Improved Agricultural Water Management for Africa's Drylands

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Development Challenge of Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Africa Drylands Study -- Objectives of This Book on Agricultural Water Management -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Agricultural Water Management, Vulnerability, and Resilience -- Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Agriculture in the Drylands -- Vulnerability and Risks Associated with Drylands Agriculture -- Increasing Resilience through Improved Technologies -- Increasing Resilience through a More Secure Agricultural Water Supply and Improved Agricultural Water Management -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Current State of Irrigation and Agricultural Water Management -- Current Adoption of Irrigation and Other Agricultural Water Management Practices -- Why Is Agricultural Water Management So Important in the Drylands? -- Improved Water Control in a Rainfed Environment -- Small-Scale Irrigation -- Publicly Developed Large-Scale Irrigation -- Large Farmer Irrigation and PPPs -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Technical and Economic Scope for Expanding Irrigation in Sub-Saharan African Drylands -- Background -- Methodology -- Potential for Irrigation Expansion in African Drylands -- Costs and Benefits of Further Irrigation Development in the Drylands -- Key Findings from the IFPRI Assessment -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Key Challenges: Exploiting Irrigation Development Potential and Strengthening Resilience -- Historical Perspective -- Where Does Irrigation Expansion Matter Most for Drylands? -- Agricultural Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities -- Individual Smallholder Irrigation and Small-Scale Community-Based Irrigation: Challenges and Opportunities -- Large-Scale Irrigation for Smallholders.