Adoption patterns and constraints pertaining to small-scale water lifting technologies in Ghana

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-203

  Namara, Regassa E ^a   Hope, Lesley ^b   Sarpong, Eric Owusu ^c   De Fraiture, Charlotte ^d   Owusu, Diana ^e  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c Food Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^e not available   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Irrigation; Small pumps; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ADOPTION PATTERNS; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE COST; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; SMALLHOLDERS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAINTENANCE; PRIORITIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUMP; SMALLHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

GHANA;

EID: 84887820802     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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