Water use and productivity of two small reservoir irrigation schemes in Ghana's upper east region

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-163

  Faulkner, Joshua W ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo ^a   Van De Giesen, Nick ^b   Andreini, Marc ^c   Liebe, Jens R ^d  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

International development; Irrigation; Small reservoirs; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249095937     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.384     Document Type: Article

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