Trading virtual water between Bangladesh and India: A politico-economic dilemma

Water Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 549-558

  Parveen, Saila ^a   Faisal, I M ^a  

^a NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Food policy; Food security and self reliance; Politico economic considerations; Trade; Virtual water

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444309530     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2004.0035     Document Type: Article

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