Agricultural water management and poverty linkages

By R. Namara, Munir A. Hanjra, G. Castillo, H. M. Ravnborg, Laurence Smith, B. Koppen. 2010

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Organic Farming and Small-Scale Farmers: Main Opportunities and Challenges (2017, background): “…to lack of access to appropriate water-storage systems, 93 in many semi-arid regions in the world, during the dry months small-scale farmers cannot enter 94 the market, a time that is the growing season for fruits and vegetables and the prices are at their 95 highest levels (Namara et al., 2010).”
Global water crisis and future food security in an era of climate change (2010, background): “While irrigation almost always doubles productivity (Hanjra et al., 2009b; Namara et al., 2010), higher energy and fertilizer prices present complex issues to these smallholder’s irrigated systems.”
The impact of smallholder irrigation on household welfare: The case of Tugela Ferry irrigation scheme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2014, background): “Access to irrigation increases the area under cultivation and crop intensity, and decreases crop losses (Namara et al., 2010).”