|<div classcolspan="center5" style="width:auto; marginbackground-leftcolor:auto; margin-right:auto#efefef;">[[Irrigation - Lay flat hose]]||}</div>|<div classbr> ===Field experiences==="center" The following project(s) is utilizing surface irrigation techniques.<br>{|style="border: 2px solid #e0e0e0; width:auto20%; margintext-leftalign:autojustify; marginbackground-rightcolor:auto#e9f5fd;">[[Irrigation cellpadding="2"<!--rsr logo here-- Spray head]]</div>|<div class="center" - style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; marginvertical-rightalign:auto;top">|[[Drip_Irrigation_-_Pepsi_and_NicaImage:akvorsr logo_lite.png|center|60px|Drip Irrigation -<br>Pepsi and Nica]link=http://akvo.org/products/rsr/]]</div!--project blocks here-->|<div class="center" - style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; marginvertical-rightalign:auto;bottom">|[[Irrigation - Spate]]</div>Image:project 935.jpg |thumb|center|140px|<div classfont size="2"><center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Sprinkler]http://rsr.akvo.org/project/935/ RSR Project 935]<br>Community Health and Development Project</center></divfont>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org/project/935/ ]]
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===Surface irrigation links===
* [http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/images/watersmartagriculture_CGIAR_2015.pdf Water-Smart Agriculture in East Africa], a collaborative effort by [http://www.care.org/ CARE], [https://www.gwiwestafrica.org/en GWI], [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ IWMI], and [http://www.cgiar.org/ CGIAR]. A 321-page sourcebook for improving water management for smallholder farmers.
* [http://agriwaterpedia.info/wiki/Water_use_efficiency Water use efficiency] from Agriwaterpedia.
*[http://www.rachelpalmer.co.uk/2012/06/22/nigers-hunger-fighting-trees/ Niger's hunger-fighting trees.] A photographic explanation of how the moringa tree is drought-resistant and providing a consistent food supply.
* Irrigation uses many different pumps. With several [[Irrigation_pumps_-_general|irrigation pumps]] to chose from, some are commercial, while others are easy to build from local materials.
* Large wiki on water use for agriculture: [http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/ Agropedia]
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'''Smallholder irrigation could change the lives of millions of people'''<br>
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are increasingly using small-scale irrigation to cultivate their land. Individually owned and operated irrigation technologies improve yields, reduce risks associated with climate variability and increase incomes, allowing farmers to purchase food, health care and education. There is great potential for many more farmers to benefit from small-scale irrigation. This report presents governments, donors, lending institutions, the private sector and farmers with the opportunity to make well-informed decisions about investments in agricultural water management (AWM) that could change the lives of millions of rural people.
==Surface irrigation links==*[http://www.bbciwmi.cocgiar.ukorg/newsPublications/world-africa-18412127 In picturesOther/Reports/PDF/Water_for_wealth_and_food_security.pdf Water for wealth and food security: Niger's hungerSupporting farmer-fighting treesdriven investments in agricultural water management].] A photographic explanation of how the moringa tree is drought-resistant and providing a consistent food supply2012 study by AgWater Solutions.