Productivity of irrigation technologies in the White Volta basin

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 706-716

  Ofosu, E A ^a,b,c   van der Zaag, P ^a,b   van de Giesen, N C ^b   Odai, S N ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Endogenous development; Smallholder irrigation; Tomato cultivation; Water productivity; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION; TOMATO CULTIVATION; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; FRUITS; LANDFORMS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOIL CONSERVATION; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CULTIVATION; FARM SIZE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SMALLHOLDER; VEGETABLE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

GHANA; VOLTA BASIN;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77957042199     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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