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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (1) Autor Adeoti, Adetola I. (1) Barry, Boubacar (1) Kamara, Abdul B. (1) Namara, Regassa E. (1) Titiati, Atsu (1) Palavra-chave Community/Rural/Urban Development (1) Consumer/Household Economics (1) Farm income (1) Food Security and Poverty (1) Gender (1) Irrigation systems (1) Labor and Human Capital (1) Manual pumps (1) Poverty (1) Water lifting (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Report (1) Ano 2007 (1) País United States (1) Idioma Inglês (1)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Treadle pump irrigation and poverty in Ghana AgEcon Adeoti, Adetola I.; Barry, Boubacar; Namara, Regassa E.; Kamara, Abdul B.; Titiati, Atsu. Treadle pump (TP) technology has been promoted by Enterprise Works Worldwide (EWW) as an alternative to the traditional rope and bucket irrigation that is necessary to overcome the challenge of uncertain and inadequate rainfall for agricultural production. The aim is to improve output, increase incomes and reduce poverty among farm households. This study examines the strategies used for dissemination of the TP and the dynamics of its adoption and impacts, with a special focus on poverty reduction. The results of the study reveal that time and labor savings for irrigation, increased size of irrigated areas and lack of fuel requirements are the attractive features of the TP for those who adopt it. Adoption of TP increases land and labor productivities; and... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Manual pumps; Irrigation systems; Water lifting; Poverty; Farm income; Gender; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44520 Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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