Status of virtual water trade from India

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1093-1099

  Kumar, Vijay ^a   Jain, Sharad K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Business process outsourcing; Trade; Virtual water; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148995082     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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