Motor pump revolution in ethiopia: Promises at a crossroads

Water Alternatives

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-257

  Dessalegn, Mengistu ^a   Merrey, Douglas J ^b  

^a International Water Management Institute (IWMI) East Africa Nile Basin Office   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Community managed irrigation; Ethiopia; Fogera; Motor pump irrigation; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; PUMP; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84934766924     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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