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Changing the development paradigm in African agricultural water management to resolve water and food challenges

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  • Henning Bjornlund
  • Andre van Rooyen
  • Jamie Pittock
  • Vibeke Bjornlund

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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.

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  • Henning Bjornlund & Andre van Rooyen & Jamie Pittock & Vibeke Bjornlund, 2021. "Changing the development paradigm in African agricultural water management to resolve water and food challenges," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(7-8), pages 1187-1204, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:46:y:2021:i:7-8:p:1187-1204
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2021.1981579
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    1. Josephine Nanjala Barasa & Julius O. Ochoudho & Syphyline J. Kebeney & Augustine Wafula Barasa, 2022. "Improving Soil Fertility and Crops Yields through Organic and inorganic inputs in Smallholder Farmers’ fields in Western Kenya," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 6(4), pages 396-405, April.
    2. Vibeke Bjornlund & Henning Bjornlund & André Rooyen, 2022. "Why food insecurity persists in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of existing evidence," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(4), pages 845-864, August.

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