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The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland

Poverty affects nearly a billion of the world population and many of these people are living in rural communities. Smallholder irrigation development plays a pivotal role in reducing rural poverty. Many smallholder schemes have failed in the past due to poor planning and community disputes. This pap...

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Main Authors: Dlamini, Nkululeko Simeon, Kamal, Md. Rowshon, Makhanya, M., Sithole, S.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: Elsevier (ScienceDirect) 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38468/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.384682015-05-21T03:31:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38468/ The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland Dlamini, Nkululeko Simeon Kamal, Md. Rowshon Makhanya, M. Sithole, S. Poverty affects nearly a billion of the world population and many of these people are living in rural communities. Smallholder irrigation development plays a pivotal role in reducing rural poverty. Many smallholder schemes have failed in the past due to poor planning and community disputes. This paper presents a promising framework, the CDAA, for developing sustainable smallholder irrigation schemes which is currently applied in the LUSIP project in Swaziland. The strength of the framework is that; 1) it makes the primary beneficiary (community) the main driver of the development, and 2) it significantly changes the economic state of the community. Elsevier (ScienceDirect) 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed Dlamini, Nkululeko Simeon and Kamal, Md. Rowshon and Makhanya, M. and Sithole, S. (2014) The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland. In: 2nd International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering (CAFEi 2014), 1-3 Dec. 2014, Berjaya Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. (pp. 386-393). 10.1016/j.aaspro.2014.11.054
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description Poverty affects nearly a billion of the world population and many of these people are living in rural communities. Smallholder irrigation development plays a pivotal role in reducing rural poverty. Many smallholder schemes have failed in the past due to poor planning and community disputes. This paper presents a promising framework, the CDAA, for developing sustainable smallholder irrigation schemes which is currently applied in the LUSIP project in Swaziland. The strength of the framework is that; 1) it makes the primary beneficiary (community) the main driver of the development, and 2) it significantly changes the economic state of the community.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Dlamini, Nkululeko Simeon
Kamal, Md. Rowshon
Makhanya, M.
Sithole, S.
spellingShingle Dlamini, Nkululeko Simeon
Kamal, Md. Rowshon
Makhanya, M.
Sithole, S.
The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland
author_facet Dlamini, Nkululeko Simeon
Kamal, Md. Rowshon
Makhanya, M.
Sithole, S.
author_sort Dlamini, Nkululeko Simeon
title The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland
title_short The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland
title_full The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland
title_fullStr The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland
title_full_unstemmed The CDAA Framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in Swaziland
title_sort cdaa framework for development of sustainable large-scale smallholder irrigation schemes in swaziland
publisher Elsevier (ScienceDirect)
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38468/
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