Farm water and rural poverty reduction in developing Asia

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 127-146

  Lipton, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Irrigation corruption; Irrigation techniques; Participatory irrigation management (PIM); Poverty; Pro poor management of water for farming (PPMWF); Sustainable irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247193535     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.302     Document Type: Article

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