Disentangling the impacts of climate change, land use change and irrigation on the Central Rift Valley water system of Ethiopia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-115

  Getnet, Mezegebu ^a,b   Hengsdijk, Huib ^a   van Ittersum, Martin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Curve number method; Evapotranspiration; Intensification; Lake levels; River discharge

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CURVE NUMBERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION LOSS; INTENSIFICATION; IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT; LAKE LEVELS; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPLOITATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 84896056408     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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