Irrigating Africa: policy barriers and opportunities for enhanced productivity of smallholder farmers
African governments have ambitious plans to expand irrigated agriculture, though existing smallholder schemes have largely failed to use land and water sustainably or become profitable. Six government-owned irrigation schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe were assessed to identify common poli...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Informa UK Limited
2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96981 |
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