A scoping review of research funding for small-scale farmers in water scarce regions

Ricciardi Vincent, Wane Abdrahmane, Sidhu Balsher Singh, Goode Cecile, Solomon Divya, McCullough Ellen, Diekmann Florian, Porciello Jaron, Jain Meha, Randall Nicola, Mehrabi Zia. 2020. A scoping review of research funding for small-scale farmers in water scarce regions. Nature Sustainability, 11 p.

Quartile : Outlier, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / Quartile : Outlier, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Social Sciences)

Résumé : Water scarcity is a global issue that disproportionately affects small-scale farmers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Through geospatial analysis, we estimated that less than 37% of small-scale farms probably have irrigation in water scarce regions across LMICs, compared with 42% of non-small-scale farms. Through a literature synthesis assisted by machine learning, we then systematically mapped the existing research for on-farm interventions that improve the incomes or yields of small-scale farmers in water scarce regions. We mapped over 888 on-farm interventions used to combat water scarcity from 560 publications and showed a research bias towards yields rather than livelihoods. We found gaps in evidence for many commonly proposed solutions, including livestock management, digital technology and solutions to protect natural resources at the farm-level, such as buffer strips. Our findings can be used to set a funding agenda for research on the geographies that are most at risk of water scarcity and the interventions that most lack evidence.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : soutien de la recherche, subvention à la recherche, disponibilité des ressources en eau, petite agriculture, petite exploitation agricole, besoin en eau, zone aride, pays en développement, rareté de l'eau

Mots-clés libres : Agriculture, Developing world, Environmental social sciences

Classification Agris : A50 - Recherche agronomique
P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

Auteurs et affiliations

• Ricciardi Vincent, University of British Columbia (CAN) - auteur correspondant
• Wane Abdrahmane, CIRAD-ES-UMR SELMET (CIV) ORCID: 0000-0001-5081-3788
• Sidhu Balsher Singh, University of British Columbia (CAN)
• Goode Cecile, CSIRO (AUS)
• Solomon Divya, University of Michigan (USA)
• McCullough Ellen, University of Georgia (USA)
• Diekmann Florian, The Ohio State University (USA)
• Porciello Jaron, Cornell University (USA)
• Jain Meha, University of Michigan (USA)
• Randall Nicola, Harper Adams University (GBR)
• Mehrabi Zia, University of British Columbia (CAN)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/596751/)

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