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What Is the Irrigation Potential for Africa? A Combined Biophysical and Socioeconomic Approach

Authored by:
You, Liangzhi; Ringler, Claudia; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Robertson, Richard; Wood, Stanley; Zhu, Tingiu; Nelson, Gerald; Guo, Zhe; Sun, Yan
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Food Policy, December, 2011, Volume 36, Issue 6, 770-782.
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What is the Irrigation Potential for Africa? A Combined Biophysical and Socioeconomic Approach

Authored by:
You, Liangzhi; Ringler, Claudia; Nelson, Gerald; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Robertson, Richard; Wood, Stanley; Guo, Zhe; Zhu, Tingju; Sun, Yan
Publisher:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), June, 2010, 30 pages.
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Although irrigation in Africa has the potential to boost agricultural productivities by at least 50 percent, food production on the continent is almost entirely rainfed.

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