Assessment of the impact of small-scale irrigation on household livelihood improvement at Gubalafto district, North Wollo, Ethiopia

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Mengistie, Dereje ^a   Kidane, Desale ^a  

^a SAMARA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Gubalafto district; Impact; Livelihood improvement; Small scale irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990936321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture6030027     Document Type: Article

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