Water management and food production in China and India: A comparative assessment

Water Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 643-663

  Cai, Ximing ^a,b,c   Rosegrant, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; India; Irrigation; Policy analysis; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944447375     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.0039     Document Type: Article

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