To what end? Drip irrigation and the water–energy–food nexus in Morocco

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 393-406

  Jobbins, Guy ^a   Kalpakian, Jack ^b   Chriyaa, Abdelouahid ^c   Legrouri, Ahmed ^b   El Mzouri, El Houssine ^c  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

drip irrigation; Morocco; policy; poverty reduction; water energy food nexus

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONCEPTUAL LEVELS; DRIP IRRIGATION; MOROCCO; POLICY FORMULATION; POVERTY REDUCTION; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER ENERGY;

IRRIGATION;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DRIP IRRIGATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER RESOURCE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84930039382     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2015.1020146     Document Type: Article

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