| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 124 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
A World Bank Study |
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World Bank studies.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; The Development Challenge of Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa; The Africa Drylands Study; Objectives of This Book on Agricultural Water Management; Notes; Chapter 2 Agricultural Water Management, Vulnerability, and Resilience; Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa; Agriculture in the Drylands; Vulnerability and Risks Associated with Drylands Agriculture; Increasing Resilience through Improved Technologies |
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Increasing Resilience through a More Secure Agricultural Water Supply and Improved Agricultural Water ManagementNotes; Chapter 3 Current State of Irrigation and Agricultural Water Management; Current Adoption of Irrigation and Other Agricultural Water Management Practices; Why Is Agricultural Water Management So Important in the Drylands?; Improved Water Control in a Rainfed Environment; Small-Scale Irrigation; Publicly Developed Large-Scale Irrigation; Large Farmer Irrigation and PPPs; Notes; Chapter 4 Technical and Economic Scope for Expanding Irrigation in Sub-Saharan African Drylands |
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BackgroundMethodology; Potential for Irrigation Expansion in African Drylands; Costs and Benefits of Further Irrigation Development in the Drylands; Key Findings from the IFPRI Assessment; Notes; Chapter 5 Key Challenges: Exploiting Irrigation Development Potential and Strengthening Resilience; Historical Perspective; Where Does Irrigation Expansion Matter Most for Drylands?; Agricultural Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities; Individual Smallholder Irrigation and Small-Scale Community-Based Irrigation: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Large-Scale Irrigation for SmallholdersIrrigation for Large-Scale Farmers and Public-Private Partnerships; Notes; Chapter 6 Priorities and Actions to Develop the Potential of Agricultural Water Management to Increase Resilience; Desirable Economic and Policy Characteristics to Develop Agricultural Water Management in Drylands; Strategies for Agricultural Water Management in Drylands; Action Plans and Investment Programs for Agricultural Water Management; Investment Costs and Phasing; Notes; Chapter 7 Conclusions |
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Appendix A Public and Private Roles and Investments by Farmer Type and Farming Livelihood SystemsBibliography; Boxes ; 3.1 Traditional Small-Scale Irrigation Practices Abound in Sudan; 4.1 Costs and Benefits of Small-Scale Irrigation in Niger; 5.1 In Niger, Farmers Assess Costs, Benefits, and Risks and Reject Technologies that Fail the Test; 5.2 Niger's Government Tremendously Boosted the Spread of Small-Scale Private Irrigation; 5.3 An Efficient, Privately Run, Large-Scale Irrigation Scheme in Sudan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water-supply, Agricultural -- Africa
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Water in agriculture -- Africa
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Water in agriculture
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Water-supply, Agricultural
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Torquebiau, Raphael, author.
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Xie, Hua, author
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| ISBN |
1464808333 |
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9781464808333 |
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