Water use for commodity production in Katarko village, northern Nigeria

Applied Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-122

  Dabi, Daniel Davou ^b   Anderson, William P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Irrigation; Nigeria; Sahel; Water conservation; Water use and management

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033120128     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(98)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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