Incentives to managers or participation of farmers in China's irrigation systems: Which matters most for water savings, farmer income, and poverty?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-330

  Wang, Jinxia ^a   Xu, Zhigang ^a   Huang, Jikun ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Participation; Poverty; Water management reform; Water savings

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; INCOME; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POLICY REFORM; POVERTY; REFORM PROCESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33645987287     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0864.2006.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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