Economics of drip irrigation in sugarcane cultivation: Case study of a farmer from Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-248

  Narayanamoorthy, A ^a  

^a GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIP IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SUGAR CANE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 28144450592     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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