An evaluation of the performance of six smallholder irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-366

  Shumba, Enos M ^a,b   Maposa, Roy ^a  

^a Price Waterhouse Agriculture   (Zimbabwe)

^b Forestry Commission Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Constraints; Crop productivity; Government subsidy; Opportunities; Profit margins

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; CROPS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVEYS; WATER SUPPLY;

CROPPING; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY; PROFIT MARGIN;

IRRIGATION;

CROPS; IRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CROP PRODUCTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SMALLHOLDERS; WATER ECONOMICS;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030292030     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01104899     Document Type: Article

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