Impact and sustainability of low-head drip irrigation kits, in the semi-arid Gwanda and Beitbridge Districts, Mzingwane Catchment, Limpopo Basin, Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 885-892

  Moyo, Richard ^a   Love, David ^a,b   Mul, Marloes ^a,c   Mupangwa, Walter ^b   Twomlow, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b ICRISAT Bulawayo   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to water; Drip kits; Intervention targeting; Sustainable intervention; Water availability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FOOD SUPPLY; RAIN; WATER ANALYSIS;

DRIP KITS; INTERVENTION TARGETING; SUSTAINABLE INTERVENTION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; FOOD SECURITY; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33749075996     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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