Thematic Workshop

Emerging practices from Agricultural Water Management in Africa and the Near East

Country experiences of

Uganda

Water

Productivity

Dr Elias Fereres and Charles Mutumba28 August 2017

THE PATH FOR ACTION RESEARCH

Diagnosis and

benchmarking

General data collection

Farmers interviews

Irrigation systems evaluations

Evaluation of

attainable WP

Monitoring farms for

parametrization/validation of AquaCrop

Design and simulation of

management scenarios

Identification of

good agricultural

practices

Design of agricultural practices guidelines

Demonstration and control plots for

implementation and dissemination

Promoting change in

agricultural practices

Design of capacity building strategies

Implementation of

dissemination activities

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Diagnosis of the current water productivity level

General data collection Irrigation systems evaluations Farmers interviews

Major constrains and factors influencing the crop WP

Characterization of the irrigation performance under different soil conditions

Characterization of the irrigation and agronomic practices at farm level

1. Diagnosis and benchmarking

Evaluation of attainable WP

1. Diagnosis and benchmarking

Monitoring farms for

parametrization/validation of AquaCrop

Design and simulation of

management scenarios

Agricultural practices

Irrigation management

Irrigation water supply

Yield and WP baseline

1. Diagnosis and benchmarking

1. Irrigation water supply

Irrigation water supply

Inequity

Irrigation water supply

1. Irrigation water supply

Inequity

Scarcity

Irrigation water supply

1. Irrigation water supply

Inequity

Scarcity

Infrastructures

Irrigation water supply

1. Irrigation water supply