Agriculture

Globally, the agricultural sector consumes about 70% of the planet’s accessible freshwater. Because water is vital for the success of agriculture, proper water management techniques are necessary to meet food and fiber material demands around the world. Resources available here pay special attention to efficient irrigation and sustainable agriculture techniques.

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Agriculture Resources

Bunds and Bugs in West Africa: Does Rice Irrigation Threaten Farmers' Health?

Published: 
January 1, 1999
U.S. Agency for International Development
Wetland water management and irrigation schemes are thought to make a vector borne disease endemic worse in West Africa. The development and promotion of wetland/irrigated rice cultivation has been restrained because of such health concerns. With rapidly growing consumer demand for rice, and the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Southern Zone Water Management (SZWM)

Published: 
November 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes attached interim evaluation of a project to improve farmer utilization of water and agricultural recovery of fertile valley lands in the southern regions of Ziguinchor and Kolda, Senegal. The evaluation covered the period 1988-2/94. After a slow start, the project has begun to achieve...Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Mid-term Evaluation Report: Southern Zone Water Management Project (SZWMP) -- Senegal

Published: 
May 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Southern Zone Water Management Project (SZWMP) was authorized by USAID/Dakar on August 19, 1988. The purpose of the eight-year $18 million Project is to improve farmer utilization of water and recovery of fertile valley lands for agricultural purposes in the southern regions of Kolda and...Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Commercial Agricultural Production and Marketing (CAPM) Irrigation Scheme Rehabilitation Upgrading Program and Identification of Irrigation Companies and Firms in the Area

Published: 
December 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The objective of the Irrigation Engineering Consultancy is to provide technical assistance for the Commercial Agricultural Production and Marketing (CAPM) team, as well as, the Swaziland Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) in the rehabilitation of irrigation schemes, training of garmers...Read more
Regional focus: 
SwazilandSub-Saharan Africa

Swaziland Commercial Agricultural Production and Marketing Project: Action Plan for Upgrading and Rehabilitating Certain Irrigation Schemes and Development of Irrigation on Swazi Nation Lands

Published: 
March 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The overall objective of the consultancy is to provide technical assistance for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) as well as the Commercial Agricultural Production and Marketing (CAPM) team as follows: provide plans and specific technical advice to individuals and groups with a...Read more
Regional focus: 
SwazilandSub-Saharan Africa

Project Assistance Completion Report: Irrigation and Water Management I Project, No. 685-0280

Published: 
December 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (1/86-9/92) to expand and improve village-level irrigated farming in the Bakel zone of the Senegal River Basin and to encourage private sector participation that can be replicated throughout the Basin. the project provided a total of 22 person-years of long-term TA and 20 person-...Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

The Context of Small-Scale Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems in Africa: A Case Study of Malawi

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study, supplemented by field surveys, summarizes available literature on aquaculture and the context of aquaculture in Malawi. It provides a national case study of one African context in which small-scale aquaculture has developed and in which integrated systems of agriculture-aquaculture...Read more
Regional focus: 
MalawiSub-Saharan Africa

Determinants of Success of Irrigated Perimeters in The Bakel Delegation -- Part I: Water and Crops

Published: 
March 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
The early part of the report reviews the layout of the model andhow the various modules comprising it are interrelated. Changes are discussed that have been made in the model since it was originally introduced and described in an earlier report.Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Irrigation Technology and Commercialization of Rice in the Gambia: Effects on Income and Nutrition

Published: 
August 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
The potential for improving household-level food security in sub-Saharan Africa through new agricultural technology is assessed in this report. The study focuses on a project in The Gambia which introduced mechanical pump irrigation and improved drainage for rain fed and tidal irrigation to some 7...Read more
Regional focus: 
Gambia, TheSub-Saharan Africa

Farm Size and Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture: the Case of the Zimbabwe Communal Areas

Published: 
July 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
One of the principal socioeconomic issues in irrigation design is the size of holdings to be allocated to individual farm households. The major arguments for larger versus smaller plot sizes concern equity - allocating a given amount of irrigable land to larger or smaller numbers of poor farmers -...Read more
Regional focus: 
ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa

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