Nicole Lefore

Nicole Lefore is the director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture. She was previously a senior project manager at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in South Africa. Nicole has 20+ years of experience managing projects related to agricultural development, water and land resources, institutions, and capacity development.

Content authored by Nicole Lefore

Blog Post
Blog Post
May 05, 2021
Solar for all: Enhancing access to affordable and sustainable solar-powered irrigation
Millions of people stand to benefit from solar irrigation – but only if it's implemented in ways that are inclusive and environmentally sustainable. A new study proposes a policy and regulation framework that supports both.
Blog Post
Blog Post
March 20, 2019
The unfulfilled promise of farmer-led irrigation
When farmers invest in irrigation, improved productivity, income and nutrition usually follow. How can we ensure that women and less privileged farmers don't miss out?
- Claudia Ringler
- Nicole Lefore
World Water Day 2019
- Business model
Business models for smallholder solar pump-based irrigation
Smallholders
November 14, 2018
A business model approach to assessing the feasibility and encouraging investment in smallholder solar pump irrigation. In doing so, these proposed business model frameworks identify promising investment opportunities that can increase the sustainability of agricultural water management technologies.
Big Question: Responses
March 07, 2018
Let’s start asking the right questions about women in agriculture
The truth about women in agriculture is often obscured by myths and stylized facts, which ultimately hinders effective development programming.
Webinar: Improving gender equity in irrigation
Blog Post
Blog Post
October 13, 2017
Still marginalized after all these years… Why are things not changing for women in irrigation?
GILIT offers an integrated, participatory approach for measuring gender equity in irrigation schemes, facilitate learning, and help identify ways to improve equity.
- Nicole Lefore
- Elizabeth Weight
- Learning / Training
Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool
SmallholdersSocial equity
September 27, 2017
The Gender in Irrigation and Learning Improvement Tool (GILIT) can be used to enable gender equity in irrigation schemes.
- Nicole Lefore
Blog Post
Blog Post
August 28, 2017
Ensuring women’s access to irrigation in the household: Beyond quotas
As small-scale irrigation becomes a viable option for improving farmers' resilience to climate shocks in Africa and Asia, decisions about access and use are made at the household level. How can equal governance of these water resources be ensured?
- Nicole Lefore
Stockholm World Water Week 2017