Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana

Water Alternatives

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-265

  Williams, Timothy Olalekan ^a   Gyampoh, Benjamin ^a   Kizito, Fred ^a   Namara, Regassa ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Ghana; Institutions; Large scale land acquisitions; Livelihoods; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDOWNER; SMALLHOLDER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

GHANA;

EID: 84871517028     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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