Current policy priorities and regulatory approaches for irrigation and associated challenges of ‘farmer–led’ irrigation development in Tanzania

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Abbreviations: NIRC, national irrigation commission; NIP, national policies; NIA, national irrigation act; ZIOs, zonal irrigation offices; IS, irrigation schemes; IOs, irrigators organizations; RNIMP, revised national irrigation master plan; URT, united republic of Tanzania; NFRs, national food requirements; GDP, gross domestic product; ASDS, agriculture sector development strategy; ASDP, agriculture sector development programme; TDV, Tanzania development vision; RDS, rural development strategy; MDGs, millennium development goals; NIMP, national irrigation master plan; NSGRP, national strategy for growth and reduction of poverty; IWRM, integrated water resources management; IDF, irrigation development fund; SAGCOT, southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania