Investments in agricultural water management for poverty reduction in Africa: Case studies of Limpopo, Nile, and Volta river basins

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-202

  Hanjra, Munir A ^a   Gichuki, Francis ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Human development; Investment; Irrigation; Policy; Poverty; River basin management

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO RIVER; NILE BASIN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 51349125806     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2008.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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