Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa
2020
Froebrich, Jochen | Ludi, Eva | Bouarfa, Sami | Rollin, Dominique | Jovanovic, Nebo | Roble, Maria | Ajmi, Tarek | Albasha, Rami | Bah, Sekou | Bahri, Haithem | Barbera, Gonzalo | Van, Christy | Cheviron, Bruno | Chishala, Benson | Willem, de Clercq | Coulibaly, Yacouba | Dicko, Mohammed | Diawara, Bandiougou | Dolinska, Aleksandra | Ducrot, Raphaëlle | Erkossa, Teklu | Famba, Sebastiao | Fissahaye, Degol | Garcia, Angel de Miguel | Habtu, Solomon | Hanafi, Salia | Harper, Julia | Heesmans, Hanneke | Jamin, Jean-Yves | Van'T Klooster, Kees | Mason, Nathaniel | Mailhol, Jean-Claude | Marlet, Serge | Mekki, Insaf | Musvoto, Constansia | Mosello, Beatrice | Mweetwa, Alice | Oates, Naomi | Phiri, Elijah | Pradeleix, Ludivine | Querner, Erik | Rozanov, Andrei | Ker Rault, Philippe | Rougier, Jean-Emmanuel | Shepande, Chizumba | Sánchez Reparaz, Maite | Tangara, Bréhima | de Vente, Joris | de Witt, Marlene | Cai, Xueliang | Zairi, Abdelaziz | Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra) | Overseas Development Institute | Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages (UMR G-EAU) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [Pretoria] (CSIR) | Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ; Columbia University [New York] | Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts (INRGREF) ; Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF)-Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles [Tunis] (IRESA) | Centro de Edafologia y Biologia aplicada del Segura (CEBAS - CSIC) ; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] (CSIC) | University of Zambia [Lusaka] (UNZA) | Stellenbosch University | Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications - INRS (EMT-INRS) ; Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique [Québec] (INRS)-Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM) | Institut d'Economie Rurale (IER) | Lisode | German International Cooperation | Université Eduardo Mondlane = Eduardo Mondlane University = Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) | Mekelle University | Adelphi | University of Sheffield [Sheffield] | Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) ; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] (CSIC) | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena / Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT) | IER Niono, Mali ; Institut d'Economie Rurale (IER) | Cebas-Csic | International Water Management Institute [CGIAR, Sri Lanka] (IWMI) ; Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR) | Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) | National funding organizations, especially in Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa, Mali and Tunisia, to co-finance staff, infrastructure and activities. | European Project: 265471,EC:FP7:KBBE,FP7-AFRICA-2010,EAU4FOOD(2011) | European Project: 688320,H2020,H2020-WATER-2015-two-stage,MADFORWATER(2016)
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. Boosting the productivity of smallholder farming systems continues to be a major need in Africa. Challenges relating to how to improve irrigation are multi‐factor and multisectoral, and they involve a broad range of actors who must interact to reach decisions collectively. We provide a systematic reflection on findings from the research project EAU4Food, which adopted a transdisciplinary approach to irrigation for food security research in five case studies in Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia. The EAU4Food experiences emphasize that actual innovation at irrigated smallholder farm level remains limited without sufficient improvement of the enabling environment and taking note of the wider political economy environment. Most project partners felt at the end of the project that the transdisciplinary approach has indeed enriched the research process by providing different and multiple insights from actors outside the academic field. Local capacity to facilitate transdisciplinary research and engagement with practitioners was developed and could support the continuation and scaling up of the approach. Future projects may benefit from a longer time frame to allow for deeper exchange of lessons learned among different stakeholders and a dedicated effort to analyse possible improvements of the enabling environment from the beginning of the research process. © 2020 The Authors. Irrigation and Drainage published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage
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