World Bank2012-06-142012-06-142008-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8012The report analyses the contribution to date of agricultural water management to poverty reduction and growth in the in sub-Saharan Africa region, the reasons for its slow expansion and apparently poor track record, as well as the ways in which increased investment in agricultural water management could make a sustainable contribution to further poverty reduction and growth. The first chapter places agricultural water management in the context of the millennium development goals and paths to poverty reduction through agricultural growth. The second to fifth chapters contain a regional diagnostic that looks at the role of agricultural water management in sub-Saharan Africa, examines the contribution that investment projects have made, reviews the changing institutional context, and assesses the potential for further development. The sixth and the final chapter then summarizes the lessons and recommendations for increasing the contribution of agricultural water management to poverty reduction and growth in the region.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MARKETSACCESS TO SERVICESAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATIONAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SUPPORTAGRICULTURAL USERSAGRICULTURAL WAGEAGRICULTURAL WAGE EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL WATER USEALLOCATION OF WATERALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTSANIMAL FEEDARABLE LANDARID AREASARID ZONESBASIC HUMAN RIGHTSCANALSCAPACITY BUILDINGCASH CROPSCATCHMENTCATCHMENT AREACATCHMENT AREASCATCHMENTSCLEAN WATERCOMMERCIAL FARMERSCOST ANALYSISCOST-EFFECTIVENESSCOVERINGCREDIT ORGANIZATIONSCROP AREACROP PRODUCTIONCROP RESIDUESCROPPING SYSTEMSCULTIVABLE LANDDECISION MAKINGDEFICIT IRRIGATIONDIVERSIFICATIONDRAINAGEDRIP IRRIGATIONDRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMSDROUGHTDRY SEASONECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMICSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESEVAPORATIONEXPANSION OF IRRIGATIONEXPORT MARKETSEXTREME POVERTYFARM FAMILIESFARM INCOMEFARM INCOME GROWTHFARM INCOMESFARM MANAGEMENTFARM SIZEFARMERFARMER INITIATIVESFARMER ORGANIZATIONSFARMER REPRESENTATIVESFARMERSFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFLOODSFODDERFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD CROPFOOD CROP PRODUCTIONFOOD CROPSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD NEEDSFOOD POLICYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCYFOOD SUPPLYGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER IRRIGATIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSINGHUMAN RIGHTSIMPORTSINADEQUATE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESINCOME GAINSINCOME GROWTHINCOME POVERTYINDUSTRIAL USEINPUT USEINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERNATIONAL WATERIRRIGATION AGENCIESIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION EXPANSIONIRRIGATION MANAGEMENTIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATORSLAND DEGRADATIONLAND USELAND USE PRACTICESLARGE DAMSLIVESTOCK WATERLOCAL AUTHORITIESMARKET PRICESMIDDLE EASTMULTIPLIERSNORTH AFRICAPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOORPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPRECIPITATIONPRESSUREPRODUCTION OF STAPLESPRODUCTION SYSTEMSPUMPSPURCHASING POWERRAINFALLRAINWATERRAINWATER HARVESTINGREDUCTION OF INCOMERENEWABLE RESOURCESRENEWABLE WATER RESOURCESRIVER BASINSRIVERSRUNOFFRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY REDUCTIONSANITATIONSECTORAL POLICIESSERVICE PROVIDERSSMALL FARMERSSMALL-SCALE IRRIGATIONSMALLHOLDER FARMERSSMALLHOLDER PRODUCERSSOUTH AMERICASTORAGE CAPACITYSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUBSISTENCESURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE WATERTARGETINGTRANSACTION COSTSUSE OF WATERVEGETABLE PRODUCTIONVEGETABLESWASTEWATERWATER ALLOCATIONWATER AVAILABILITYWATER CONSERVATIONWATER DEVELOPMENTWATER FLOWSWATER FOR IRRIGATIONWATER HARVESTINGWATER INVESTMENTSWATER MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER SCARCITYWATER SECTORWATER SERVICE PROVISIONWATER STORAGEWATER SUPPLIESWATER USERSWATER WITHDRAWALSWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWEIRSWETLANDSWHEAT PRODUCTIONWorld Bank10.1596/8012