Agricultural water management and poverty linkages

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 520-527

  Namara, Regassa E ^a   Hanjra, Munir A ^b   Castillo, Gina E ^c   Ravnborg, Helle Munk ^d   Smith, Lawrence ^e   Van Koppen, Barbara ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Novib ^*  (Netherlands)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Investments; Irrigation; Livelihoods; Multiple uses; Water rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE; AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL SETTINGS; ECONOMIC REFORM; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; MULTIPLE USE; MULTIPLE USES; NET IMPACT; POVERTY REDUCTION; WATER RIGHTS;

ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

AGROECOLOGY; ECONOMIC REFORM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74349126814     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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