Water and poverty in two Colombian watersheds

Water Alternatives

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-52

  Johnson, Nancy ^a   Garcia, James ^b   Rubiano, Jorge E ^b   Quintero, Marcela ^b   Estrada, Ruben Dario ^c   Mwangi, Esther ^d   Morena, Adriana ^b   Peralta, Alexandra ^e   Granados, Sara ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c Consorcio para el Desarrolio Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina ^*  (Colombia)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Multi stakeholder platforms; Participatory poverty assessment; Poverty dynamics; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849130693     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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