A public-private partnership experience in the management of an irrigation scheme using decision-support tools in Burkina Faso

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Wellens, Joost ^a,b   Nitcheu, Martial ^c   Traore, Farid ^b   Tychon, Bernard ^b  

^a Association pour la Promotion de l Education et de la Formation à l Etranger APEFE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Observatoire de l'Eau   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Decision support; Irrigation; Public private partnership; Sustainable management; Water distribution; Water user association

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS;

BENCHMARKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; IRRIGATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RICE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84870279855     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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