Cultivating the desert: Irrigation expansion and groundwater abstraction in Northern State, Sudan

This study examines the socioeconomic features that underpin the expansion of groundwater-dependent irrigation in Northern State, Sudan. Groundwater development in the region serves as an economic lifeline given the poor Nile-based irrigation infrastructure and future changes in Nile hydrology. Grou...

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Main Authors: Stephen Fragaszy, Alvar Closas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Water Alternatives Association 2016-02-01
Series:Water Alternatives
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Online Access:http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue1/308-a9-1-7/file

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