Farming systems and food production in the volta basin

Water International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 655-680

  Lemoalle, Jacques ^a   de Condappa, Devaraj ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Rainfed crops; Volta; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149374047     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2010.510793     Document Type: Article

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