We examine whether soil moisture and nutrient monitoring tools and Agricultural Innovation
Platforms improve farmers adaptive capacity to climate change in the context of two small …

Many small-scale irrigation schemes are dysfunctional, and learning, innovation and
evaluation are required to facilitate sustainable transitions. Using quantitative and qualitative …

Drawing on the results of the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project, we assess
positive transitions in smallholder irrigation schemes. The project's theory of change is …

Smallholder irrigation is an important pathway towards better livelihoods and food security in
sub-Saharan Africa. This article assesses the contribution of farmer-friendly soil and water …

Improving crop productivity is crucial to food security and rural livelihoods in southern Africa.
However, agricultural intensification at irrigation schemes may place greater demands on …

Accurate irrigated area maps remain difficult to generate, as smallholder irrigation schemes
often escape detection. Efforts to map smallholder irrigation have often relied on complex …

Contingent valuation is used to elicit irrigators' willingness to pay for soil moisture tools in
irrigation schemes in Africa, with various econometric methods employed to mitigate …

Irrigation is promoted as a critical strategy for rural welfare, yet fundamental questions
prevail on the linkages between water, equity and inequality. Applying mixed-methods, this …

The main reason for the success of the 20th century Green Revolution in Asia was the
development of large-scale irrigation projects. But, since the late 1990s, these investments …

Small-scale irrigation schemes are complex socioecological systems that require multiple
interventions at various scales to address the diversity of constraints that limit their …