An analysis of the water management performance of small holder irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-263

  Makombe, Godswill ^a   Makadho, Johannes M ^b   Sampath, Rajan K ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Dept Agric Tech and Exten Serv ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Irrigation; Management performance; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

THEIL MEASURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SMALLHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032147794     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006113402381     Document Type: Article

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