Mapping development potential of dry-season small-scale irrigation in Sub-Saharan African countries under joint biophysical and economic constraints - An agent-based modeling approach with an application to Ethiopia

Solar or Diesel: A Comparison of Costs for Groundwater‐Fed Irrigation in Sub‐Saharan Africa Under Two Energy Solutions

“…For example, there are studies that used GIS (Geographic Information System) tools and MCE (Multi Criteria Evaluation) techniques to score land suitability for irrigation and delineated area with irrigation development potential (Berhanu & Hatiye, 2020;Schmitter et al, 2018;Worqlul et al, 2017). Xie et al (2014Xie et al ( , 2017Xie et al ( , 2021) developed an integrated modeling framework which combines the use of GIS land suitability analysis, hydrological/crop simulation and economic modeling tools with cost-benefit and sustainability of irrigation development being evaluated explicitly. The data developed in this cost comparison study can be used to augment these analyses by introducing additional suitability criteria in MCE analysis and incorporating a decision process of energy solution selection in Xie et al (2021)'s model to generate enhanced estimates of groundwater irrigation development potential under different energy solutions.…”

“…Xie et al (2014Xie et al ( , 2017Xie et al ( , 2021) developed an integrated modeling framework which combines the use of GIS land suitability analysis, hydrological/crop simulation and economic modeling tools with cost-benefit and sustainability of irrigation development being evaluated explicitly. The data developed in this cost comparison study can be used to augment these analyses by introducing additional suitability criteria in MCE analysis and incorporating a decision process of energy solution selection in Xie et al (2021)'s model to generate enhanced estimates of groundwater irrigation development potential under different energy solutions. This constitutes an interesting topic for future research.…”

Agri-vector water: boosting rainfed agriculture with urban water allocation to support urban–rural linkages

“…The argument for adding 'blue' freshwater as irrigation in dry areas appears to be technically and technologically credible (Xie et al, 2021). Furthermore, climate fluctuation has been used as a long-standing rationale for tackling problems of food security and poverty: "Among factors that contribute to risk in Tanzania's agriculture is the unpredictability of rainfall and the recurrence of drought and floods.…”

Potential of mathematical model-based decision making to promote sustainable performance of agriculture in developing countries: A review article

“…In developing countries, rainfed mixed agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, which accounts for 40-90 % of the employment, 30-60 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and 25-95% of the foreign exchange (FAO, 2002;Hordofa et al, 2008;Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 2011;Tedla, 2012;Minot and Sawyer, 2013). Even if developing countries has significant potential for irrigation, the practice of small-scale and large-scale irrigation is immature and the existing practice itself is completely dependent on conventional decision-making of critical resources such as water, land, cropping mix and/or pattern, and other agricultural inputs (Xie et al, 2014(Xie et al, , 2021Nigussie et al, 2020). Supporting this fact, Belete et al (2011) describes conventional irrigated agriculture as immature that lack both technical and input use efficiency.…”