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Title
Perceptions of Tanzanian smallholder irrigators on impact pathways between water equity and socio-economic inequalities |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1885/227149; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/227149/3/AOM%20Perceptions%20of%20smallhoder%20Tanzanian%20irrigators%20on%20water%20equity%20and%20e....pdf.jpg |
Date
2021 |
Author(s)
Manero, Ana; Wheeler, Sarah |
Abstract
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 study investigates the impact pathways whereby water inequities are associated with socioeconomic inequalities within two Tanzanian smallholder irrigation schemes. According to irrigators' perceptions, greater water equity would benefit the poor through improved working conditions, productivity, reliability and reduced risk. Quantitative analyses corroborate that water-dissatisfied irrigators suffered from lower yields and higher unproductive land, investment losses and yield gaps. Education, empowerment and strong governance are proposed as possible avenues towards greater water equity and inclusive growth. - This work was supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research [project
number FSC2013-006]. Partial funding for this research was provided by the Australian Research
Council [project numbers FL190100164 and FT140100773]. |
Subject(s)
Inequality; irrigation; rural development; Sub-Saharan Africa; poverty; water equity |
Publisher
Taylor & Francis |
Relation
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100773 |
Type of publication
Journal article |
Source
International Journal of Water Resources Development |
Rights
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/; CC BY-NC-ND |
Identifier
0790-0627; 10.1080/07900627.2020.1866506 |
Repository
Canberra - Australian National University
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