Table 3 The major challenges (−) and opportunities (+) evaluated for the 10 Africa’s river basins sites respectively
Challenges (no. of sites) | Opportunities (no. of sites) | CR | MR | NIR | NGR | ZR | OR | LR | OKR | SR | VR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical aspects | ||||||||||||
(a) Limited land | 3 | − | − | − | ||||||||
(b) Lack of road infrastructure | 4 | − | − | − | − | |||||||
(c) Limited water resource/ unlimited | 2 | 8 | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + |
Economic aspects | ||||||||||||
(a) Low credit accessibility | 6 | − | − | − | − | − | − | |||||
Governance/institutional aspects | ||||||||||||
(a) Inability to form farmers’ associations/cooperatives | 4 | 6 | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | + |
(b) Existence of government agricultural policy | 1 | − | ||||||||||
(c) Existence of change agents/stakeholders who can help | 6 | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||||
Knowledge, awareness, technology | ||||||||||||
(a) Low skill level in new technologies | 4 | − | − | − | − | |||||||
(b) Awareness of climate change impacts | 10 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
(c) Presence of mobile communication | 10 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Human resource | ||||||||||||
(a) Experimentation with new ideas and skills by entrepreneurs | 4 | + | + | + | + | |||||||
Other | ||||||||||||
(a) War-prone areas limiting potential options | 1 | − | ||||||||||
