Pro-Poor Irrigation Management Transfer?
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A growing body of international findings shows that irrigation management transfer can actually contribute to rural poverty by aggravating existing inequities within irrigation schemes or introducing new ones. New research looks at how the transfer of irrigation management from governments to farmers can be done in a way that benefits poor farmers.
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