EVALUATION OF EMERGENCY SMALL SCALE IRRIGATION PROJECTS

Felix Dzvurumi, Consultant

FAO-Regional Interagency Coordination Support Office

(RIACSO)

AREA OF FOCUS

Smallholder (Macro-irrigation)

Mozambique & Zimbabwe Drip Irrigation (Micro-irrigation)

Lesotho and Zimbabwe Treadle pump irrigation (Micro-irrigation)

Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

MAJOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

PROJECTS DESIGN & APPROACHES TARGETING EIA PROCUREMENT & TECHNICAL SPECS PRODUCT & EXTENSION SUPPORT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE PROJECTS IMPACT

PROJECTS DESIGN & APPROACHES

Institutional analysis – technical, human resource, transport

Policy and/or coordination Targets Inception, implementation and exit strategies Support/program package Unwillingness of Donors to fund software

under emergency

TARGETING

Understanding farming system – geographical targeting

Understanding the farmer – individual targeting

Clusters- where resources are limited.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

EIA – policy, need and time factors.

Alternatives to EIAEnvironmental concerns identified.

PROCUREMENT & TECHNICAL SPECS

Technical capacity of FAO and IPLow competition for local procurementGaps identifiedSharing of expertise, testing facilities

and use of sub regional international experts.

Absence of procurement plan

PRODUCT & EXTENSION SUPPORT

Economic decline affecting private sector, NGOs and government alike.

Monopoly in private sector suppliers content with donor and government tenders, unwilling to go into research, extension and product support. Demand for TP by individuals in Zimbabwe and Malawi.

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

Function of all of the above.

TP-rusting, height, stiffness, use of grease, inlet & outlet diameter, height of cylinder, system design.

Drip kits- primary filter, pressure compensatory emitters, size of tank & filling frequency, water mgt, use of buckets,

Smallholder irrigation- designs, quality of works and supervision.

PROJECTS IMPACT

Generally no M&E systems. Low capacity in FAO-EU or implementing

partner. Difficulties in getting data on agricultural and

financial performance – cohort farmer. Access to inputs and markets identified to be

critical. Through walk and talk, observations, food &

nutrition security and income evident in some cases.

TREADLE PUMP FIELD IN LILONGWE DISTRICT - MALAWI

TREADLE PUMP FIELD IN LILONGWE DISTRICT - MALAWI

TREADLE PUMP FIELD IN LILONGWE DISTRICT - MALAWI

CONSOLIDATED DRIP GARDEN IN GURUVE - ZIMBABWE

DRIP GARDEN IN CHIREDZI - ZIMBABWE