Mali is home to 22 million people, 12 million of whom live in rural areas and work mostly in agriculture.

The evidence on the potential for agricultural interventions to contribute to improved nutrition has grown considerably over the past decade.

Individual farmer investments have the potential to fill the gap in public investments and be more cost-effective than large-scale irrigation. However, this development primarily occurs outside of formal systems.

Farmers, entrepreneurs, and businesses are already leading the way by expanding irrigation in response to climate variability and the growing demand for vegetables and fruit through supplemental and dry-season irrigated production.

Irrigation is increasingly promoted in Africa south of the Sahara, but the benefit streams of small-scale irrigation in Mali remain largely unknown.

Small-scale irrigation has significant potential to increase crop productivity in Mali, in particular given growing climate change impacts on the country and region.

Small-scale irrigation has been identified as a potential adaptation strategy for climate change and boosting food security and livelihoods in dry regions.

Irrigation is an important strategy to increase agricultural productivity, improve nutrition security and reduce climate-related risks in rural Africa, but adoption of this technology has been low.

This book demonstrates the beneficial role of water and water management in drylands agriculture

L’agriculture irriguée joue un rôle important dans la production alimentaire mondiale – les terres irriguées représentent 20% des terres cultivées et contribuent à hauteur de 40% de la production alimentaire mondiale.

LA VARIABILITÉ DE LA PRODUCTION DUE AUX CONDITIONS CLIMATIQUES EST UNE SOURCE IMPORTANTE DE risques pour la production agricole, et une contrainte majeure pour la croissance agricole et la sécurité alimentaire.

This policy note summarizes research into the gender-differentiated impacts of climatic changes on farmers’ production possibilities using a representative sample of farmers in rainfed and irrigated areas of the Segou region of Mali during the 200

This paper investigates differences in household production and consumption among small- and large-scale irrigators to assess whether the scale of an irrigation project increases household welfare in Mali.

"Significant changes in the agricultural sector in northern Mali suggest that irrigation has made a large contribution to welfare increases over the past eight years.

Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor.