Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa
Jochen Froebrich
(1)
,
Eva Ludi
(2)
,
Sami Bouarfa
(3)
,
Dominique Rollin
(3)
,
Nebo Jovanovic
(4)
,
Maria Roble
(5)
,
Tarek Ajmi
(6)
,
Rami Albasha
(3)
,
Sekou Bah
,
Haithem Bahri
(6)
,
Gonzalo Barbera
(7)
,
Christy Van
,
Bruno Cheviron
(3)
,
Benson Chishala
(8)
,
de Clercq Willem
(9)
,
Yacouba Coulibaly
(10)
,
Mohammed Dicko
(11)
,
Bandiougou Diawara
(11)
,
Aleksandra Dolinska
(12)
,
Raphaëlle Ducrot
(3)
,
Teklu Erkossa
(13)
,
Sebastiao Famba
(14)
,
Degol Fissahaye
(15)
,
Angel de Miguel Garcia
(1)
,
Solomon Habtu
(15)
,
Salia Hanafi
,
Julia Harper
(9)
,
Hanneke Heesmans
(1)
,
Jean-Yves Jamin
(3)
,
Kees Van'T Klooster
(1)
,
Nathaniel Mason
(2)
,
Jean-Claude Mailhol
(3)
,
Serge Marlet
(3)
,
Insaf Mekki
(6)
,
Constansia Musvoto
(4)
,
Beatrice Mosello
(16)
,
Alice Mweetwa
(8)
,
Naomi Oates
(17)
,
Elijah Phiri
(8)
,
Ludivine Pradeleix
(3)
,
Erik Querner
(1)
,
Andrei Rozanov
(9)
,
Philippe Ker Rault
(18)
,
Jean-Emmanuel Rougier
(19)
,
Chizumba Shepande
(8)
,
Maite Sánchez Reparaz
(20)
,
Bréhima Tangara
(21)
,
Joris de Vente
(22)
,
Marlene de Witt
(8)
,
Xueliang Cai
(23, 24)
,
Abdelaziz Zairi
(6)
1
Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra)
2 Overseas Development Institute
3 UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages
4 CSIR - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [Pretoria]
5 Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
6 INRGREF - Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts
7 CEBAS - CSIC - Centro de Edafologia y Biologia aplicada del Segura
8 UNZA - University of Zambia [Lusaka]
9 Stellenbosch University
10 EMT-INRS - Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications - INRS
11 INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE BAMAKO MLI
12 Lisode
13 German International Cooperation
14 UEM - Université Eduardo Mondlane
15 Mekelle University
16 Adelphi
17 University of Sheffield [Sheffield]
18 IDAEA - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
19 Lisode
20 UPCT - Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena / Technical University of Cartagena
21 IER Niono, Mali
22 Cebas-Csic
23 IWMI - International Water Management Institute [CGIAR, Sri Lanka]
24 IHE Delft - Institute for Water Education
2 Overseas Development Institute
3 UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages
4 CSIR - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [Pretoria]
5 Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
6 INRGREF - Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts
7 CEBAS - CSIC - Centro de Edafologia y Biologia aplicada del Segura
8 UNZA - University of Zambia [Lusaka]
9 Stellenbosch University
10 EMT-INRS - Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications - INRS
11 INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE BAMAKO MLI
12 Lisode
13 German International Cooperation
14 UEM - Université Eduardo Mondlane
15 Mekelle University
16 Adelphi
17 University of Sheffield [Sheffield]
18 IDAEA - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
19 Lisode
20 UPCT - Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena / Technical University of Cartagena
21 IER Niono, Mali
22 Cebas-Csic
23 IWMI - International Water Management Institute [CGIAR, Sri Lanka]
24 IHE Delft - Institute for Water Education
Jochen Froebrich
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Sami Bouarfa
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Sekou Bah
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Christy Van
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Bruno Cheviron
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Raphaëlle Ducrot
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Salia Hanafi
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Jean-Yves Jamin
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Ludivine Pradeleix
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Maite Sánchez Reparaz
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Résumé
Boosting the productivity of smallholder farming systems continues to be a major need in Africa. Challenges relating to how to improve irrigation are multi‐factor and multisectoral, and they involve a broad range of actors who must interact to reach decisions collectively. We provide a systematic reflection on findings from the research project EAU4Food, which adopted a transdisciplinary approach to irrigation for food security research in five case studies in Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia. The EAU4Food experiences emphasize that actual innovation at irrigated smallholder farm level remains limited without sufficient improvement of the enabling environment and taking note of the wider political economy environment. Most project partners felt at the end of the project that the transdisciplinary approach has indeed enriched the research process by providing different and multiple insights from actors outside the academic field. Local capacity to facilitate transdisciplinary research and engagement with practitioners was developed and could support the continuation and scaling up of the approach. Future projects may benefit from a longer time frame to allow for deeper exchange of lessons learned among different stakeholders and a dedicated effort to analyse possible improvements of the enabling environment from the beginning of the research process. © 2020 The Authors. Irrigation and Drainage published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage
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