Irrigation water resource management for sustainable agriculture - The Ankobra Basin, Ghana

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 609-615

  Yidana, Sandow Mark ^a   Ophori, Duke ^a   Banoeng Yakubo, Bruce ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Electrical conductivity; Ghana; Hydraulic conductivity; River basin; Sodium

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

INFILTRATION PROPERTIES; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36448992269     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2007)133:6(609)     Document Type: Article

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