Assessing the potential for modern surface irrigation in Egypt

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 995-1008

  Clemmens, A J ^a   El Haddad, Z ^b   Strelkoff, T S ^a  

^a U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Design; Developing countries; Egypt; Irrigation; Irrigation efficiency; Land grading; Level basin irrigation; Surface irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; DEVELOPING WORLD; SURFACE IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; IRRIGATION; MODERNIZATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0033169197     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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