Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Country-level estimates of development potential

Water International

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-407

  Pavelic, Paul ^a   Villholth, Karen G ^b   Shu, Yunqiao ^b   Rebelo, Lisa Maria ^a   Smakhtin, Vladimir ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Laos)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

groundwater; physical irrigation potential; smallholder; Sub Saharan Africa; water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882719209     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2013.819601     Document Type: Article

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