Economic assessment of shade-cloth covers for agricultural irrigation reservoirs in a semi-arid climate

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1351-1359

  Martinez Alvarez V ^a   Leyva, J Calatrava ^a   Maestre Valero, J F ^a   Górriz, B Martín ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaporation losses; Filtration; Salinity; Spain; Water saving

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURAL WATER; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; EVAPORATION LOSS; EVAPORATION LOSSES; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RIVER BASINS; SALINITY; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEMIARID AREA; SPAIN; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS; WATER SALINITY; WATER SAVING; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SHORTAGES;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; MAINTENANCE; POROUS MATERIALS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VAPORS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIR; SEMIARID REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 65849512672     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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