Irrigation management and poverty dynamics: Case study of the Nyando basin in Western Kenya

Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 196-210

  Swallow, Brent ^a   Onyango, Leah ^b   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Kenya; Land tenure; Livelihood strategies; Poverty; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958808220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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