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Financial Services for Developing Small-Scale Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorLarson, Gunnar
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T08:48:28Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T08:48:28Z
dc.date.issued2008-09
dc.description.abstractFood insecurity and income poverty are rampant in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty-one percent of children under the age of five are malnourished and some 72 percent of the population lives on less than US$2 day. Forty-one percent lives on less than US$1 day. The impoverished and hungry are concentrated disproportionately in rural areas and rely mainly on the consumption and sale of agricultural produce for their food and income. Africa has experienced increasing dependency on food imports that its countries cannot afford. Yet an estimated 700,000 hectares of arable land in Africa remains uncultivated. It is land that could become productive through small-scale irrigation using basic technology to draw on small-water resources, such as tube wells, and dambos. The technologies can be applied to cultivate smallholder plots of up to five hectares. Employing them will enable up to 4 million low-income households to intensify agricultural production and increase productivity. Small-scale irrigation can increase agricultural productivity and production, thus contributing to economic growth in rural areas and increased well-being among small holder farmers. Its potential to increase and stabilize food supply is especially important in light of the ongoing food crisis, and especially in Africa. Expanding the use of small-scale irrigation requires farmers to have access to financial services. The many constraints and obstacles that rural financial institutions in Africa confront must be purposefully navigated if financial services are to fulfill this role. Effectively tailoring financial services and products to support irrigation in different settings and among different client groups will be essential to success. Carefully targeting grant funding to the very poorest subsistence farmers and clearly separating it from lending will be likewise be critical to the sustainability of these financial services.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9871367/financial-services-developing-small-scale-irrigation-sub-saharan-africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9503
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAgricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 41
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subjectACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectARABLE LAND
dc.subjectBANKS
dc.subjectBASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectBORROWING
dc.subjectBUYERS
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCASH CROPS
dc.subjectCASH FLOW
dc.subjectCOLLATERAL
dc.subjectCOLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCONSUMER
dc.subjectCONSUMER MARKET
dc.subjectCONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
dc.subjectCOOPERATIVES
dc.subjectCREDIT COOPERATIVES
dc.subjectCREDIT MARKET
dc.subjectCREDIT MARKET FAILURES
dc.subjectCREDIT MARKETS
dc.subjectCREDIT PROVIDERS
dc.subjectCREDIT RISKS
dc.subjectCURRENT ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectDELIVERY MECHANISMS
dc.subjectDEPOSITS
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFARM PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFARMING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL ILLITERACY
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTION
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL VIABILITY
dc.subjectFLEXIBLE REPAYMENT
dc.subjectFOOD IMPORTS
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD SUPPLY
dc.subjectFUNDING SOURCES
dc.subjectGRANT FUNDING
dc.subjectGROUP LENDING
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL COLLATERAL
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINSURANCE PRODUCTS
dc.subjectINSURANCE SERVICES
dc.subjectINTEREST RATES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEBATE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINVESTING
dc.subjectINVESTMENT LOANS
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORKS
dc.subjectLENDERS
dc.subjectLIMITED ACCESS
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY
dc.subjectLOAN
dc.subjectLOAN AMOUNTS
dc.subjectLOAN TERMS
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS
dc.subjectLOWER INCOME
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectMARKET ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectMARKET MECHANISMS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMICRO-ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectMICRO-LENDING
dc.subjectMICROFINANCE
dc.subjectMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOUTREACH
dc.subjectOVERHEAD COSTS
dc.subjectPOOR LIVING
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE CAPITAL
dc.subjectREMOTE AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCE
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectSALE
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMING
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDERS
dc.subjectSTART-UP
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE FARMERS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTECHNICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectTRANSACTION
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectWORKING CAPITAL
dc.subjectWORTH
dc.titleFinancial Services for Developing Small-Scale Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africaen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9871367/financial-services-developing-small-scale-irrigation-sub-saharan-africa
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.guid470351468203353319
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333037_20080923044939
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum9871367
okr.identifier.report45568
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Debt Markets
okr.unitAgriculture & Rural Dvmnt (ARD)
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