Adapting smallholder irrigation systems to extreme events: a case of the transforming irrigation in Southern Africa (TISA) project in Zimbabwe
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2025
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Moyo, M.
Dube, T.
van Rooyen, A.
Bjornlund, H.
Parry, K.
Wellington, M.
Ramshaw, P.
Pittock, J.
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International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2025; 41(2):274-297
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Smallholder irrigation schemes are vulnerable to increased climate variability and change, particularly increased water stress. This paper explores whether the introduction of Agricultural Innovation Platforms and soil monitoring tools in smallholder irrigation schemes can improve the adaptive capacity of farmers and schemes in the Insiza District. Drawing on household survey and qualitative data, collected through the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project, we analyse a comprehensive set of measures across four domains: field, household, community and markets. We find that social capacity and increased climate adaptation can be built with modest cost through combined social and technological interventions.
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Copyright 2024 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)