Sustainable management for woody crops in Mediterranean dry-lands

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-123

  Fernandez Zamudio M A ^a   De Miguel, M D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compromise programming; Demand functions of irrigation water; Goal programming; Mediterranean agro systems; Multiattribute utility theory; Technological improvements

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 34249289400     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2006042-184     Document Type: Article

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