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    A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa

    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2018
    Urban Tenure
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    capacity development
    farmers
    natural resources management
    water management
    land tenure
    urbanization
    land management
    poverty

    Smallholder irrigation expansion would signi cantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Irrigation development has been slow in these countries, and has been mainly through traditional schemes.

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    Improving water sustainability and food security through increased crop water productivity in Malawi

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Malawi
    Urban Tenure
    urbanization
    water management
    food security

    Agriculture accounts for most of the renewable freshwater resource withdrawals in Malawi, yet food insecurity and water scarcity remain as major challenges. Despite Malawi’s vast water resources, climate change, coupled with increasing population and urbanisation are contributing to increasing water scarcity. Improving crop water productivity has been identified as a possible solution to water and food insecurity, by producing more food with less water, that is, to produce “more crop per drop”.

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    Rural-urban linkages in practice. Promoting agricultural value chains

    Journal Articles & Books
    Kenya
    Urban Tenure
    agriculture
    rural development
    urbanization
    food security
    agricultural land management
    farming systems

    Agricultural value chains link urban consumption with rural production. Changing demand, as a consequence of urbanization, emergence of «modern» consumption patterns or new trends in international trade, impacts on rural areas along value chains and spills over to marketing and production systems.These rural urban linkages bear challenges but also mutual benefits for producers and consumers and can be promising entry points for development interventions.This is illustrated with the case of the Kenyan potato value chain.

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    Urban agriculture - a key to food security

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2008
    Tanzania
    Urban Tenure
    urbanization
    urban population
    rural population
    land markets
    land
    farming systems
    food security
    farmers
    land policies

    Dar es Salaam is one of the fastest growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa. In its rapidly expanding peri-urban fringe poor migrants from distant rural areas settle down on plots they can afford that provide access to urban markets. They engage in commercial poultry farming establishing sustainable livelihoods and improving food security in the city.

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