Comparison assessment of water use and damage between modern and traditional rice irrigation schemes: Case of Usangu basin, Tanzania

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 335-342

  Machibya, Magayane ^a   Mdemu, Makarius ^b  

^a ITECO Consult (T) Limited   (Tanzania)

^b Department of Water Resources ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Irrigation; Traditional and Modern systems; Water

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 24944571510     PISSN: 16604601     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2005020020     Document Type: Article

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