Improving agricultural efficiency amongst groundwater users: The case of sugarcane in North India

Journal of Public and International Affairs

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 80-105

  Khanna, Gauri ^a  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

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