Irrigation, crop yield, and market access are priorities.

Sustainable Land Management > Conservation agriculture, Other SLM, Smallholder irrigation

An in-ground irrigation system is no small project.

Greater thrust is being given to minor irrigation to boost agricultural production.

There are two broad types of irrigated agriculture in Mali: large-scale and small-scale (or local irrigation), as determined by the size of the installations.

A new set of studies, financed by a grant of EUR 1.4 million from the African Water Facility (AWF) will help develop smallholder irrigation in Zambia, through the Upscaling of Smallholder Irrigation Project.

Installed more than 20 000 small scale irrigation systems worldwide in the last 20 year

If the soil is seriously dehydrated, non-irrigation is not enough, and it is necessary to do the small water irrigation, and avoid flooding.

Nothing grew here until the Support Project for Small Local Irrigation (PAPIL) started.

It provides a description of low cost small scale irrigation technologies in West Africa : WEB

Capitalising on experiences in developing small private irrigation systems for high added-value products in West Africa".

Lessons Learned in the Development of Smallholder Private Irrigation for High-Value Crops in West Africa

Lessons Learned in the Development of Smallholder Private Irrigation for High-Value Crops in West Africa

Small scale irrigation systems are extremely economical in procurement, maintenance and, as opposed to electric and diesel pumps, in operation.

In Burkina Faso and northern Ghana, for example, thousands of small reservoirs have been built to supply water for domestic use, livestock and small-scale irrigation.