Considering salinity effects on crop yields in hydro-economic modelling ? the case of a semi arid river basin in Morocco

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 103, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-72

  Heidecke, C ^a   Kuhn, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nonlinear programming; Salinity; Water allocation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; DRAA BASIN; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 38849109343     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WRM070071     Document Type: Article

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