'More crop per drop': How to make it acceptable for farmers?

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-119

  Luquet, Delphine ^a   Vidal, Alain ^b   Smith, Martin ^c   Dauzat, Jean ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop productivity; Drip and furrow irrigation; Evapotranspiration modeling; Water price; Water saving

Indexed keywords

COTTON; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

GROSS PRODUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION METHODS; TOMATO; WATER AGENCIES;

CROPS;

CROP PRODUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; PLANTS; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AVES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 20144380446     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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