Water productivity (WP) in reservoir irrigated schemes in the upper east region (UER) of Ghana

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 324-328

  Mdemu, M V ^a   Rodgers, C ^a   Vlek, P L G ^a   Borgadi, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ghana; Irrigation; Sub Saharan Africa; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITIES; GHANA; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENTS; LAND USE CHANGES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SMALL RESERVOIRS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SCARCITIES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AGRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE SCARCITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UPPER EAST REGION; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 59349088300     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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