Articles · Vol. 9 No. 2 (2005): African Sociological Review · Pages 184-206

7 - Small-scale Irrigation Devel opment for Sustainable Rural Devel opment: A Case Study of the Tyhefu Irrigation Scheme

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Irrigation Development Small-scale South Africa concentrations

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Author Biography

  • Babalwa Sishuta

    Babalwa Sishuta
    Department of So ci ol ogy
    Rhodes Uni versity, Grahams town, South Af rica
    E-mail: B.Sishuta@ru.ac.za

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