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Author:   Eric Antwi Ofosu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415621038

ISBN 10:   0415621038
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   16 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1. Introduction 2. The White Volta sub-basin 3. Review of Irrigation Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 4. Is Large-Scale Public Irrigation the way-forward for sub-Saharan Africa? 5. Description of Irrigation Technologies in the White Volta sub-basin 6. Productivity of Irrigation Technologies in the White Volta sub-basin 7. Past and Future Trend of Irrigation Development in three catchments of the White Volta sub-basin 8. Impact of Intensifying Irrigation Development and Implications for Sustainable Water Resources Management in the White Volta sub-basin 9. Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix A – data for cropwat

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Eric Antwi Ofosu (Ghana, 1979) received a BSc degree in Civil Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, in 2002, and an MPhil degree in Water Resource Engineering on a study on drought preparedness plan for the Kumasi Water Supply System in 2005. In 2006 he was awarded a fellowship from the Netherlands Government to pursue a PhD degree in Integrated Water Resources Management at UNESCO-IHE as part of a capacity building project with the Civil Engineering Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

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