Learning to voice? The evolving roles of family farmers in the coordination of large-scale irrigation schemes in Morocco

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-67

  Faysse, Nicolas ^a,b   Errahj, Mostafa ^b   Kuper, Marcel ^a,c   Mahdi, Mohamed ^b  

^a UMR G EAU   (France)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Farmers' organisation; Large scale irrigation scheme; Morocco; Negotiation; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; DAIRY FARMING; DECISION MAKING; FOOD INDUSTRY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SMALLHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 77956622687     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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