Froebrich, JLudi, EBouarfa, SRollin, DJovanovic, NebojsaRoble, MAjmi, TAlbasha, RBah, SMusvoto, Constansia D2020-03-242020-03-242020-01Froebrich, J. (et.al.). 2020. Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa. Irrigation and Drainage, pp1-17.1531-03531531-0361https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ird.2400https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2400http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11383© 2020 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Boosting the productivity of smallholder farming systems continues to be a major need in Africa. Challenges relating to how to improve irrigation are multi-factor and multisectoral, and they involve a broad range of actors who must interact to reach decisions collectively. We provide a systematic reflection on findings from the research project EAU4Food, which adopted a transdisciplinary approach to irrigation for food security research in five case studies in Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia. The EAU4Food experiences emphasize that actual innovation at irrigated smallholder farm level remains limited without sufficient improvement of the enabling environment and taking note of the wider political economy environment. Most project partners felt at the end of the project that the transdisciplinary approach has indeed enriched the research process by providing different and multiple insights from actors outside the academic field. Local capacity to facilitate transdisciplinary research and engagement with practitioners was developed and could support the continuation and scaling up of the approach. Future projects may benefit from a longer time frame to allow for deeper exchange of lessons learned among different stakeholders and a dedicated effort to analyse possible improvements of the enabling environment from the beginning of the research process.enIrrigationParticipatory innovationSmallholder farmingTransdisciplinary approachArticleFroebrich, J., Ludi, E., Bouarfa, S., Rollin, D., Jovanovic, N., Roble, M., ... Musvoto, C. D. (2020). Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11383Froebrich, J, E Ludi, S Bouarfa, D Rollin, Nebojsa Jovanovic, M Roble, T Ajmi, R Albasha, S Bah, and Constansia D Musvoto "Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa." (2020) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11383Froebrich J, Ludi E, Bouarfa S, Rollin D, Jovanovic N, Roble M, et al. Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa. 2020; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11383.TY - Article AU - Froebrich, J AU - Ludi, E AU - Bouarfa, S AU - Rollin, D AU - Jovanovic, Nebojsa AU - Roble, M AU - Ajmi, T AU - Albasha, R AU - Bah, S AU - Musvoto, Constansia D AB - Boosting the productivity of smallholder farming systems continues to be a major need in Africa. Challenges relating to how to improve irrigation are multi-factor and multisectoral, and they involve a broad range of actors who must interact to reach decisions collectively. We provide a systematic reflection on findings from the research project EAU4Food, which adopted a transdisciplinary approach to irrigation for food security research in five case studies in Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia. The EAU4Food experiences emphasize that actual innovation at irrigated smallholder farm level remains limited without sufficient improvement of the enabling environment and taking note of the wider political economy environment. Most project partners felt at the end of the project that the transdisciplinary approach has indeed enriched the research process by providing different and multiple insights from actors outside the academic field. Local capacity to facilitate transdisciplinary research and engagement with practitioners was developed and could support the continuation and scaling up of the approach. Future projects may benefit from a longer time frame to allow for deeper exchange of lessons learned among different stakeholders and a dedicated effort to analyse possible improvements of the enabling environment from the beginning of the research process. DA - 2020-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Irrigation KW - Participatory innovation KW - Smallholder farming KW - Transdisciplinary approach LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2020 SM - 1531-0353 SM - 1531-0361 T1 - Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa TI - Transdisciplinary innovation in irrigated smallholder agriculture in Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11383 ER -