Performance assessment of smallholder irrigation in the central rift valley of Ethiopia

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 622-634

  van Halsema, G E ^a   Keddi Lencha, Beshir ^b   Assefa, Mengistu ^c   Hengsdijk, H ^a   Wesseler, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Horticulture; Irrigation efficiency; Poverty reduction; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055176073     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.613     Document Type: Article

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