Performance OF irrigation: An assessment at different scales in ethiopia

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue S1, 2011, Pages 57-69

  Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele ^a   Ayana, Mekonnen ^b  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ethiopia)

^b ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 84907993494     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479710000955     Document Type: Article

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