Understanding water delivery performance in a large-scale irrigation system in Peru

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-78

  Vos, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Large scale irrigation; Peru; Volumetric payment; Water delivery performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144364005     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.152     Document Type: Article

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