Water saving through international trade of agricultural products

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-468

  Chapagain, A K ^a,b   Hoekstra, A Y ^b   Savenije, H H G ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33947710320     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-455-2006     Document Type: Article

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