Agricultural water management in water-starved countries: Challenges and opportunities

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-185

  Qadir, M ^a,b   Boers, Th M ^c   Schubert, S ^a   Ghafoor, A ^b   Murtaza, G ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclic water use; Drainage water re use; Phytoremediation; Sequential water use; Virtual water; Water blending

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; SODIC DRAINAGE WATERS; WATER-STARVED COUNTRIES;

WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOREMEDIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; FARM CROPS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 15244348354     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(03)00146-X     Document Type: Review

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