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dc.contributor.authorde Bont, Chris
dc.contributor.authorKomakech, Hans C.
dc.contributor.authorVeldwisch, Gert Jan
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-17T09:15:13Z
dc.date.available2020-03-17T09:15:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.11.018
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/644
dc.descriptionThis research article published by Elsevier B.V., 2019en_US
dc.description.abstractThe debate around what kind of irrigation, large- or small-scale, modern or traditional, best contributes to food security and rural development continues to shape irrigation policies and development in the Global South. In Tanzania, the irrigation categories of ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ are dominating irrigation policies and are shaping interventions. In this paper, we explore what these concepts really entail in the Tanzanian context and how they relate to a case of farmer-led groundwater irrigation development in Kahe ward, Kilimanjaro Region. For our analysis, we rely on three months of qualitative fieldwork in 2016, a household questionnaire, secondary data such as policy documents and the results of a mapping exercise in 2014–2015. In the early 2000s, smallholders in Kahe started developing groundwater. This has led to a new, differentiated landscape in which different forms of agricultural production co-exist. The same set of groundwater irrigation technologies has facilitated the emergence of different classes of farmers, ranging from those engaging with subsistence farming to those doing capitalist farming. The level of inputs and integration with markets vary, as does crop choice. As such, some farms emulate the ‘modern’ ideal of commercial farming promoted by the government, while others do not, or to a lesser extent. We also find that national policy discourses on irrigation are not necessarily repeated at the local level, where interventions are strongly driven by prioritization based on conflict and funding. We conclude that the policy concepts of traditional and modern irrigation do not do justice to the complexity of actual irrigation development in the Kahe case, and obfuscate its contribution to rural development and food security. We argue that a single irrigation technology does not lead to a single agricultural mode of production, and that irrigation policies and interventions should take into account the differentiation among irrigators.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_US
dc.subjectFarmer-led irrigation developmenten_US
dc.subjectAgrarian differentiationen_US
dc.subjectShallow wellsen_US
dc.subjectGroundwater irrigationen_US
dc.titleNeither modern nor traditional: Farmer-led irrigation development in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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