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DOI	10.1051/cagri/2022003
	Security in flexibility: accessing land and water for irrigation in Kenya's changing rural environment
	Duker, Annelieke E. C.; Karimba, Benson Mutuma; Wani, Grace E.; Prasad, Pooja; Van der Zaag, Pieter; De Fraiture, Charlotte
通讯作者	Duker, AEC
来源期刊	CAHIERS AGRICULTURES
ISSN	1166-7699
EISSN	1777-5949
出版年	2022
卷号	31
英文摘要	In the semi-arid lands of southern Kenya, a dynamic process of farmer-led irrigation has developed over the past two decades. It is characterised by short-term agreements to access land and water. Resident and migrant farmers, capital providers and local landowners have engaged in diverse partnerships to benefit from water and land along the Olkeriai sand river. This study aims to unravel which actors and motives drive the resulting highly dynamic forms of irrigation. Surveys, in-depth interviews and mapping exercises with farmers, capital providers and landowners were conducted over a period of 1.5 years. The results show that involved actors favour short-term lease and partnership arrangements and farmers frequently change fields along the river or leave the area and return. It is primarily the migrant farmers and capital providers who take decisions on when and where to move. They are informed by their experience with production factors, financial gains and losses, partner relations, or the ability to expand. We conclude that individualisation of land rights, migration, abundance of water, proximate markets, and rural-urban networks are instrumental to the emergence of this dynamic form of agriculture. Farmers have found a degree of security in flexibility, to access land and water in shifting fields and partners, rather than in property rights for specific plots. Yet, the short-term scope of these operations for monetary gains raises concerns about the sustainable use of land and water resources in the region.
英文关键词	access to land and water flexible agreements farmer-led irrigation sand river aquifers Kenya
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000768449700001
WOS关键词	FARMER-LED IRRIGATION ; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ; PROPERTY-RIGHTS ; DYNAMICS
WOS类目	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary ; Agronomy
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/392046
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Duker, Annelieke E. C.,Karimba, Benson Mutuma,Wani, Grace E.,et al. Security in flexibility: accessing land and water for irrigation in Kenya's changing rural environment[J],2022,31.
APA	Duker, Annelieke E. C.,Karimba, Benson Mutuma,Wani, Grace E.,Prasad, Pooja,Van der Zaag, Pieter,&De Fraiture, Charlotte.(2022).Security in flexibility: accessing land and water for irrigation in Kenya's changing rural environment.CAHIERS AGRICULTURES,31.
MLA	Duker, Annelieke E. C.,et al."Security in flexibility: accessing land and water for irrigation in Kenya's changing rural environment".CAHIERS AGRICULTURES 31(2022).