1. Changing the development paradigm in African agricultural water management to resolve water and food challenges
- Author
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Vibeke Bjornlund, Henning Bjornlund, Andre F. van Rooyen, Jamie Pittock, Bjornlund, Henning, van Rooyen, Andre, Pittock, Jamie, and Bjornlund, Vibeke
- Subjects
water and food availability ,productivity ,Sub-Saharan Africa ,Research-for-development needs ,Natural resource economics ,Global South ,profitability ,Profitability index ,Business ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Productivity ,Water Science and Technology ,Agricultural water management - Abstract
Refereed/Peer-reviewed Meeting growing demand for water and food in Africa, and other parts of the Global South, presents a significant and critical challenge over the next 50 years. This paper draws on an ongoing project in Africa to outline the research-for-development work that is urgently required to facilitate a paradigm shift in agricultural water management. Such work should lead to increased productivity and profitability of agricultural water use to allow agriculture to release some water to meet the growing needs of other sectors, while still meeting food security needs and contributing to a prosperous rural population.
- Published
- 2021