Poverty reduction with irrigation investment: An empirical case study from Tigray, Ethiopia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1837-1843

  Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria ^a   Namara, Regassa E ^b   Holden, Stein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Groundwater irrigation; Micro dams; Propensity score matching method; River diversion irrigation systems

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; MICRO-DAMS; POLICY MAKERS; POVERTY REDUCTION; PROBABILITY PROPORTIONAL; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING METHOD; REGIONAL GOVERNMENT; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; STRATIFIED SAMPLING;

DAMS; ECONOMICS; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; RIVER DIVERSION;

IRRIGATION;

DAM; INCOME; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

EID: 70349247670     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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