Impact of small-scale irrigation on household poverty: Empirical evidence from the Ambo district in Ethiopia

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Bacha, Dereje ^a   Namara, Regassa ^b   Bogale, Ayalneh ^c   Tesfaye, Abonesh ^d  

^a Oromia Agriculture Research Institue   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d Ministry of Water Resources   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Heckman model; Household consumption expenditure; Poverty; Rural poverty; Small scale irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78851469407     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.550     Document Type: Article

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