Comparative Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensities from Irrigated and Dryland Agricultural Activities in Canada

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-172

  Kulshreshtha, Suren ^a   Sobool, Desmond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Farm Credit Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; IRRIGATION;

CROP PRODUCTION; DRYLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARM CROPS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRRIGATION;

EID: 33750967938     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3103157     Document Type: Article

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