Small-scale agriculture holds big promise for Africa

Guardian: The recent discovery of a large aquifer in Kenya is a reminder that far from being dry, Africa has abundant water resources. The problem for farmers is access: only around 6% of cultivated land is equipped for irrigation, leaving millions dependent on rain-fed agriculture. How might more of them be helped to access water that could raise their productivity? Large-scale, government-funded irrigation systems have long attempted to address this, with varying degrees of success. Those systems have a......

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