Investment in Agricultural Water for Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : Synthesis Report

The report analyses the contribution to
date of agricultural water management to poverty reduction
and growth in the in sub-Saharan Africa region, the reasons
for its slow expansion and apparently poor track record, as
well as the ways in which increased investment in
agricultural water management could make a sustainable
contribution to further poverty reduction and growth. The
first chapter places agricultural water management in the
context of the millennium development goals and paths to
poverty reduction through agricultural growth. The second to
fifth chapters contain a regional diagnostic that looks at
the role of agricultural water management in sub-Saharan
Africa, examines the contribution that investment projects
have made, reviews the changing institutional context, and
assesses the potential for further development. The sixth
and the final chapter then summarizes the lessons and
recommendations for increasing the contribution of
agricultural water management to poverty reduction and
growth in the region.