Agricultural Water Management in Africa

Name: Agricultural Water Management in Africa
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ISBN: 9780443215841

Lessons Learned and Future Directions

by Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Aidan Senzanje, Olufunke Cofie

1st Edition

Publisher: Academic Press

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Print ISBN	9780443215841
eText ISBN	9780443215858
Publisher	Academic Press
Publishing Year	2026
Edition	1st Edition
Language	English
Pages	362

Agricultural Water Management in Africa: Lessons Learned and Future Directions, 1st Edition, edited by Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Aidan Senzanje, and Olufunke Cofie, provides a comprehensive overview of irrigation development across Africa and the Global South. Designed for planners, policymakers, researchers, and resource managers, this volume addresses the practical demand for structured water interventions under changing climatic conditions.

Central to the text is the African Union's Framework for Irrigation Development and Agricultural Water Management in Africa. The discussion centers on four explicit development pathways, which include improving water control and watershed management within rain-fed agriculture, expanding farmer-led irrigation projects, modernizing existing irrigation schemes, and deploying unconventional water sources.

To support operational planning, the publication supplies actionable guidelines, strategic investment plans, and forward-looking scenarios for climate change adaptation. These tools assist irrigation developers and agricultural producers in prioritizing resilient practices across diverse regional contexts.

Chapter 1: Agricultural water management: an overview of concepts
Chapter 2: The transformative role of treated wastewater in North Africa: lessons learned and future directions
Chapter 3: Effects of forage plantation on soil quality in the subhumid Ethiopian Highlands: implications for sustainable agriculture
Chapter 4: Current status of agricultural water management in Africa: progress, challenges, and opportunities
Chapter 5: Agricultural water management in maize-based systems: challenges, opportunities, and sustainable solutions in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Chapter 6: The critical role of water in facilitating agroecology transitions in semiarid regions of sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 7: Optimizing water productivity: challenges and opportunities in smallholder irrigation schemes—a case study from South Africa
Chapter 8: AquaCrop model as a tool to forecast crop yield during the growing season: lessons from Nepal, South Asia
Chapter 9: Evaluation of drip and conventional surface Irrigation in the poorly drained, naturally irrigated lands of the Khorezm Region: lessons from Central Asia
Chapter 10: Impacts and interventions for extreme weather events in Southern Africa
Chapter 11: Integrated water and land management practices: demand-driven participatory research in the semiarid agricultural landscapes of Tanzania
Chapter 12: Gender equality and social inclusion in agricultural water management
Chapter 13: Gender dynamics and power relations in water management and agricultural innovations in the Mpegnesso’s lowlands of Mali
Chapter 14: Institutions and governance for agricultural water management in support of resilient food systems
Chapter 15: Summary: beyond crop water productivity to transform agricultural water management