Integrating water harvesting and gravity-fed micro-irrigation system for efficient water management in terraced land for growing vegetables

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-113

  Kumar, M ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Singh, K P ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Srinivas, K ^a   Srivastva, A K ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; EARNINGS; HARVESTING; INVESTMENTS; RUNOFF; VEGETABLES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BENEFIT COST RATIOS; DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMITY; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; MICROIRRIGATION SYSTEMS; TOPOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; VEGETABLE CULTIVATION; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

IRRIGATION;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 57449100418     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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