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PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10885AgricultureProductionPotentialofGroundwaterIrrigationinSub-SaharanAfricaBhavyaSrivastavaIfeanyiN.EdochieAparajitaGoyalAndrewDabalenAfricaRegionOfficeoftheChiefEconomistAugust2024PublicDisclosureAuthorizedPublicDisclosureAuthorizedPublicDisclosureAuthorizedPublicDisclosureAuthorizedProducedbytheResearchSupportTeamAbstractThePolicyResearchWorkingPaperSeriesdisseminatesthefindingsofworkinprogresstoencouragetheexchangeofideasaboutdevelopmentissues.Anobjectiveoftheseriesistogetthefindingsoutquickly,evenifthepresentationsarelessthanfullypolished.Thepaperscarrythenamesoftheauthorsandshouldbecitedaccordingly.Thefindings,interpretations,andconclusionsexpressedinthispaperareentirelythoseoftheauthors.TheydonotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsoftheInternationalBankforReconstructionandDevelopment/WorldBankanditsaffiliatedorganizations,orthoseoftheExecutiveDirectorsoftheWorldBankorthegovernmentstheyrepresent.PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10885Sub-SaharanAfrica’slowagriculturalproductivityexac-erbatesruralpoverty.Animportantinvestment,thesustainableuseofgroundwaterforirrigation,hasthepoten-tialtoincreaseagriculturalproductivity,buttheregionhasbeenmuchslowertoadoptthisirrigationmethodcom-paredtootherregions,despiteabundantreserves.Thisstudyusesasimulation-drivenapproachtoexaminethebenefitsofsustainably...