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© FAO 2001
International Programme for Technology and
Research in Irrigation and Drainage
Knowledge Synthesis Report No. 3 - March
2001
Melvyn Kay FAO/IPTRID Consultant
IPTRID Secretariat Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2001
The case for smallholder irrigation
How fast can irrigation develop?
The case for smallholder irrigation
Technology - at the heart of irrigation
The nature of smallholder irrigation
Role of traditional technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
A role for modern technologies in sub-Saharan Africa?
A role for low-cost technologies in sub-Saharan Africa?
Matching technologies to agricultural regions
Humid tropical forest agriculture
High tropical and subtropical plateau agriculture
How fast can smallholder irrigation develop?
Review of experience from sub-Saharan Africa