Harvesting of rainwater and brooklets water to increase mountain agricultural productivity: A case study from a dry valley of southwestern China

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Wu, Yang ^a   Tang, Ya ^a   Huang, Chengmin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brooklets water; Environmental impacts; Poverty reduction; Rainfed mountain agriculture; Rainwater; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RAINWATER; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

MORUS (PLANT); NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 64849087917     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2009.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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