Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa has long been beset with food insecurity. Investment in small-scale irrigation may provide a solution to address the challenge by extending crop production into the dry season. We present an agent-based modeling system to assess the potential of dry-season small-irrigation development in Sub-Saharan Africa with an application to Ethiopia. We identify significant potential for investing in dry-season small-scale irrigation in Ethiopia and map geographic domains with highest investment opportunities.

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在生物物理和经济共同制约下绘制撒哈拉以南非洲国家旱季小规模灌溉的发展潜力——一种适用于埃塞俄比亚的基于代理的建模方法

摘要 撒哈拉以南非洲长期以来一直饱受粮食不安全的困扰。对小规模灌溉的投资可以通过将作物生产延长到旱季来解决这一挑战。我们提出了一个基于代理的建模系统，用于评估撒哈拉以南非洲旱季小灌溉开发的潜力，并应用于埃塞俄比亚。我们确定了投资埃塞俄比亚旱季小规模灌溉的巨大潜力，并绘制了具有最高投资机会的地理区域。