Risk in irrigation water supply and the effects on food production

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 679-692

  Cai, Ximing ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Drought; Food production; Irrigation; Risk assessment; River basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE EVENTS; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY; RIVER BASINS;

IRRIGATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 21744461511     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03763.x     Document Type: Article

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