Yields and water productivity of rainfed grain crops in the Volta Basin, West Africa

Water International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-118

  Terrasson, Isabelle ^a   Fisher, Myles J ^b   Andah, Winston ^c   Lemoalle, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Comidas Limitada ^*  (Colombia)

^c CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Ghana; Rainfed agriculture; Volta Basin; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67650806022     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802666336     Document Type: Article

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