Agricultural water management and poverty in Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 99-111

  Hagos, Fitsum ^a   Jayasinghe, Gayathri ^a   Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele ^a   Loulseged, Mekonnen ^a   Yilma, Aster Denekew ^a  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Consumption expenditure; Income; Propensity score matching; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; HUMAN RESOURCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84868560230     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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