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Water for a food-secure world
Ensuring success of irrigation in SSA
Tim Williams
Director, Africa
IWMI
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Presentation outline
• Status of irrigation in SSA
• Main issues in irrigation in SSA • Drivers of change
• Indicators of success of irrigation in SSA
• Role of CRP5 and Irrigation SRP
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Status of Irrigation in SSA
• Less than 4% of cultivated land is irrigated
• Average agricultural withdrawals are 3% of renewable water resources and groundwater use is < 20% of renewable supplies
• CAADP Pillar 1 aims to extend land under SLM and
reliable water control systems by 20 million ha by 2015
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Main issues in irrigation in SSA
• Pluralistic irrigation system (large-scale vs. small-scale)
• Poor performance of public-sector managed large-scale irrigation schemes
• Lack of support for farmer-driven small-scale irrigation
system
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Drivers of change
• Government policies
• Population growth, increased urbanization and changing diets
• Renewed interest in large-scale schemes by
governments, donors and investors
• New opportunities for domestic and international trade in value added agricultural products
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Drivers of change (continued)
• Advances in science and technology
• Foreign direct investment in agricultural land • Climate variability and climate change
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Indicators of success in SSA irrigation
• Expansion of irrigated area, particularly through small-scale irrigation systems
• Increased investment in irrigation development to improve agricultural productivity, food and nutrition security and ecosystem services
• AWM and irrigation as instruments to enhance
resilience of African agriculture to climate change
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Indicators of success (continued)
• Effective gender-sensitive water rights systems for farmers and other water users
• Introduction of policies, economic incentives and institutional arrangements that will ensure continuous, long-term sustainable development of irrigation by smallholder farmers
• Improved human and institutional capacity to implement
sustainable irrigation development programs
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Role of CRP5 and Irrigation SRP
• Assess irrigation potential
• Evaluate alternative technologies and institutions • Analyze irrigation impacts on food and livelihood
security, gender and ecosystem services
• Define and recommend economic, institutional and technological options to promote high-impact investment in irrigation and supporting services
• Assist in building capacity for effective management of irrigation systems
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Issues for discussion
• Where should the work be done?
• What new science can be applied? • Which non-CG centres are working on irrigation that can be co-
opted as collaborators?
• Which development investors are funding irrigation development and should be targeted?
• What strategies are needed to mobilize political support at continental, regional, national and local government level for irrigation development?
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