Social impact and impoverishment risks of the Koga irrigation scheme, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

The Koga project is the first new large-scale irrigation scheme in the Blue Nile river basin since the 1970s and may thus serve as an example of the tremendous changes of landscape and livelihood that are accompanying current water development projects in Ethiopia. This article analyzes the impoveri...

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Main Authors: Eguavoen, Irit, Tesfai, Weyni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 2012-06-01
Series:Afrika Focus
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Online Access:http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/2012vol25nr1_eguavoen.pdf