Reducing Poverty through Investments in Agricultural Water Management

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4759
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Van Koppen, Barbara; Namara, Regassa; Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina
Date:	2006
Agency:	International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	IWMI Working Paper, no. 101
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4759
Sector:	Agriculture Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Africa
Subject(s):	poverty alleviation irrigation water resources agriculture productivity crops gender labor economic growth land tenure and use
Abstract:	"This document provides a preliminary understanding of the poverty reduction impacts of a range of agricultural water development interventions in sub Saharan Africa, including lower cost alternatives to conventional irrigation investment projects, identifies factors that constrain the poverty reduction impacts of projects and technologies, and derives conclusions and recommendations useful for further water resources development planning in the region."

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