Mutero, Clifford M.; McCartney, Matthew; Boelee, Eline - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
globally. Yet it is often assumed that irrigation will bring health benefits to all, regardless of their socioeconomic standing … within a community. In reality, the economic and social impacts of irrigation are diverse and widespread, and neither costs … benefit least from the promise of irrigation and suffer most from the adverse health impacts." From text …