Evaluation of community-driven smallholder irrigation in dryland South Pare Mountains, Tanzania: A case study of Manoo micro dam

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 15-18, 2007, Pages 1090-1097

  Makurira, H ^a,b   Mul, M L ^a,b   Vyagusa, N F ^a   Uhlenbrook, S ^b   Savenije, H H G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communal irrigation; Irrigation efficiency; Micro dams; Supplemental irrigation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DAMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

COMMUNAL IRRIGATION; DRY SPELL MITIGATION; MICRO DAM; SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; IRRIGATION; SEMIARID REGION; SMALLHOLDER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; PARE MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34548565629     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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