What is the irrigation potential for Africa? A combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach

Although irrigation in Africa has the potential to boost agricultural productivities by at least 50 percent, food production on the continent is almost entirely rainfed. The area equipped for irrigation, currently slightly more than 13 million hectares, makes up just 6 percent of the total cultivate...

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Autores principales: You, Liangzhi, Ringler, Claudia, Nelson, Gerald C., Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Robertson, Richard D., Wood, Stanley, Guo, Zhe, Zhu, Tingju, Sun, Yan
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152638

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