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FAO WATER REPORTS 31 Demand for products of irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by |
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2006 |
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| Acknowledgements Preface List of acronyms |
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| 1. Introduction Background Structure of report |
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| 2. Irrigation in the context of sub-Saharan Africa Definitons of irrigation The regional context The structure of markets and price formation |
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| Processing and marketing systems in sub-Saharan Africa Self-sufficiency as an objective and a tool in demand analysis Increased irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa and its impact on commodity prices How irrigation responds to demand – the process Summary |
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| 3. Data sources and methodology Analysis of supply and demand |
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| Natural resources Agriculture |
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| 4. Baseline Analysis of projected production and consumption of agricultural commodities in sub-Saharan Africa The contribution of irrigated agriculture Land and water resource utilization in irrigation Typical irrigated yields Summary |
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| 5. The impacts of irrigated agriculture Value chains and the influence of irrigation on marketing and processing Spatial and temporal impacts Impacts on quality Impacts on the stability and predictability of production Other social impacts Environmental impact |
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| 6. Getting to 2030: the yield question and natural resources constraints Introduction A regional view of yield growth forecasts Natural resources constraints |
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| 7. Trends and opportunities The international trading environment Market prospects for the main crop groups Regional demand and the potential for intraregional trade in maize, wheat and rice An appropriate irrigation sector response The prospects for financing irrigation |
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| 8. Conclusions and recommendations References Annexes 1. The FAO typology for areas under agricultural water management 2. Composition of sub-Saharan Africa regions 3. The SUA commodity groups 4. AQUASTAT data for the sub-Saharan Africa regions 5. Regional SUAs 6. Trade data for sub-Saharan Africa – wheat; rice; coarse grains; oils and fats; sugar 7. Analysis of annual regional calorie surpluses and shortfalls by staple crop group, 1997/99 8. Analysis of regional calorie surpluses and shortfalls by staple crop group, 2030 |