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March 02, 2016

An integrated evaluation framework for water storage strategies in Sub-Sahara Africa
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2016
The current study proposes a multi-criteria decision aid framework to funding agencies for the integrated evaluation of water storage systems in Ethiopia and more broadly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Various water storage schemes within the country are assessed while the farmers are placed at the centre of the analysis as the principal stakeholders. The approach is based on a multi-criteria outranking method for the avoidance of complete trade-offs between criteria. Throughout Sub-Saharan Af ... read more

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