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In an ever changing world that is marked by various challenges from climate change to poverty, this book highlights how rural irrigation schemes can be a tool for rural development. Drawing lessons from Lower Gweru irrigation project in Zimbabwe the book highlight the central role of irrigation projects in driving rural development, empowering marginalised societies and ensuring food security at household level. Irrigation projects lead to household food security and reduce rural poverty and inequality allowing socio-economic development. In the wake of climate change, irrigation systems can…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
In an ever changing world that is marked by various challenges from climate change to poverty, this book highlights how rural irrigation schemes can be a tool for rural development. Drawing lessons from Lower Gweru irrigation project in Zimbabwe the book highlight the central role of irrigation projects in driving rural development, empowering marginalised societies and ensuring food security at household level. Irrigation projects lead to household food security and reduce rural poverty and inequality allowing socio-economic development. In the wake of climate change, irrigation systems can be used as an adaptation strategy to climate-induced droughts that are endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world.
Autorenporträt
Kaitano Dube is a young and upcoming academic with true marks of leadership. He did Hons BSc Geography Environmental Studies at MSU Gweru, MSc Geography at UNISA South Africa. He holds several PGC in Environmental Management and Law. He is currently Lecturing at Vaal University of Technology and busy with his Ph.D. on Climate Change and Tourism.