Technical considerations affecting adoption of drip irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-132

  Friedlander, Lonia ^a,b   Tal, Alon ^b   Lazarovitch, Naftali ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Challenges; Smallholder agriculture; Sustained adoption; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CHALLENGES; CULTIVATED LANDS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUSTAINED ADOPTION; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; GLOBAL WARMING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

ARRAY; DRIP IRRIGATION; GLOBAL WARMING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84879426455     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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