Estimating the potential for expanding smallholder irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-193

  Xie, Hua ^a   You, Liangzhi ^a   Wielgosz, Benjamin ^a   Ringler, Claudia ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Economic returns; Environmental suitability; Integrated assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; ALTERNATIVE IRRIGATIONS; ECONOMIC RETURNS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUITABILITY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED MODELING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES;

EXPANSION; IRRIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PUMPS; RIVER DIVERSION; TECHNOLOGY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; RESERVOIR; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84887816249     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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