Farmer responses to inefficiencies in the supply and distribution of irrigation requirements in delta Egypt

Geographical Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-92

  Radwan, L S ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping mechanisms; Egypt; Formal informal institutions; Irrigation efficiencies; State bureaucracy; Water requirements

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA;

EID: 0031545334     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3059688     Document Type: Article

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