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Alan Nicol gwieastafrica

Transformations in Water for Smallholder Farmers in East Africa – towards a ‘Water-Smart Agriculture’ Learning Hub. Alan Nicol www.gwieastafrica.org. A mandate. Mandate of GWI EA to increase investment in water for smallholder farmers How to get there? Show what works, why and for whom

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Alan Nicol gwieastafrica

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  1. Transformations in Water for Smallholder Farmers in East Africa – towards a ‘Water-Smart Agriculture’ Learning Hub Alan Nicol www.gwieastafrica.org

  2. A mandate • Mandate of GWI EA to increase investment in water for smallholder farmers • How to get there? • Show what works, why and for whom • Share and consolidate knowledge • Link knowledge to policy and practice • What’s the ‘Big Idea’?

  3. A Charter • International Year of Family Farming • African Year of Agriculture • Six undertakings, one of which is to consolidate knowledge • 40 signatories from across the region • Sourcebook and Learning Hub…

  4. An idea • Conjunctive use • Combined soil and water management • New technologies • Sustainable abstraction • Resource knowledge • Farmer-led governance • Better learning environments “Investment in low-cost and sustainable systems for optimizing green and blue water availability and use in smallholder farming based on participatory research and learning” Irrigation from surface and groundwater Rainfall and soil moisture RESILIENCE and GROWTH Soil management “Water-Smart Agriculture”

  5. Building the idea into hub

  6. My name is Muchit, a 37 year old single mother of three. I come from DeraWoreda, South Gondar “I have been digging shallow wells, up to 20 meters depth, in my back yard, but I didn’t get water and we were forced to close it. If I get a hand dug well for irrigation in my back yard, I’m sure I will be able to cover fully our household food consumption needs. If I find water nearby, I can plant all kinds of vegetables in my back yard. What I need is support in digging a well.”

  7. My name is Doris Japheth. I am 41 years old. I live in Vudeevillage, Same district, Tanzania. “Our yield was low last season due to little rain, pests and diseases and lack of agricultural inputs. My goal as a farmer is to change from rainfed to irrigated agriculture. I want to use rainwater harvesting techniques and technologies to tap enough water for irrigation in order to increase the yield.”

  8. My name is Lilly Obua. I live in Loro village, Anepkide parish, Olilim Sub County in Otuke district. “I rely on family and hired labour to produce. Rice, simsim and millet are labour intensive during planting, weeding and harvesting. I spend up to Shs 180,000 [$70] a season on labour. Our farming is purely rain fed. When it is dry we suffer poor yields and with some crops, no yield at all. I would have loved to irrigate my land but I think it is expensive to acquire the necessary tools”.

  9. My name is Mary Okore. I am 28years old and a single mother of one. My daughter, Tracy, is 2 years old. We live in Ojwit village, Ogor Sub County in Otuke district. “Last year, Tracy and I moved back to my father’s house. My father gave me part of his land to cultivate when I returned home. I now have a cassava plantation and I am preparing my onion, tomato and watermelon gardens. In addition to the crops, I rear chicken and goats. I keep the goats at my mother’s home because it is safer there. My farming has been purely rainfed but with the water harvesting pit I have dug, I should be able to grow crops during the dry season. Tracy and I should never lack food. “

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