Security in flexibility: accessing land and water for irrigation in Kenya’s changing rural environment

Le foncier irrigué : enjeux et perspectives pour un développement durable / Irrigated Land Tenure: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development. Coordonnateurs : Jean-Philippe Venot, Ali Daoudi, Sidy Seck, Amandine Hertzog Adamczewski

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Issue		Cah. Agric. Volume 31, 2022 Le foncier irrigué : enjeux et perspectives pour un développement durable / Irrigated Land Tenure: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development. Coordonnateurs : Jean-Philippe Venot, Ali Daoudi, Sidy Seck, Amandine Hertzog Adamczewski


Article Number		7
Number of page(s)		9
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2022003
Published online		14 March 2022

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