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...
Main Authors: | Stephen Fragaszy, Alvar Closas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Water Alternatives Association
2016-02-01
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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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