MIOS: A decision tool for determination of optimal irrigated cropping pattern of a multicrop system under water scarcity constraints

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-166

  Kipkorir, E C ^a   Sahli, A ^b   Raes, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cropping pattern; Dynamic programming; Irrigation; Multicrop system; Optimisation; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144386269     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.47     Document Type: Article

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