@article{fdi:010069353,
  title = {{A}frican farmer-led irrigation development : re-framing agricultural policy and investment ?},
  author = {{W}oodhouse, {P}. and {V}eldwisch, {G}. {J}. and {V}enot, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {B}rockington, {D}. and {K}omakech, {H}. and {M}anjichi, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he past decade has witnessed an intensifying focus on the development of irrigation in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {I}t follows a 20-year hiatus in the wake of disappointing irrigation performance during the 1970s and 1980s. {P}ersistent low productivity in {A}frican agriculture and vulnerability of {A}frican food supplies to increasing instability in international commodity markets are driving pan-{A}frican agricultural investment initiatives, such as the {C}omprehensive {A}frica {A}gricultural {D}evelopment {P}rogramme ({CAADP}), that identify as a priority the improvement in reliability of water control for agriculture. {T}he paper argues that, for such initiatives to be effective, there needs to be a re-appraisal of current dynamics of irrigation development in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica, particularly with respect to the role of small-scale producers' initiatives in expanding irrigation. {T}he paper reviews the principal forms such initiatives take and argues that official narratives and statistics on {A}frican irrigation often underestimate the extent of such activities. {T}he paper identifies five key characteristics which, it argues, contradict widely held assumptions that inform irrigation policy in {A}frica. {T}he paper concludes by offering a definition of farmer-led irrigation' that embraces a range of interaction between producers and commercial, government and non-government agencies, and identifies priority areas for research on the growth potential and impact of such interactions and strategies for their future development.},
  keywords = {irrigation ; sub-{S}aharan {A}frica ; small-scale agriculture ; technology ; innovation ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {P}easant {S}tudies},
  volume = {44},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {213--233},
  ISSN = {0306-6150},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1080/03066150.2016.1219719},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010069353},
}