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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation

Photo Credit: Mulugeta Ayene, WLE

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) is a research-for-development project that aims to expand farmer-led, small scale irrigation in Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania.

Sustainable, profitable, and gender-sensitive irrigation contributes to agricultural growth, resilient food systems, and better nutrition and health, particularly for vulnerable populations. 

Now in its second phase (2019-2023), ILSSI is working to identify the best ways to expand the use of small scale irrigation within environmentally sustainable limits. ILSSI is a part of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future Initiative.

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A farmer harvests rice in northern Ghana. Neil Palmer/CIAT.

What Women Want: First Steps to Inclusive Irrigation Investments

Successfully designing irrigation investments to support women’s empowerment requires concerted efforts and careful planning.

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Marianne Gadeberg

Elizabeth Bryan

Sep 24, 2020
Agricultural Productivity Gender Resilience
FLI Webinar Invitation

Webinar Series on Farmer-Led Irrigation Development

Jun 11, 2020 online

Please join us for a new webinar series on farmer-led irrigation! The first session will be held on June 11, 2020 at 13:00-14:00 UTC. DESCRIPTION: Farmer-led irrigation development (FLI) has...

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Sewagegn, a local smallholder farmer, and Gebeyaw, a data collector, set up Sewagegn’s solar powered pump to irrigate her backyard garden in Danghesta, Amhara region of Ethiopia. Photo by Mulugeta Ayene/WLE.

Solar-Powered Irrigation Could Boost Climate Resilience for Millions

Taking a closer look at what it will take for more farmers to get started with small scale irrigation.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation

Mar 19, 2020
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Maza Wanawake Kwanza Growers Association

Benefits of Farmer-Led Irrigation Are “Immense”: An Update from the Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation

Investing in sustainable, profitable, and gender-sensitive irrigation can help alleviate these threats, create greater climate resilience, and put millions of farmers on the path toward food and nutrition security.

Adam Ahmed

Agrilinks Team

Feb 18, 2020
Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Resilience
A farmer in Danghesta village, Amhara region, Ethiopia, tends to her onion crops that make a significant contribution to her family's food security. Photo by Mulugeta Ayene/WLE.

Ethiopian Cuisine’s Star Ingredient Provides Clues on How to Farm in a Climate-Change Era

Using conservation agriculture practices can increase food production while safeguarding water and soil.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation

Jan 30, 2020
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Resilience
Vegetable sales point in Accra, Ghana

Fighting Malnutrition with Irrigation

Now, new research supported by USAID through the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) is shining the spotlight on a so far under-appreciated avenue for improving...

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation

Jan 23, 2020
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition

Solicitation for Private Partnerships for Scaling Small-Scale Irrigation

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation, seeks private sector partners to contribute to accelerate the scaling of smallholder irrigated production in Ghana and Ethiopia.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation

Oct 07, 2019
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Can Irrigation Both Empower and Exclude Women?

While the design of technology is important, small-scale irrigation that intends to promote gender equality will need to go beyond ensuring equal use to securing equal benefits.

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation

Jan 02, 2018
Climate and Natural Resources Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience

Symposium on Irrigation in African Smallholder Farming Systems

Jan 31, 2018 Horizon Ballroom, Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

The USAID Feed the Future International Laboratory for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) will host a one-day symposium on the role of irrigation in African smallholder farming systems on January 31, 2018...

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI): Guide to integrating gender into small-scale irrigation

This brief synthesizes findings from gender research in the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation to present practical guidance for approaching integrating gender considerations into the diffusion of...

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation

Dec 01, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender

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Lead Institute
Texas A&M University

Focus countries
Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Tanzania

Website
http://ilssi.tamu.edu/

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Dr. Nicole Lefore, Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation, [email protected] 

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