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Africa : Irrigation investment Needs in Sub-Saharan Africa

In Sub-Saharan Africa, rainfall is highly variable and, in many places, plainly in sufficient. Although irrigation has the potential to boost agricultural yields by at least 50 percent, food production in the region is almost entirely rain-fed. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: You, Liang Zhi
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC, World Bank 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
AQUIFERS
BASINS
CANALS
CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS
CROP YIELDS
DAM CONSTRUCTION
DAMS
DRAINAGE
ENGINEERING
EVAPORATION
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
FAO
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
GRAVITY
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
HYDROLOGY
HYDROPOWER
IMPOUNDMENT
INLAND VALLEY BOTTOMS
IRRIGATED LAND
IRRIGATING
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION COMMAND AREA
IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY
IRRIGATION FACILITIES
IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE
IRRIGATION INVESTMENT
IRRIGATION INVESTMENTS
IRRIGATION PROJECTS
IRRIGATION SCHEME
IRRIGATION SCHEMES
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES
IRRIGATION WATER
IRRIGATION WATER DELIVERY
LARGE SCALE IRRIGATION
PRECIPITATION
PRESSURE
PUMPS
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINWATER
RAINWATER HARVESTING
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
RUNOFF
RUNOFF IRRIGATION
SANITATION
SEEPAGE
SMALL DAMS
SMALL SCALE IRRIGATION
SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION
SPATE IRRIGATION
SPRINKLERS
STORAGE CAPACITY
TOPOGRAPHY
TOTAL IRRIGATION AREA
TUBEWELLS
VEGETATION
WATER BALANCE
WATER DELIVERY
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER REQUIREMENTS
WATER RESOURCES
WATER STORAGE
WATER USE
WETLANDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10469763/africa-irrigation-investment-needs-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7870

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10469763/africa-irrigation-investment-needs-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7870

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