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Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: evidence from 10 river basins [1]

The authors analysed livelihood conditions in 10 river basins over three continents to identify generalizable links between water, agriculture and poverty. There were significant variations in hydrological conditions, livelihood strategies and institutions across basins, but also systematic patterns across levels of economic development. At all levels, access to water is influenced by local, regional or national institutions, while the importance of national versus local institutions and livelihood strategies vary with economic development.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Eric Kemp-Benedict [2], Simon Cook [3], Summer L. Allen & et al [4]
Water International [5]
36
1
125-140
Tags:
Poverty [6], Water Resources [7], Agriculture [8], River Basin [9], Hydrology [10], Water Management [11], Indus [12], Ganga [13], Irrigation [14], Population [15], Water Demand [16]
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