Can farmers in Egypt shoulder the burden of irrigation management?

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-125

  Moustafa, Mahmoud M ^a  

^a NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Irrigation maintenance; Irrigation management transfer; Water users

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; DRAINAGE; FARMS; MAINTENANCE; PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER;

FARMERS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT TRANSFER (IMT); WATER MANAGEMENT;

IRRIGATION;

DRAINAGE; IRRIGATION; MAINTENANCE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 4444296131     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IRRI.0000040249.12754.c8     Document Type: Article

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