Irrigation policy

Policy that delivers balanced sustainable irrigation

Publications

Lankford, B. A., and C. F. Grasham. 2021. Agri-vector water: boosting rainfed agriculture with urban water allocation to support urban–rural linkages. Water International, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1902686

Wiggins, S and Lankford, B. 2019. Farmer-led irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of current understandings. ODI and DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGRP) Synthesis Report. https://www.odi.org/publications/11394-farmer-led-irrigation-sub-saharan-africa-synthesis-current-understandings

Lankford, B.A; Makin, I; Matthews, N; Noble, A; McCornick, P. G.; and Shah, T. 2016. A compact to revitalize large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership ‘theory of change’. Water Alternatives 9(1): 1-32.

Grafton, R. Q., M. Mclindin, K. Hussey, P. Wyrwoll, D. Wichelns, C. Ringler, D. Garrick, J. Pittock, S. Wheeler, S. Orr, N. Matthews, E. Ansink, A. Aureli, D. Connell, L. De Stefano, K. Dowsley, S. Farolfi, J. Hall, P. Katic, B. Lankford, H. Leckie, M. Mccartney, H. Pohlner, N. Ratna, M. H. Rubarenzya, S. N. Sai Raman, K. Wheeler, and J. Williams. 2016. Responding to Global Challenges in Food, Energy, Environment and Water: Risks and Options Assessment for Decision-Making. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 3, 275-299. https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.128

Bunclark, L and Lankford B.A. 2011. Rainwater harvesting: A suitable poverty reduction strategy for small-scale farmers in developing countries? Waterlines Journal, 30 (4); 312 – 327. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24686671

Lankford, B.A. and Hepworth, N. 2010. The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Monocentric and polycentric river basin management. Water Alternatives 3(1): 82-101. https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/volume3/v3issue1/71-a3-1-5/file

Lankford, B.A. 2009. The right irrigation? Policy directions for agricultural water management in sub-Saharan Africa. Water Alternatives 2(3): 476-480. https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/all-abs/58-a2-3-11/file

Lankford, BA (2005) Rural infrastructure to contribute to African agricultural development: the case of irrigation. Report for The Commission for Africa, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Lankford, B. A., van Koppen, B, Franks, T and Mahoo, H. 2004. Entrenched views or insufficient science? Contested causes and solutions of water allocation; insights from the Great Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania. Agricultural Water Management 69:2 135-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2004.04.005

Lankford, B. A. 2004. Irrigation improvement projects in Tanzania; scale impacts and policy implications. Water Policy 6(2), 89-102. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2004.0006

Franks, T., Lankford, B. and Mdemu M. 2004. Managing Water Amongst Competing Uses: The Usangu Wetland in Tanzania. Irrigation and Drainage (53): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.123