspirations, economic opportunity, social norms, climate variability and government policies which drive migration and affect rural communities, particularly youth. Our work follows a ‘positive migration’ philosophy, framing migration as an adaptation technique and socio-economic choice (in many cases) rather than a problem to be solved, and focuses on establishing safer, more regular migration by supporting changes to migration governance in sending regions.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Climate adaptation and mitigation

Covid-19 disruption & adaptation

Covid-19 has caused a rupture in migration logistics and exposed inequities in the migration system, yet drivers of movement remain. Government lockdowns and closed borders due to the pandemic curtailed movement for migrants, posing complex problems for migrant hosting and origin countries. There have been significant economic shocks, with a sharp decline in unemployment for migrants and an inability to send money home through remittances to support family. Some migrants face social stigma for returning home without an income, particularly if families relied on loans to support their journeys. Consequences have been severe for informal migrants who lack government protection in their host countries. Migrants, particularly those living in crowded, lower-income neighborhoods, have been experiencing stigmatization related to the spread of Covid-19. We look at the impacts of Covid-19 on migration governance and rural areas across seven countries, development planning in Ghana, migration challenges in Southeast Asia, and community-based disaster management and resilience building in South Africa.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Water, climate change and agrarian stress

Migration, water and climate stress are inextricably linked to rural development. Water stress and climate variability can act as a driver of fragility, intensifying pre-existing political, social, economic and environmental challenges. Initiatives designed to address migration-related challenges must tackle inequalities and the exclusion of women, youth and marginalized groups; governance opportunities to better manage water and natural resources and technology and innovations to help communities escape socio-ecological precarity and thrive despite climate challenges. IWMI intends to build climate resilience by implementing projects which tackle gender-power inequalities in the face of dynamic, economic-social-ecological challenges. Our work brings together affected communities, institutional stakeholders and social actors to manage water in response to climate variability and agrarian stress, striving to address complex physical and social variables.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Climate adaptation and mitigation

Gender, intersectionality and social inclusion

It is critical to center gender and intersectional identities when unpacking migration phenomena. Gender as a social construct guides social norms and relations, including the decision-making processes and mechanisms leading to migration. We recognize that the intersections between race, age, class, sex, caste and region shape the migrant experience.

IWMI strives to offer transformative approaches and solutions for women, youth and marginalized groups, regarding them as equal partners in our work rather than passive end-users.  For example, within communities that experience male out migration, socio-political systems are restructured to make women, youth and other groups active agents in their own agri-food transformation. Migration patterns contribute to the feminization of agriculture, and women may experience a greater burden of responsibility coupled with an increased ability to access and control resources and policies to build sustainable livelihoods. Acknowledging social complexities helps researchers and communities understand migration trends and address structural power imbalances to build a more equitable world.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Innovation bundles

Farmer-led irrigation development is about much more than installing a pump in a field. It requires access to financing, labor, energy, and input and output markets, so that investments in irrigation translate into sustainable returns. IWMI uses a systemic approach to understand the farming system as well as the factors in the enabling environment that prevent women, men and youth from engaging in and benefitting equitably from farmer-led irrigation. We partner with farmers and the public and private sectors to test contextually relevant innovation bundles that combine irrigation technology such as solar pumps with financing mechanisms like pay-as-you-own or pay-as-you-go, agricultural inputs and agronomic techniques. We also look at ways to improve on-farm water management and nutrient use efficiency and reduce evapotranspiration through digital advances and agricultural extension. We integrate the scaling of innovation bundles into agricultural value chains to enhance the impacts on farmers’ irrigation investments, incomes and livelihoods.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

Gender and social inclusion

The barriers facing women and men in accessing irrigation technologies are not the same. Neither are the benefits. Social, cultural and religious norms influence inter- and intra-household power relations. These, in turn, affect access to resources such as land, credit, information and training. IWMI carries out cross-dimensional analysis of gender and social inclusion in policy, financing, livelihood assets and access, institutional approaches and interventions as well as gender-based technology preferences. For example, we work with farmers, financial institutions and the private sector to address gender-based constraints in credit scoring and enhance women’s purchasing power. But benefitting from farmer-led irrigation does not stop at accessing and adopting technologies; enabling women and resource-poor farmers to participate in input and output markets is equally important to ensure that investments in irrigation result in improved nutrition and economic empowerment. Other ways we enhance gender and social inclusion include tackling agency issues around financial management and literacy, livelihood diversity and social capital as well as access to infrastructure, extension services and market linkages.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Environmental sustainability

Population pressure and increasing water competition in a changing climate require us to take stock of the availability and use of water across scales. Water availability not only influences farmers’ commercial prospects but also irrigation-related enterprises and agri-businesses. Greater water scarcity could jeopardize irrigation and agricultural markets while excessive water use can lead to declining ecosystems, water quality and soil health. IWMI advises development partners and the public and private sectors on all aspects of water resource availability and use through a variety of advanced modeling and remote-sensing products and tools, including Water Accounting+solar irrigation mapping and internet of things. These are complemented by multi-criteria analysis to evaluate the potential of irrigation expansion, taking into consideration environmental flows. With our private sector partners, we are leveraging converging technologies, such as sensors on solar pumps that capture usage data, to encourage better resource management and governance.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

Adaptive scaling and partnerships

The ability of farmers to engage in or expand irrigation depends on the prevailing socioeconomic, ecological and political contexts, which are often complex, non-linear and changeable. Overcoming systemic barriers to farmer-led irrigation development while taking advantage of existing opportunities requires scaling processes to be adaptive. This means diverse actors feed off, adapt to, support, cooperate, compete and interact with each other, forming different multi-actor networks and engaging in collective action to undertake various functions in the scaling ecosystem. IWMI works with farmers and public and private sector partners to co-design and pilot contextually relevant innovation bundles and their scaling pathways or strategies, influence policies and accelerate the transition to scale of innovations with demonstrated early impact.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

Financing ecosystem

A lack of affordable credit, particularly for women and resource-poor farmers, is one of the main barriers to expanding farmer-led irrigation in low- and middle-income countries. But credit alone is not enough. Financing for irrigation equipment must be embedded in a wider financing ecosystem that bundles credit with inputs and services, market information and access, and technology such as digital payment. In several countries, irrigation equipment suppliers are stepping in to provide financing directly to farmers. In doing so, they increase their own risk. To address this issue, IWMI works with farmers, private companies, finance institutions and development partners such as the World Bank Group to analyze whether credit-scoring tools are inclusive. We also help to identify gaps in the financing ecosystem and de-risk the private sector from testing innovative end-user financing mechanisms that take into account farming system typologies, financial and social capital and crop seasonality.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Human capacity development and knowledge exchange

Scaling farmer-led irrigation requires strengthening human capacity and knowledge exchange among all actors and stakeholders involved. IWMI takes an action research approach, working with national and international research institutions, governments, extension agents and public and private organizations to co-develop the scaling ecosystem and strengthen capacity to drive scaling networks and collective action. We support the development of or reinforce national multi-stakeholder dialogues with the aim of sharing scaling experiences and realizing win-win collaboration, interactive learning and capacity development. Other modalities for capacity development include hackathons, innovation research grants for bachelor’s and master’s students, private sector scaling grants and innovation internships with private companies. These all serve to stimulate local and contextually relevant innovation, close the research-private sector divide and enhance job readiness among young professionals.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

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