Water use efficiency and economic feasibility of growing rice and wheat with sprinkler irrigation in the Indus Basin of Pakistan

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-298

  Kahlown, Muhammad Akram ^a   Raoof, Abdur ^b   Zubair, Muhammad ^b   Kemper, W Doral ^a  

^a Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources   (Pakistan)

^b Regional Office   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Economic feasibility; Evapotranspiration; Indus Basin; Pakistan; Rice; Sprinkler irrigation; Water productivity; Water saving; Wheat

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER CONSERVATION;

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SAVING;

CROPS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER CONSERVATION;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PADDY FIELD; RECHARGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EVAPORATION; FARM CROPS; RICE; SPRINKLING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33846260691     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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