A model for pro-poor wealth creation through small-plot irrigation and market linkages
✍ Scribed by John Magistro; Michael Roberts; Steve Haggblade; Fritz Kramer; Paul Polak; Elizabeth Weight; Robert Yoder
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1531-0353
- DOI
- 10.1002/ird.300
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This paper relates the field experience of an international NGO in strengthening linkages between irrigation development and poverty reduction. Poverty Reduction through Irrigation and Smallholder Markets (PRISM) is introduced as a methodology for combining small‐plot irrigation technology with complementary inputs and services to enhance small farmers' ability to participate effectively in markets for high‐value agricultural commodities. Data from field projects in Nepal and India indicate that the PRISM approach can lead to significant additional income for small farmers and other micro and small enterprises in agricultural value chains. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.