Facilitated by the partnership for agricultural water for Africa (AgWA), this event brought together representatives from ministries related to water resources, agriculture and energy in Tanzania and Nigeria and other experts to share insights and discuss on agricultural water management (AWM) in both countries. In particular, current and planned trends of investment in AWM were reviewed and recommendations  on how to promote more and better investment in AWM were made.

The objectives of this workshop were to contribute to improved investment planning on Agriculture Water Management (AWM) in Nigeria and Tanzania in the context of the CAADP process and to explore investment possibilities in AWM in both countries. More specifically, the workshop provided an opportunity to:

1.     Review current and expected investment trends in water management for agriculture and energy in Nigeria and Tanzania.

2.     Discuss on lessons learnt from the past and investment priorities for the future.

3.     Present results of the application of the Diagnostic Tools for Investment (DTI) in water for agriculture and energy in Nigeria and Tanzania.

4.     Train participants in the use of the Diagnostics Tools for Investment (DTI) in water for Agriculture and Energy.

5.     Provide recommendations and discuss on the scaling up of AWM investments in Nigeria and Tanzania, based on the results of DTI application in the countries.

6.     Provide recommendations and discuss on how to strengthen the AWM component in countries’ strategic planning within the CAADP framework.

7.     Discuss on the role of AgWA to support AWM in both countries.

The workshop report, that can be downloaded in this webpage, describes the workshop sessions in greater detail and presents the main conclusions of the discussions held.

At the end of the workshop a number of follow up actions were proposed:

For Nigeria

To organize a national sensitization workshop on Agricultural Water Management in order to:

ü  Articulate knowledge gaps

ü  Highlight specific problems

ü  Develop a programme of actions to get support from donors

ü  Identify areas of research

Tanzania

ü  To undertake an assessment of training needs of government staff related to AWM.

ü  To launch an awareness raising campaign on AWM targeting political leaders, technical officers and farmers.

Nigeria & Tanzania

AgWA is to connect Nigerian representatives with those from Tanzania in order to learn more about the Tanzanian National Irrigation Commission and use it as an example for a possible Nigerian National Irrigation Commission.