COMMON-sense net: Improved water management for resource-poor farmers via sensor networks

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 22-33

  Panchard, Jacques ^a   Rao, Seshagiri ^b   Prabhakar, T V ^c   Jamadagni, H S ^c   Hubaux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Chennakeshava Trust   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMMUNICATION; DETECTORS; FINANCE; INSURANCE; IRRIGATION; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; REUSABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ICT TOOLS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS); INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INFORMATION NEEDS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; IRRIGATION WATERING; RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; SEMI ARID REGIONS; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47649092254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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