Taking stock of forty years of agricultural water management interventions in smallholder systems of Burkina Faso

Water Resources and Rural Development

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Douxchamps, Sabine ^a   Ayantunde, Augustine ^b   Barron, Jennie ^c  

^a Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development impact; Historical approach; Investments; Livelihoods; Projects design

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84919352373     PISSN: 22126082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wrr.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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