Small private irrigation: A thriving but overlooked sector

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-174

  De Fraiture, Charlotte ^a   Giordano, Meredith ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agricultural Water Management (AWM); Environmental impacts; Equity; Individual irrigation; Informal irrigation sector; Spontaneous irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; EQUITY; INFORMAL IRRIGATION SECTOR; IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALLHOLDER FARMERS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGIONAL PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION; PRIVATIZATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

INDIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84887989006     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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