Pressures on an Intensive Irrigated Cash-crop System in Coastal Ghana

Geoforum

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 329-340

  Porter, Gina ^a   Young, Einir ^b   Dzietror, Akrofi ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Pumps; Regulation; Shallots; Small scale irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CASH CROPPING; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SMALL SCALE IRRIGATION;

GHANA, KETA LAGOON, ANLOGA;

EID: 0031433534     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7185(97)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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