Developing UK farmers' institutional capacity to defend their water rights and effectively manage limited water resources

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-331

  Leathes, W ^a   Knox, J W ^b   Kay, M G ^c   Trawick, P ^b   Rodriguez Diaz, J A ^d  

^a Baobab Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RTCS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacity development; Collective action; Common pool resources; Irrigation; Water abstractors groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849119481     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.436     Document Type: Article

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