Reform of user charges, market pricing and management of water: Problem or opportunity for irrigated agriculture?

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Backeberg, Gerhard R ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Irrigated agriculture; Market trades; Socio economic transformation; South Africa; User charges; Water user associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644790586     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.221     Document Type: Article

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