Where indigenous water management practices overcome failures of structures: The Wadi Laba spate irrigation system in Eritrea

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Mehari, Abraham ^a,b,d   Schultz, Bart ^b,c   Depeweg, Herman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farmers' organization; Full farmers' participation; Indigenous structures; Seasonal migration; Spate irrigation; Wadi Laba; Water distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17144378294     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.151     Document Type: Review

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